Porgy and Bess

With me on the alto sax solos. :P A medley of songs from Porgy and Bess by George and Ira Gershwin, Du Bose, and Dorothy Heyward. Arranged by James Barnes. Performed by the MNPS High School Honor Band.

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Music

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• alto
• summertime
• crab
• man
• jazz
• saxophone
• teen
• gershwin
• mnps
• high
• school
• honor
• band
• trombone

[saxmanchuck]

Bluesaxgirl, very nice job on your solo !

It is obvious you love to play and you really should think about doing it for a living. Keep that thought and prepare yourself with diligent practice so when the opportunity comes you can be ready.

Nothing worse for a musician than to get an opportunity you are not prepared for.

Do you play in a "big band" ? If not find one and join as soon as possible.

Great job.

[jazziesax]

Thank you!

I may/may not pursue music for a "living", but I need it to live. I hope that makes sense. It will always be a part of me as it is one of the most important.

When you mean big band--you do mean the big band genre, and not a "big band" in the literal sense? If so, I am not. But I would love to!

Thanks for your lovely comment once again. :)

[kari434]

we play this now and i must say YUR solo was GREAT...that IS the best part of the whole piece

[jazziesax]

Why thank you. :)

[Ziggyisking]

Good job, but the arrangement is missing my favorite part.

Did I mention you rocked that solo like nobody's business?

[jazziesax]

Thanks!

[saxdiva]

Get over yourself. "This guy I know..." doesn't make you a player--just another no-nothing wannabe critic. Go mature yourself by a few years and accomplish something, then let the rest of us know how it went.

Jazzie, good work. Keep it up.

[noitingoc]

The trombone soloist did not use the plunger quite enough. It should have more "wa wa" in the sound.

You were pretty sharp. When I played this I used my Meyer and didn't really bend the pitches. If you bend them that much with that kind of tone, it sounds more like a classical player playing cheesy music rather than jazzy. Your rhythm and tone was nice.

The band sounds pretty alright overall, minus the brass cracking those pitches lol.

[ChristianCamouflage]

damn you sounded great on your solos girl. im 2nd chair, 2nd part on this song in our band and whenever the 1st chair is gone i have to play all the solos and i have no balls when it comes to solos.. i have literally no confidence what so ever, but you played it like a champ! congrats :)

[xUGoTzNiNJaDx]

i think you guys are forgetting about the baritone solo... i have that part, so i just wanted to say it lol. nice solos you were awesome :P

[CisforClarinet]

Wow! Nice solo! You've got skill! ^.^

[999Tornado]

theres more people on the stage than in the crowd :P

[keeperofthetomes]

Amazing piece. I played this at the International Music Camp, Session 6, 2009. I absolutely love this piece. Great sax and trombone solo!

[jiver222]

Nice. My very amateur band played this or very similar selection, (and not as well as yours) but we did "I got plenty of nothin'" in the syncopated style, which I would have thought your band could have tackled quite easily.

[InsaneSparrow]

Wow, neat chart, and very nice job with those solos, really great tone, and it's got a nice gutsy feel to it.

I'm gunna suggest this score to our conductor :D