Slidin' Down the Mississippi

Clifton Taylor

Subtitle: A Musical Excursion for Jazz Trombone and Concert Band

General Info

Year: 2013
Duration: c. 8:20
Difficulty: IV+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Grand Mesa Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $10.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Solo Trombone
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
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
String or Electric Bass
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Cowbell
Crash Cymbals
Hi-Hat
Pedal Bass Drum (optional)
Snare Drum
Splash Cymbal, small
Suspended Cymbal
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Slidin' Down the Mississippi is a musical excursion for jazz trombone and concert band. The piece features songs associated with cities along the Mississippi River and includes W C Handy's St. Louis Blues (1914) and Memphis Blues (1912) and Way Down Yonder in New Orleans by Henry Creamer and Jay Turner Layton (1922). The arrangement contains many open sections for the soloist to improvise, as well as notated solos.

- Program Note from Mississippi State University Wind Ensemble concert program, 4 March 2020

Three early twentieth-century tunes provide the geographical and musical framework for this fun musical romp: St. Louis Blues and Memphis Blues by W C Handy, and Way Down Yonder in New Orleans by Henry Creamer and Jay Layton. Take your band on a musical riverboat cruise down the muddy Mississippi, and don't forget to bring along the best trombone player you can find.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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Mississippi State University (Starkville) Wind Ensemble (J. Steven Moore, conductor; Clifton Taylor, trombone) - 4 March 2020 (86th Annual ABA National Convention)
McClellan College (Waco, Tx.) Wind Ensemble (Jon Conrad, conductor) - 20 February 2020
Mississippi Wind Symphony (Jackson) (Craig Young, conductor) - 3 July 2018
Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Me.) Concert Band (John P. Morneau, conductor) – 19 November 2017
Grace College (Winona Lake, Ind.) Community Wind Ensemble (Eric Criss, conductor) – 17 November 2017
North Coast Symphonic Band (Astoria, Ore.) (Dave Becker, conductor; Bob Joiner, trombone) – 25 October 2015

Works for Winds by This Composer

Concertpiece (2018)
Five Mississippi Rush (2019)
The Lark in the Clear Air (2011)
O vos omnes (as transcriber) (2012)
Slidin' Down the Mississippi (as arranger) (2013)

Resources

Perusal score
Taylor, C.; Handy, W.; Creamer, H.; Layton, J. (2013). Slidin' Down the Mississippi : A Musical Excursion for Jazz Trombone and Concert Band [score]. Grand Mesa Music Publishers: Grand Junction, Colo.