First Love Song [Ken:52313]

First Love Song. By: Brookmeyer. Kendor Archive Editions. Instrumentation: standard jazz ensemble; 1st Alto Sax doubles on flute, 2nd Alto Sax doubles on clarinet, tenor saxes double on clarinet, & bari sax doubles on bass clarinet; all trumpets have opt. flugelhorn doubles.

As recorded by the Mel Lewis Orchestra with Clark Terry on the album Bob Brookmeyer, Composer & Arranger, this beautiful ballad with very reasonable brass ranges, a brief written solo for alto sax and a piano cadenza (written or ad lib) just before the final bars is an expressive masterpiece that ends in a whisper. Duration ca. 4:45.  .

Published by Kendor Music, Inc. (#Ken:52313).
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