Benny Carter
Symphony In Riffs
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Benny Carter
Symphony In Riffs
- Instrumentation Jazz Ensemble
- Composer Benny Carter
- Series Jazz At Lincoln Centre
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score and Parts Download
- Publisher Belwin Music
- Order no. ALF30564-DL
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Description:
Symphony In Riffs is Benny Carter's most famous piece. Originally composed and arranged in the 1930's for 4 reeds and 5 brass, Benny re-scored this version for a larger band some 50 years later. Benny was known for his idiomatic saxophone writing and this chart is a great example of that. Just when you think that the soli chorus at D is as good as his saxophone writing can get, he modulates and tops it with the brilliant new section at I. This is a transitional piece between the pre-swing of the 1920s and the mid-1930s swing.