Birdland arr. Victor López - Score & Sound

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Birdland
By Joe Zawinul / arr. Victor López
Item: 00-36046
Series: Jazz Band
Grade 3
Ensemble: Jazz Ensemble
Format: Conductor Score & Parts
A 1970s jazz staple with solo space (written) for alto 1 and/or trumpet 2, nice chord voicings throughout, and the lead trumpet top note to only a written G on top of the staff. Effortless to assemble and perform! (4:02)
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[@schloob]

1:59 the amount of sass in that note is the reason I like this arrangement

[@razzonii-chan-not-there2009]

it's pretty hard to play for 13 year old who has to play it in my school jazz band

[@thomassmall9940]

@@razzonii-chan-not-there2009 no excuses just practice

[@idktbh6532]

@@razzonii-chan-not-there2009 its not that hard i learned the solo in and the entire song in a week in my jazz class but that's probably because im in jv jazz

[@iupiter.161]

@@razzonii-chan-not-there2009 We play it too. I'm in the rythm group (guitar) but till one year ago I've played the euphonium... good luck 🤞

[@TrashCanBoiBoi]

@@razzonii-chan-not-there2009 not really, I learned how to scoop on bari and alto sax in like 5 minutes and I learned how to overtone gliss on bari sax in like 3 minutes, I believe in you

[@johnmarmaras8659]

I did this in high school in jazz band, and I played drums for it. Probably one of the most fun songs that we ever did

[@prod.sardoniiq6942]

drum part is great, whole arrangement is amazing and this chart is one of my favorites that we play in our jazz band

[@nicholasstagnaro6483]

Love the bass!!!

[@goobearboy1017]

YESSSS!

[@justkeepyappin]

Love this arrangement, we’re doing this in my school’s jazz band, I’m on tenor one. Really fun to play, and the drum part is awesome too

[@RoseCadenza]

My jazz band got to play a different arrangement of Birdland. It was so awesome! I got to play the awesome tenor sax solo! :D

[@SteelCityCreative]

Same here bro 😎

[@thomassmall9940]

Love it guys I was on the drums

[@aronochoa3892]

SAMR

[@JSearsFilms27]

Was it the John Higgins one?

[@Michelle-vv3kz]

I also play tenor sax :D

[@button9584]

Bari sax FTW!!

[@Isaahtxp]

were doing this for summer jazz band and it's an awesome song

[@Mangle_the_Pirate]

I play clarinet and i read trumpet parts most of the time and we're playing this in our high school jazz band (I have a part that doubles 3rd trombone) and I've never been so confused in my life lol but I really love this song.

[@devonmonahan1529]

I’m obsessed with trumpet one ❤

[@toe-mas9367]

1st tenors man that solo is something else

[@SteelCityCreative]

Lol u ain’t kidding. 1st tenor right here

[@genericguy5998]

1st Tenor here and he is indeed not kidding

[@ryancarter2959]

Ahh takes me back to 8th grade jazz band

[@CoachFrank-m3x]

Im olaying this same song, same composer. For jazz band. Its my favorite to play.

[@spncrprkr]

dude 1st trombone on this is so good

[@terrellbreedlove3577]

We played during marching band on 3 years ago in high school! But I love it

[@gabepenn7386]

AWESOME VICTOR!

[@s.c.suminski792]

Does anyone know what the drummer has to do to produce that almost clicking sound in the intro? I'm trying to write a song with absolutely no knowledge of drum sets and THAT'S what I want

it might also be a cross stick thing on the snare. which could be notated as CS. Im not a drummer, but I am a composer. A drummer might come on here with a better response, if so, listen to them.

[@madisonscott9996]

we used to play this arrangement in jazz band and our drummer would do a cross stick for the quarter notes and then play eighths like normal on the head

[@Snavels]

@ it's Cross/Side Stick, not whatever you just said.

@@Snavels i suggested it was a cross/side stick in my first sentence, but thanks anyway.

[@Snavels]

@ you suggest it being either of them, but then was absolutely no way it was your first suggestion. That's why I commented.

[@josephstratemeier8619]

1:08 snarky puppy lingus?

[@Spawn43Things]

I gotta do a guitar solo for this one- wish me luck

[@oliverosborne2965]

any other 1st trumpets here belt out 0:44 - 1:08 up the octave for fun?

[@Epicduck-yg5rb]

It’s just a lip trill

[@antisocialbutterfly8940]

All the time

[@andreatomecku5814]

is that even a question? :dd we all do that

[@DPHMUSIC.]

No but 1:24 8va is fun. Going up to some double Gs especially at the solo section gives them a nice entrance and pays tribute to the Maynard version. (For anyone asking yes I am a high schooler)

[@boltactionartist9475]

Yep I use it as a warmup

[@toadworks7]

2:10

[@booniess]

Where my bari bois?

