Pizzazz!

Les Taylor

Subtitle: For Solo Percussionist & Symphonic Band

General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: V (solo); IV (ensemble) (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Les Taylor Music, through BRS Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $110.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo Percussion
Flute I-II (Piccolo)
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
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
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Agogo Bells
Bass Drum
Bells
Cabasa
Claves
Conga
Crash Cymbals
Finger Cymbals
Hi-Hat
Marimba
Snare Drum
Tam-tam
Triangle
Wood Block
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Pizzazz! is a musical coming of age trip featuring a solo percussionist on various percussion instruments. It begins with the very familiar Hot Cross Buns in a beginning band style and gradually weaves its way through several other familiar tunes from beginning band method books, each one getting progressively more challenging and creative for both the soloist and the symphonic band. A jazz vibe improvisation serves as a prelude to the bright up-tempo swinging drum set finale to the strains of You’re a Grand Old Flag, and the Stars and Stripes trio. As the title indicates, this selection goes coast-to-coast in a dazzling, flamboyant, energetic style.

- Program Note from publisher

Dedicated to the VanderCook College Symphonic Band of Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Charle T. Menghini, Conductor.

- Program Note from score

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band (Charles T. Menghini, conductor; Steven Sanders, percussion) - 2008

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

VanderCook College of Music (Chicago, Ill.) Symphonic Band (Charles T. Menghini, conductor; Steven Sanders, percussion) – 19 December 2008 (2008 Midwest Clinic) *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Angels We Have Heard on High (as arranger) (2007)
Brass Medallion (2001)
Cartoon Express
Fields of Glory (1994)
From Tender Stem (2013)
Frost on the Kudzu (2000)
The Gift of Caring (2001)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (as arranger) (2007)
Holly Days (2004)
Kane County Chronicle March (2008)
Let the Saints Be Joyful (2004)
Pizzazz! (2008)
Stick It! (2005)

Resources

Les Taylor Publications Accessed 20 July 2021
Perusal score