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2013 Charles Mingus High School Competition 2013 Charles Mingus High School Competition Compositions for Combos "Better Get Hit In Your Soul" “Blue Cee” "Boogie Stop Shuffle" ! "Celia" (only in C package)! "Diane" "Dizzy Moods" "Duke's Choice" (only in C package)!! ! ! "Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love"! ! ! “East Coasting” "Ecclusiastics" "Eclipse" (only in C package) "Fables of Faubus" !! ! "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" "Haitian Fight Song"! "Hora Decubitus" (aka "E's Flat Ah's Flat, Too") ! (only in C package)!! "Jelly Roll" ! ! "Moanin'" ! ! ! "Noddin' Ya Head Blues" (only in C package)! ! "Nostalgia in Times Square"! ! ! "O, Lord, Please Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me"! "O.P. (Oscar Pettiford)" ! “Opus 4” “Orange was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk” ! ! "Peggy's Blue Skylight" "Pithecanthropus Erectus" "Portrait" (only in C package)!! ! "Self-Portrait in Three Colors" (only in C package)!! ! "Slippers"! ! "Slop" ! (only in C package)!! ! "So Long Eric" (only in C package)! ! "Sue's Changes" "Us is Too" "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" "Weird Nightmare" (only in C package)! "Work Song" Let My Children Hear Music, Inc. 484 West 43rd St. #43-S New York, NY 10036 MingusMingusMingus.com 212-736-4749 [email protected] Bass 2012 Page 2 of 67 lead sheet ? BETTER GET HIT IN YOUR SOUL CHARLES MINGUS ca. hk A » •§ 7 F Bb F œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? 6 . Œ œ œ œ ˙ œ Œ Œ Œ œ œ œ b24 - feel ( )* F b B 7 Bb7 f b - . œ œ œ œ œ œ - ? ˙ œ œ Œ Œ Œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ Œ Œ b ( )* G m7 C 7 b 1. 2. F F w. œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ- w. w. œ ? b . Ó. Œ Œ B Bb7 F Bb7 F ˙ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. ? œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b Œ Œ Bb7 F G 7 C 7 ˙ œ . œ œ ? œ œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙. b Ó. C F 7 Bb F œ œ œ œ œ œ - œ œ œ œ œ œ ? Œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ Œ Œ Œ œ œ œ œ b ( )* b Bb7 F Bb7 - . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ - œ ? ˙ œ œ Œ Œ Œ œ œ œ ˙ œ Œ Œ b ( )* b 1. G m7 C 7 F to solos ( Blues ) w. œ œ œ ? œ œ ˙ œ- w. b . 2. last time slower ( directed) G m7 C 7 F Bb F w. œ œ œ ? œ œ ˙ œ- Uw. Uw. b ·. ·. ·. * Ab in 1977 recording u u u Copyright © 1975 JAZZ WORKSHOP, INC International Copyright Scured All Rights Reserved Bass 2012 Page 3 of 67 ? lead sheet BETTER GET HIT IN YOUR SOUL 1 1977 version ( Mingus' opening Bass solo) r r bœ n œ ˙. œ ˙. ? 6 œ œ œ œ b˙. œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ b 4 bœ Œ rf n œ bœ nœ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ bœ bœ œ - - bœ œ œ - - bœ œ nœ œ ? b ‰ J œ bœ œ Œ ‰ J œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ bœ ? œ œ bœ nœ œb¿ œ œ bœ nœ œ œ ˙. b ‰ œ. œ œ Copyright © 1975 JAZZ WORKSHOP Bass 2012 Page 4 of 67 ? lead sheet 1963 version ( counter melody) 2 A2 r r r # œ . w. ˙. # œ # œ - - œ œ nœ œ- œ w. ˙. ˙ œ ? 6 w. ˙. Œ Œ b 4 ( ) f b . ww. ww. ? b w w . Bass 2012 Page 5 of 67 ? lead sheet 3 1359 version ( background riffs) ? 6 œ œ- œ äœ œ œ- œ äœ b 4 J J J J ‘ etc. 3a ? œ œ- œ œ- bœ. œ œ- œ œ- bœ. œ. œ. œ œ- œ œ- bœ. b J J Œ Œ ‘ J J J J Œ Œ > > F > > > 4 1959 version ( hand clapping) clap > > > > > > ã Œ ¿ Œ Œ ¿ Œ Œ ¿ ¿ Œ ¿ ¿ f Bass 2012 Page 6 of 67 Bass 2012 Page 7 of 67 Bass 2012 Page 8 of 67 bass clef lead sheet Blue Cee CHARLES MINGUS Medium Swing ( ca. 160) q C 7 » Bb7 C 7 Bb7 - ? 