Product Overview
Once again a novel arrangement of a well-known Salvation Army song flows from the pen of Sam Creamer. The style of this will be relatively easy to pick up if your ensemble is used to playing swing.
The main rhythmic feel and style comes from the Kit & Percussion parts; it may be useful to have your percussionists listen to some examples of New Orleans Street Beat. If the Kit player does struggle with the part it would be acceptable to have them play only the Snare part and use a Concert Bass Drum, with another player, on the written Kick part.
Chord symbols have been included on the 1st Cornet; Soprano Cornet and Trombone part which players should feel free to use if they are competent improvisors within the Dixieland style.
Attention to the articulations and an understanding of their interpretation within the style is essential for a convincing performance of Any Time. Jazz is played legato, unless marked. If it is marked the articulations need to be over-emphasised in their meaning; ie: staccatos become even shorter than normal and are played with a slight accent; tenutos can be stressed and stretched as much as possible and often receive little rhythmic weight. The ‘swung’, uneven quavers are often thought of as being in 6/8 but Swing is much more subtle than that. The first of the two quavers should be unstressed and receive little rhythmic weight; the second quaver in the beat is really what makes the music swing and should be played with a slight accent.
We are confident that the time spent rehearsing this new piece from Sam Creamer will be worth the effort.
Medium/Difficult
