Zoot Suite Riots
Steve Perry (arr. John Moss)
General Info
Year: 1997 / 1998
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Swing band
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
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
Trombone I-II
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bells
- Cowbell
- Drum Set
- Suspended Cymbal
- Triangle
- Wood Block
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Cherry Poppin' Daddies big swing hit is at the center of the jump/swing/dance craze that has dominated the air waves, school dances, and dance clubs. Concert bands swing with this John Moss toe-tappin' arrangement.
- Program Note from publisher
Zoot Suit Riot is a song by the American ska-swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, written by vocalist and frontman Steve Perry for the band's 1997 compilation album of the same name on Mojo Records.
Zoot Suit Riot is written in the musical style of 1940s jump blues. Lyrically, the song's narrative is loosely based around the Los Angeles Zoot Suit Riots of the 1940s, a series of racially-motivated assaults by American servicemen upon Mexican-American youths. Perry has cited the music of Lalo Guerrero, a Mexican-American musician associated with the pachuco and pachuca subcultures of the 1940s, as an influence on the song's content and style.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Fauquier Community Band (Warrenton, Va.) (Katrina Bryant, conductor) - 20 March 2023
- Rockland County Concert Band (Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.) – 8 March 2020
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Don't Stop Believin' (with Cain and Schon; arr. Skelly)
- Zoot Suite Riots (arr. Moss) (1997/1998)
Resources
- Perusal score
- Zoot Suite Riot. Wikipedia. Accessed 20 March 2023