4 bœ œ œ œ ˙ bœ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ ˙ bœ 4 . Œ Ó Œ ‰ J F 7 P A m maj7 D 9 C 7 B 7 b ( ) b b . ? œ bœ œ œ ˙ bœ œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ ˙ œ Œ Ó Œ œ D7 9 G7b5 A m maj7 A m6 C 7 B 7 (b ) b ( ) b b . bœ œ ˙. œ w ? bœ œ nœ . œ œ bœ ˙ Ó œ bœ œ w ! . - œ Copyright © 1975 JAZZ WORKSHOP, INC. International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved "It was written for Celia, my ex-wife, although I wrote it before she was my ex-wife. I used the Key of C; also a one-note form like Duke had done on C-Jam Blues." bw ? ! bœ œ ˙. w (slide) p f In the notes for the album The Clown recorded by Atlantic on March 13, 1957, Mingus said of his repertoire: "Some of the guys had been saying that I didn't swing. So I made some (compositions) that did. This album (The Clown) is a standard blues. It's in two keys - C and Bb - but that's not noticeable and it ends up in C, basically. I heard some Basie in it and also some church-like feeling." While Mingus never did play Blue Cee again, he went on to write many more compositions based on the blues. Mingus' use of repeated notes helps create the blue mood of this piece. Also note the effective use of bitter dissonances in the last phrase. The second chord in bar 10 may also be played as Db9. The above example notates the wailing riff which is played after all solos and before the return of the head. Blue Cee Album Name: The Clown Label: Atlantic Bass 2012 Page 9 of 67 ? lead sheet BOOGIE STOP SHUFFLE CHARLES MINGUS Uptempo shuffle q»™§º A Bbm ? b b 4 œ œ œ. Œ œ œnœ. Œ œ œ Aœ œ nœ œ Aœ œ œ œ Œ b b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. Piano: f ? 4 bbbb 4 œ œ Œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ Œ b œ œ œ nœ œ Aœ nœ Aœ œ m œ . œ . m œ œ Eb f Bb . œ. nœ. ? b b œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ Aœ œ œ œ Œ b b b œ œ œ. œ œ ? bb b œ Œ œ Œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ Œ b b œ œ œ. œ œ nœ. œ œ nœ Aœ œ 7 œ m œ F Bb . ? b b œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ Aœ œ nœ œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ b b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. ? b b œ œ œ nœ œ nœ bœ œ œ œ œ b b b œ œ œ nœ Aœ nœ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ B Horns œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . bœ. nœ œ. 2 bœ N œ 2 ? b b Ó ( n œ ) Œ Ó bœ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó nœ Œ b b b œ nœ nœ rhythm section simile wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa ˙ b˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ , ? b ˙ n˙ A˙ b˙ ˙ b˙ ˙ ˙ b bbb ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ n˙ ˙ n˙ n˙ C , , , œ œ bœ œ ˙ w ? b nnœ Aœ A˙ w nnœ Aœ A˙ w œnœ ˙ w b bbb œ nœ Œ n˙ w œ nœ Œ n˙ w œ œ Œ ˙ w wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa œ ˙ b˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ? b nnœ Aœ A˙ w A˙ n˙ b˙ b˙ ˙ b˙ ˙ œ nœ b bbb œ nœ Œ n˙ w ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ n˙ ˙ n˙ nœ ‰ J Copyright © 1975 JAZZ WORKSHOP, INC. International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved Bass 2012 Page 10 of 67 2 BOOGIE STOP SHUFFLE D 4th chorus ensemble melody œ œ ? b b . œ œ bœ œ œ Ó Œ ‰ nœ œ œ bœ œ œ œ Œ Ó b b b2nd time swing nœ œ J nœ œ A œ œ œ œ ? b b ‰ nœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ b b b J œ œ nœ #œ nw w ( D/Bb) fine U 1. 2. to solos œ Aœ nœ œ nœ w ˙ nn˙ ? b b ‰ j œ œ (b)œ nœ œ œ œ n#œ w ˙ Œ ‰nœ . n #˙ Ó b b b nœ œ œ J . ( ) Aœ+ œo nœ+ œo Aœ+ œo œ+ œo ? b b b b b f Bass 2012 Page 11 of 67 Bass Clef Lead Sheet Dizzy Moods Medium Swing = ca. 144 A CHARLES MINGUS Gm7¨5 C7#5(#9) F7#5(#9) B¨7(#11) f 3 3 1. D¨maj7 5 A¨7(¨13) E¨7 A¨7#5(#9) E¨m7 3 3 3 3 3 3 2. B 9 D¨maj7 = A¨m7 D¨7#5 A¨m7 D¨7 15 A¨m7 D¨7#5 G¨maj7 B¨m7 E¨7#5 21 B¨m7 E¨7 B¨m7 E¨7#5 = A¨m7 C 26 Gm7¨5 C7#5(#9) F7#5(#9) B¨7(#11) 3 3 D¨maj7 30 E¨m7 A¨7(¨13) 3 3 3 3 3 3 Coda A¨7 D¨7#5(#11#9) 34 D¨ E¨7 3 3 3 Copyright © 1975 Jazz Workshop Bass 2012 Page 12 of 67 ? lead sheet Duke Ellington's Sound of Love words and music by Ballad ca.
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