Waltz For Monk Brown, Donald Sextet / HL00000708 click for RealAudio clip Recorded by JAMES WILLIAMS on ALTER EGO Sunnyside: SSC 1007 / Recorded July 19 & 20, 1984  Tempo Uptempo waltz Arrangement Difficulty medium-advanced Solo Difficulty medium This album features compositions by DONALD BROWN and JAMES WILLIAMS, and other musicians who have since become top contemporary jazz figures. SEXTET INSTRUMENTATION 1st part: Alto Sax, Trumpet, C treble clef 2nd part: Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Trombone 3rd part: Guitar, Tenor Sax, Trombone, Baritone Sax Rhythm Section: Piano, Bass, Drums, Guitar FULL SCORE The tricky starts and stops for the rhythm section, the challenging chord changes, the horn lines full of quirky rhythms, the little flurries of notes that seem to come out of nowhere - it all brings the namesake of this Thelonious Monk tribute to mind. This is a challenge for the entire ensemble. SOLOS: The changes remain several measures in a key center before going somewhere else, so even though they go by rather fast (most chords get only three beats at the moderately fast waltz tempo), a soloist can get inside the progression and go beyond simply outlining the changes. OTHER RECORDINGS Mulgrew Miller/Hand In Hand (Novus 63153) This arrangement was also released on James Williams/Progress Report (Sunnyside SSC 1012) DONALD BROWN (b. 1954). Like his friend and fellow Memphian, James Williams, whom he replaced as pianist in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Donald is a noted composer, educator and recording artist. After teaching at Berklee for 5 years, Donald moved to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Particularly active in the 1980s, his compositions, including contemporary standards like Affaire D'Amour, New York, and The Insane Asylum have been recorded by Wynton Marsalis, Art Blakey, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Mulgrew Miller, T.S. Monk and many others. Related Website http://www.ejn.it/mus/brown.htm Hal Leonard Stock Number HL00000708 List Price $25.00 TO ORDER: take note of the publication's HL number and call Music Dispatch at 1-800-637-2852. Or go to one of the following online music stores: Music Dispatch Stantons Sheet Music Byron Hoyt Music Colony Music Penders Music Marina Music J.W. Pepper Sam Ash Music Sheet-music.com Sheet Music Direct Sheet Music Service Sheet Music Online Sheet Music Plus Or, order from your local music dealer. Click here to locate your local music dealer.