Come Sunday (Ellington)

Duke Ellington

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Subtitle: For Solo Alto Saxophone and Concert Band

General Info

Year: 1943 / 2007
Duration: c. 5:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Jazz orchestra
Publisher: G. Schirmer, through Wise Music Classical
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $55.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo E-flat Alto Saxophone
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Taken from Ellington's renowned suite Black, Brown and Beige, this song has become an acknowledged standard. With lush scoring and beautiful harmonies, here is a marvelous adaptation of this moving ballad featuring a solo alto sax with concert band.

- Program Note from publisher

Black, Brown and Beige is an extended jazz work written by Duke Ellington for his first concert at Carnegie Hall, on January 23, 1943. The spiritual Come Sunday was the second movement. Ellington reworked the suite for his 1958 album Black, Brown, and Beige, after which Come Sunday (featuring Mahalia Jackson on the album's vocal version of that piece) became a jazz standard.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Harrison High School Wind Ensemble (David W. Vandewalker, conductor) - 2007

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Adam Williamson, conductor; Tyler Wilkins, alto saxophone) - 15 January 2023
Prairie State College (Chicago Heights, Ill.) Wind Ensemble (Phil Crews, conductor; Mr. Tapley, alto saxophone) – May 2016
Harrison High School (Kennesaw, Ga.) Wind Ensemble (David W. Vandewalker, conductor) – 21 December 2007 (2007 Midwest Clinic)

Works for Winds by This Composer

Caravan (arr. Ployhar) (1937/1975)
Caravan (arr. Saucedo) (1937/2000)
Classic Duke
Come Sunday (arr. Murtha) (1943/2007)
Duke Ellington! (arr. Custer) (1994)
Duke Ellington in Concert (arr. Murtha) (2002)
Ellington (arr. Kerchner)
Ellington! (arr. Bulla) (2019)
Ellington Portrait, An (arr. Werle) (1965)
Highlights from "Sophisticated Ladies" (arr. Cacavas) (1981)
It Don't Mean a Thing (arr. Mashima) (1932/2012)
It Don't Mean a Thing (arr. Moss) (1932/1989)
Rhythmoods (arr. Yoder) (1938)
Salute the Duke (arr. Yoder) (1960)
Salute to the Duke (arr. Sweeney) (1999)
Satin Doll (arr. Osterling) (1953/1988)
The Symphonic Duke (arr. Newsom) (1999)

Resources

Black, Brown and Beige. Wikipedia. Accessed 7 January 2022
Ellington, D.; Murtha, P. (2007). Come Sunday: For Solo Alto Saxophone and Concert Band [score]. G. Schirmer: [New York].