Roll, Jordan, Roll
Roll, Jordan, Roll
- Instrumentation 5 Brass Instruments
- Editor Jim Weisheit
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Walrus Music Publishing
- Order no. WMP64178
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Description:
Song featured in OSCAR Winning Best Picture, '12 YEARS A SLAVE'. One of the Very First Spirituals, first published in 1865. JORDAN was a Slave code word for the OHIO RIVER. (If you got across..you were FREE.) Favorite tune with Gospel Quartets. Recorded by many artists: Mahalia Jackson, Elvis. This is a Gentle Swing Orchestration for Brass. Composition is in a 'CALL and Response'form, as are many Spirituals. Tpt. 1, top note 'A'. Scored for: 2 Bb Trumpets ,French Horn, Trombone, & Tuba, Complete Transposed Score. Medium.