Backyard Swing

Backyard Swing is a laid back "Basie-style" swinger featuring tenor sax and piano solos. After a vibrant sax soli and unison horn lines, Backyard Swing highlights an explosive shout chorus with some dynamic surprises.

Program Notes

This medium-tempo "Basie-style" swinger is meant to be played LAID BACK! Featuring a 32-bar tenor sax solo (written-out version provided), the tune also showcases two 8-bar piano solos (also written out). Starting off with a soft ensemble section, this chart proceeds through a vibrant sax soli, instrumental solos, unison horn sections, and finally a barn-burner style shout chorus that includes some explosive dynamics your audience (and players!) will really enjoy.

Grade Level: 4
Copyright: 2023
Number of Players: Standard
Duration: 4:30
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Series: Ruby Jazz Series
Category: Jazz Ensemble

Sample PDFs

• Backyard_Swing.pdf

Instrumentation

Alto Saxophone 1
Alto Saxophone 2
Tenor Saxophone 1
Tenor Saxophone 2
Baritone Saxophone

B-flat Trumpet 1
B-flat Trumpet 2
B-flat Trumpet 3
B-flat Trumpet 4 [optional]

Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Bass Trombone [optional]

Guitar [optional]
Piano
Bass
Drums