[@MaxRamos8]

These charts always feel under tempo

[@theraginginfernape9496]

dude, if anything this is over tempo. The speed is high, but this composer didn't have enough balls to put the appropriate syncopations.

[@WillTheBassPlayer]

@@theraginginfernape9496 it's to make a song by freaking Weather Report playable to high schoolers

[@Snavels]

@@WillTheBassPlayer High schoolers are capable of playing syncopation. When I was in high school, we played hard shit all the time (and we were a smaller school)

[@myspinalchord1871]

@@SnavelsIt's a grade 2 piece so complex intonation and band wide syncopation is a bit too far. Different high schools have different levels of playing

[@Snavels]

@@myspinalchord1871 yes, but Jazz is already much more complicated than Concert band. These charts just reek of being written for concert band players.

[@chxsek]

1:59 (for future use)

[@SamWeeks729]

We have to march to his song it is not even a marching show

[@spicywatermelon343]

Lmaoooo

[@itsjeremiah444]

Piano gang rise up **Soft but meaningful cheer*

[@MCubes]

2:53

[@YouGotStones]

Played this in 8 grade

[@uhimcoollol]

We played this roday we had to learn in a week 😭

[@limsoduh5277]

Does Victor Lopez hate Trombones or something, cuz I'm pretty sure the original recording had trombones playing the meledy...

[@tritl6571]

i think 1st trombone has the melody

[@invinciblepie4940]

I Play trombone and ya we just have a lot of backgrounds i am playing this in a jazz band so ya i think he does.

[@gabepenn7386]

HES A TRUMPET PLAYER

[@dyllpickleproduces9588]

*melody

[@MCubes]

nice

[@clarifyk5967]

nice

[@krol6282]

​@@clarifyk5967nice

[@razzonii-chan-not-there2009]

Barry B. Benson: Do you like JAZZ?

[@xavierharris9749]

Me: Yes

[@gooeyandmiles]

Yup

[@The_Sagely]

Yes.

[@AndyGaming37]

Me after hearing this in my school jazz band: yea

[@David-nb2iy]

Yes sir

[@neverstopeatingpie359]

Aren’t the baris at the beginning supposed to be on the upbeats?

[@biencj]

Bars 106 - 109 @3:00 Fireshaker quote?

[@Leafanaa]

I felt 1:24

[@mazzy_ivy]

anyone know what the part is between bass trombone and piano? i can't read it :(

[@mazzy_ivy]

never mind it's guitar im an idiot

[@frazzledfruit5572]

Trumpet solo gang

[@toadworks7]

Poggers trumpet

[@gamerman448]

Here

[@joyofsoul4704]

sorry - das ist nicht der Song !

[@MCubes]

for ✨ James ✨😩🔪🥛💦 2:01

[@toadworks7]

Thx qt

[@MCubes]

@@toadworks7 ✨:)

[@villanailedit]

does anyone know what form this chart would be in ..? ABCD?

[@PleiadesStarChild]

Ya like jazz?

[@jaredrichmond392]

Maynard Ferguson version is so much better

[@Bluejay-ri1yf]

I agree with you. It had smoother transitions, and of course, it had Maynard's presence in it.

[@schloob]

There's one version that just has like a picture of birds the whole time ad that's my favorite. This one I still love, it's just like listening to a new piece so both have a spot on my playlist.

[@TheRobloxianOfTheWorld]

schloob the one by Richmond high school? That video is just the recording from JW Pepper with a picture of birds and a 20 second silence at the start. Oh, by the way, the arranger is Michael Sweeney. I played that arrangement last year in my school’s jazz band.

[@mikaylaschwabe6503]

Agreed

[@kaitoshirogane5563]

Of course it is. Victor arranged difficult songs for more beginner bands. A simplified, easier version of a Jazz piece will never compare to the original.

[@sproote1254]

I’m in middle school and we play this song so much faster

[@nakyiapass3447]

Same and I play guitar on this

[@wisemonkey6716]

lol this is alright tempo tho

[@clarifyk5967]

O

[@MCubes]

Doodoocaca

[@ViperOnStation_870F]

im fucked My jazz band is playing this and I get the first trumpet part plus the solo

[@Sal-fp6xj]

How’d it go

[@ViperOnStation_870F]

i ended up improvising and we got superior :D

[@ViperOnStation_870F]

i play bass for jazz band now

[@AndresMartinez-he4pq]

I don’t like this one my favs are tango for jam jam and groove merchant

[@dreadfulme2218]

worse guitarvpart of all time

[@jakx5610]

rick stitzel version better

[@MCubes]

2:34

[@pyroxenic9749]

0:54

[@toadworks7]

2:34

[@MCubes]

3:01

[@toadworks7]

2:55

[@MCubes]

2:59

[@MCubes]

nice

[@toadworks7]

2:21

[@snoopcicle4147]

0:47

[@FinnNavarrete]

2:33