Johnny Richards composer / arranger

Quintile : for big band Johnny Richards

score and parts

JE: Yesterdays Jerome Kern / Arr. Johnny Richards

Originally arranged for George Roberts and the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Johnny Richards' treatment of the beautiful ballad "Yesterdays" is a bass trombone feature throughout. In typical Kenton fashion, the ensemble writing is stunning, as it dramatically interplays with the featured soloist. Never having been recorded on a Kenton album, this rare gem is a ballad that will challen ...

JE: 3x3x2x2x2=72 Johnny Richards / Arr. Bob Curnow

This arrangement by Bob Curnow is based on Johnny Richards' original composition written for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, which was part of the "Adventures In Time" album. This version is easier to play without losing the original character of the piece. Most of the piece is in 9/8 at a moderate tempo. There are solos for tenor saxophone, trumpet and piano, with a wonderful, writ ...

JE: Artemis & Apollo Johnny Richards / Arr. Bob Curnow

JE: Recuerdos (edited) Johnny Richards / Arr. Bob Curnow

Johnny Richards wrote this gorgeous melody as part of the incomparable Stan Kenton "Cuban Fire" CD, and now this version allows the music to be performed without all of the usual high trumpet and complex rhythms of the Stan Kenton Orchestra recording. Fred Stride and Bob Curnow have collaborated on this edited version with the goal of having Johnny's music playable by just abou ...

JE: Rendezvous at Sunset Johnny Richards

New updated 2019 format!!! One of the things Johnny Richards did best was write gorgeous melodies (many just think of him as bombastic and obsessed with odd-meter things). This is one of those melodies, as recorded on the Back to Balboa LP. There are trumpet, tenor and trombone solos. The chart had been edited so it can be played with a standard big band. 5-5-5-4 ...

JE: Tres Corazones (Three Hearts) Johnny Richards

Movement VII (of 7) of the Cuban Fire Suite. Finally ... the definitive version of this magnificent music. The seventh of seven movements published by Sierra Music. This is the lost movement, which we were fortunate to find. The original score of Richards' was the source for this and all the movements of this suite. Full parts for original instrumentation of four saxes, 5 trump ...

JE: Two Cultures Johnny Richards

Richards wrote this piece some years after writing the Cuban Fire Suite, but it is written very much in that vein (although it is much easier to play). It is a dynamic, energetic 6/8 Latin excursion with solo space for trumpet. Auxiliary percussion is a nice touch with this piece (although not a requirement). Johnny's contrapuntal writing and exciting rhythmic figures make this ...