Willie Maiden composer

date of birth: 12.03.1928
date of death: 29.05.1976

Willie Maiden (* 12. März 1928 in Detroit als William Ralph Maiden; 29. Mai 1976) war ein US-amerikanischer Tenorsaxophonist und Arrangeur des Modern Jazz.

Maiden wurde 1950 Berufsmusiker und spielte u.a mit Pérez Prado. 1952 begann er für Maynard Ferguson zu arrangieren, wurde Mitglied in dessen Big Band und arbeitete mit ihm bis in die 1960er Jahre zusammen. Mit dessen Orchester begleitete er u.a. 1961 die Sängerin Chris Connor. 1971 spielte er in der Band von Stan Kenton.

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Maiden Voyage Willie Maiden

Titel / Title: Maiden Voyage Herausgeber / Publisher: Hal Leonard Instrumentation: Jazz-Octet Produkttyp / Product: Partitur Serie / Series: Second Floor Music Jazz Produkttyp / Product: Partitur Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2000 |Partitur||Herausgeber: Hal Leonard|Instrumentation: Jazz-Octet|Serie/Series: Second Floor Music Jazz||Erscheinungsjahr: 2000|Alternative ...

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Maiden Voyage Willie Maiden

Titel / Title: Maiden Voyage Herausgeber / Publisher: Second Floor Music Instrumentation: Jazz-Octet Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Serie / Series: Second Floor Music Jazz Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen Erscheinungsdatum / Date of Production: 2000 UPC: 73999464160 |Partitur + Stimmen||Herausgeber: Second Floor Music|Instrumentation: Jazz-Octet|Serie/Series: ...

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JE: Tag Team Willie Maiden / Arr. Bob Curnow

Written for and recorded by the Maynard Ferguson Birdland Dream Band, this chart by Willie Maiden is uncharacteristically easy to play for the band due to very reasonable brass ranges. However, this is a 2 tenor saxophone and 2 trombone feature throughout. While quite a bit of the solos are written out, there is also a lot of space for improvisation. This is one of Willie's mos ...

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Composer: Willie Maiden
Arranger: Bob Curnow

Jazz Ensemble / Big Band

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JE: Little Minor Booze Willie Maiden

This great Kenton classic, as recorded on the album "Live from Redlands University," is a swinging, happy chart which allows for lots of blowing space and is combined with great ensemble sections. This chart features the trombone section, with solos for alto saxophone and trumpet. This is a revised, cleaned-up version, done in Finale for the first time, and it is finally corre ...

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Duration: 6:00 min
Difficulty: 4

Composer: Willie Maiden
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Jazz Ensemble / Big Band

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JE: Where's Teddy (Edited) Willie Maiden / Arr. Bob Curnow

This "edited" version of "Where's Teddy" (as played and recorded by Maynard Ferguson's Birdland Dream Band) is much more playable for the trumpet section as a whole than the original "pro" version (which is also available). However, everything else is the same and it does not sacrifice any of the original chart's style and charm. It is a medium-swing minor blues tune with solo ...

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Duration: 2:45 min
Difficulty: 3+

Composer: Willie Maiden
Arranger: Bob Curnow

Jazz Ensemble / Big Band

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