Series I – Big Band Music

1. Compositions and arrangements for Andy Kirk (1929-1941)

  • Mess-A-Stomp

  • Cloudy (1929)

  • Corky Stomp

  • Froggy Bottom (1929)

  • Mary’s Idea (1930)

  • We’re In the Money

  • Walkin’ and Swingin’  

  • Lotta Sax Appeal

  • Git

  • Froggy Bottom (1936)

  • Bearcat Shuffle

  • Steppin’ Pretty

  • Corky

  • Cloudy (1936)

  • Give Her a Pint

  • (Keep It) In the Groove

  • A Mellow Bit of Rhythm

  • Twinklin’

  • Body and Soul

  • Little Joe From Chicago

  • Ghost of Love

  • Messa Stomp

  • Toadie Toddle

  • Mary’s Idea (1938)

  • What’s Your Story, Morning Glory

  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

  • Close to Five

  • Big Jim Blues

  • Scratchin’ In the Gravel

  • Twelfth Street Rag

  • Big Time Crip  

2. Compositions and arrangements for Duke Ellington (1942-1967)

a. The 1943 arrangements

  • Ogeechee River Lullaby

  • I Love Coffee (a.k.a.Java Jive, a.k.a. Chopsticks)

  • Ghost of Love

  • Stardust

  • Sweet Georgia Brown

  • My Gal Sal

  • Blue Skies/Trumpets No End

  • Seventy-One

  • Lonely Moments (1943)

  • Gjon Mili’s Jam Session

  • Fill the Cup

  • Canteen Bounce

  • Shorty Boo

  • [Untitled]

b. The 1967 arrangements

  • Joe

  • New Musical Express

  • You Know Baby – Rock ’n Roll

  • You Know Baby – Ballad

  • O.W.

  • Chief Natoma From Tacoma – Jazz

  • Chief Natoma From Tacoma – Rock ’n Roll

  • Scratchin’ In the Gravel

3. Big Band miscellanea (1937-1978)

a. Compositions and arrangements for Benny Goodman (1937-1977)

  • Roll ‘Em

  • Camel Hop

  • After You’ve Gone

  • Riffs (a.k.a. Dunkin’ a Doughnut)

  • The Count

  • Out of this World

  • Whistle Blues

  • Conversation (a.k.a. Jump Caprice)

  • Lonely Moments

  • Shafi

  • Scratchin’ in the Gravel

  • Medi No. 2

b. Melba Liston arrangements

  • Medley: Roll ‘Em, What’s Your Story Morning Glory?, In the Land of Oo- Bla-Dee, Fungus-A-Mungus

c. miscellanea

  • Anitra’s Dance

  • Mary Lou’s Boogie

  • You Know, Baby

  • Froggy Bottom

  • Fifth Dimension (Announcement Music)

  • Chunka Lunk

  • Aries

  • Rosa Mae

  • Shafi

  • New Musical Express

  • Medi No.2

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Series and subseries: I.1

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    Instrumentation:  for big band

    • 4 reeds (2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, incl. 1 alto doubling on baritone, 1  tenor doubling on clarinet)

    • 3 trumpets, 2 trombones (plus optional bass trombone)

    • guitar, piano, bass, drums

    Composer(s)/Lyricist/Arranger: by Mary Lou Williams

    Editor: Edited by Pierre-Antoine Badaroux

    Available formats: Full score and parts/Full score only

    Presentation text:

    A sophisticated reworking of Williams' own 1929 composition, this version of “Mary’s Idea” was written for Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy in 1938. Recorded on December 6 that same year, it had been cut due to time restrictions. Based on the manuscripts, this edition restores the original longer version of the piece.

    Contents:

    Foreword (incl. reproductions of the original manuscripts), 5 p.

    Full score, 30 p.

    Appendices (incl. transcribed solos from the recording), 3 p.

    Sources, Editorial Notes, Bibliography, Discography,  4 p.

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