Frisco Jazz Band Blues

William Grant Still

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General Info

Year: 1919
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Dance orchestra
Publisher: William Grant Still Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00

Instrumentation (varies)

Full Score
Flute
B-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I
Horn in F I-II
Trombone
Drum Set

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

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State Ratings

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Performances

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Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisc.) Wind Orchestra (unconducted) – 17 May 2019
Azusa Pacific University chamber wind ensemble (unconducted) - 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Africa: Land of Superstition (arr. Tam)
Afro-American Symphony for Band (arr. West Point Military Academy) (1930/1970)
Afro-American Symphony. See also: Symphony No. 1
- Scherzo from "The Afro-American Symphony" (1930/1970)
The American Scene (1957)
Choreographic Prelude (arr. Lloyd) (1970)
Entrances of the Porteuses (arr. Perna; ed. Lloyd)
Fanfare for American War Heroes (arr. Lloyd) (1942 / )
Fanfare for the 99th Fighter Squadron
Folk Suite for Band (1966)
Frisco Jazz Band Blues (1919)
From the Delta (1945)
The Hesitating Blues (as arranger) (1916)
Kaintuck' (tr. Perna) (1935)
Land of Peace
Little Folk Suite from the Western Hemisphere
Little Red Schoolhouse (arr. Steele) (1957/1977)
Miniatures (1963)
Old California
Rising Tide. See: Victory Tide
"Scherzo" for Band. See: Afro-American Symphony for Band
Song of the City. See: Victory Tide
Summerland: From Three Visions (arr. Teter) (1937/2013)
Summerland: For Wind Ensemble (arr. Teter) (1937/2013)
Symphony No. 1 (1931/1946)
Symphony No. 1. See also: Afro-American Symphony for Band
To You, America! (1952/1956)
Victory Tide (1939/1942/1945)
Wood Notes (arr. Mauldin) (1948/1959/2022)

Resources

Rich, F.; Still, W. (1919). Frisco Jazz Band Blues [score]. Pace & Handy Music Co.: New York.