Chant For Bu, A Bass, Mickey Quintet/Sextet / HL00000816 click for RealAudio clip Recorded by ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS on MISSION ETERNAL Prestige: PRCD 24159 / Recorded March, 1973  Tempo Medium up swing (6/4) Arrangement Difficulty medium Solo Difficulty medium-easy From a 1970s Jazz Messengers lineup, bassist MICKEY BASS provides an arrangement in 6/4 meter easy enough to be tackled by inexperienced players (and stimulating enough to have been recorded by Art Blakey!). QUINTET/SEXTET INSTRUMENTATION 1st part: Trumpet, Alto Sax, C treble clef 2nd part: Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Trombone 3rd part: Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Trombone Rhythm Section: Piano, Bass, Drums, Guitar Piano Voicings by Cedar Walton Bass Lines by Mickey Bass FULL SCORE JRTS* This arrangement places a simple, slow moving melody over an exciting, rhythmically active rhythm section accompaniment. The rhythm section also has the option of switching from a 6/4 to a 12/8 for four bars near the end of the form to add further interest. SOLOS: The solos are arranged in an 8+6+8 measure format with each chord change getting two full measures. This leaves plenty of time for exploration on each chord and assures that even inexperienced soloists will find something to say over these changes. *Jazz Repertory Transcription Series = includes chord voicings, bass lines, fills in drum parts, cued melody lines in rhythm section parts. MICKEY BASS (b. 1943) Mickey Bass is a bassist, composer and educator. Mickey received his musical training at Howard University and N.Y.U. and is best known for his lengthy associations in the 1960s with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and also Gloria Lynne, for whom he served as music director. He has performed and recorded with a variety of other Jazz stars, including Freddie Hubbard, Carmen McRae and Curtis Fuller. Related Website http://www.eclipse.net/~fitzgera/blakey Hal Leonard Stock Number HL00000816 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.