Black Tie Blu-Bop
General Info
Year: 2006
Duration: c. 4:30
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: J. Scott McKenzie Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Free
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe I
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-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell Tree
- Bells
- Bongos
- Cabasa
- Crash Cymbals
- Hi-Hat
- Ride Cymbal
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tom-Toms
- Triangle (small and large)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
When asked to write a piece for a high school honor band, my first inclination was to write something challenging but fun. My first sketches for the piece were comprised mainly of blues scales and dance rhythms. After a while, I began to realize that the music sounded very much like something Bela Fleck and the Flecktones would play.
Generally speaking, there’s two kinds of people in this world; those that have never heard of the Flecktones and those that think they’re amazing. Their music is impossible to classify -- how do you describe music combining elements of bluegrass, jazz, funk, blues, and just about everything else in between? The band itself coined a phrase to name their own unique genre of music -- blu-bop! So, dress it up for the concert hall, and you have a truly unique piece that your band (especially the saxophones) will love.
- Program Note by composer
Commissioned for the Virginia Tech Golden Hokie Honor Band, Dr. Patrick Casey, conductor, at the tenth annual Virginia Tech Honor Band Weekend on January 20, 2007.
- Program Note from publisher
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg) Concert Band (Travis Higa, conductor) - 6 March 2023
- Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association (VBODA) District 8 Symphonic Band (J. Scott McKenzie, conductor) – 7 May 2022
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Jupiter Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Pursuit (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
All Wind Works
- Aria and Toccata (2015/)
- An Autumn Sunset (2018)
- Black Tie Blu-Bop (2006)
- Groovy Loops (2013)
- Jaguar Dance
- Iron Majors (2015)
- Jupiter Fanfare (2020)
- Jupiter Fanfare (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Keynote Address (2016/2022)
- Kings March, The
- Mozart's Sandbox
- Passacaglia for Band
- Pursuit (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
- Some Assembly Required (2021)
- Sound the Trumpets (2010)
- A Summer Breeze (2012)
- Symphonic Palindrome
Resources
- J. Scott McKenzie website Accessed 15 March 2023
- Perusal score