The Triplo Press Jazz Series
The TRIPLO PRESS JAZZ TRUMPET ENSEMBLE SERIES is a set of professional arrangments and orginal compostions in the jazz style for multiple trumpets with and without rhythm section (piano, guitar, bass and drums). Taken from a variety of sources, this set has compositions and arrangements from relatively young to the professional in difficulty.A cappella Jazz (no rhythm section)
A Thousand Angry Bees (Nelson) - [12 trumpets] - grade 6
The Gaze (Gillis) - [4 trumpets] - grade 5
Legbone (Gillis) - [4 trumpets] - grade 4
Struttin' With Some Barbeque (Hardin-Armstrong) - [6 trumpets] - grade 6
TranspoJazz (Olcott) - [4-5 trumpets] - grade 5
A cappella Jazz (optional rhythm section)
14 Recreational Jazz Quartets (Olcott) [4-5 trumpets] - grade 4, 5
Billy Boy (traditional/Olcott) - [4-5 trumpets] - grade 4
Down by the Riverside (traditional/Jenkins/Olcott) - [6 trumpets] - grade 4. Optional bass
General Series
9:20 Special (Warren/Wilson) [5 trumpets] - grade 5
A Little Tempo, Please** (Hefti/Burkart) [4 trumpets] - grade 4
Almost Like Being in Love (Marsh/Olcott) [5 trumpets] - grade 6
But It's a Dry Heat (Bann) [6 trumpets] - grade 5
But It a Dry Heat (Bann) [6 trumpets w/big band acc.] - grade 5
Crisis** (Hubbard/Kase) [4 trumpets] - grade 7
Down By the Riverside (traditional/Jenkins/Olcott) [4 trumpets] - grade 4
El Cumbanchero (Hernandes/Morales) [4 trumpets] - grade 4
La Sirena (Ouimette) [4 trumpets] - grade 4
Mambo's Mambo (Kimmell) [4 trumpets] - grade 6
Somewhere West of Somewhere (Bann) [flugelhorn solo, 5 trumpets] - grade 5
Somewhere West of Somewhere (Bann) [flugelhorn solo, 5 trumpets w/big band acc.] - grade 5
Tap Dance (Ouimette) [4 trumpets] - grade 5
The Three Trumpeteers** (Payton) [3-4 trumpets] - grade 6
The Scooter (Ouimette) [4 trumpets] - grade 5
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Porter/Mills) [8 trumpets] - grade 6
Herb Harrison Series
Laura! Are You in There? (trans. Olcott) [4 trumpets] - grade 6
Fat Vinnie (trans. Olcott) [4 trumpets] - grade 5
Nasty Sabrina (trans. Olcott) [4 trumpets] - grade 7
A Bona Fide Bossa (trans. Olcott) [4 trumpets] - grade 4
Olcott Series
Mambo Beat (Puente/Olcott) [5 trumpets] - grade 5
Doodads (Olcott) [6 trumpets] - grade 6
Four Brothers (Giuffre/Olcott) [8 trumpets] - grade 6
Give Me the Simiple Life (Bloome/Olcott) [6 trumpets] - grade 5
Sharp Series
Con Suerte (Sharp) [4 trumpets] - grade 6
Cookin' (Sharp) [5 trumpets] - grade 6
Dizzy's Business (Wilkins/Sharp) [4 trumpets] - grade 4
One on Top (Sharp) - 4 trumpets] - grade 5
Vax Series
Bossa De Lux (Mobley/Gale) [4 trumpets] - grade 4
Cornet Chop Suey (Armstrong/Vax) [4 trumpets] - grade 6
Four More Foxes* (Maiden/Vax) [4 trumpets] - grade 7
Lickitysplit* (Fields/Vax) [4 trumpets] - grade 7
Sophisticated Lady** (Ellington/Wilson) [4 trumpets] - grade 4
Wild Man Blues** (Armstrong/Gale) [4 trumpets] - grade 7
*From the ITG Journal, June 2008:
"With rhythm section accompaniment, these four interesting arrangements serve as a brilliant way of showcasing four players. Each of the arrangements provides different challenges, as well as an interesting and engaging way to feature a big band trumpet section or trumpet quartet...Their first-rate editions of (Mike Vax's) unique arrangements provide a new and interesting sub-category in the trumpet ensemble repertoire."
**From the ITG Journal, Jan 2010:
"These four editions will work extremely well in performance, or they could easily be used to teach style and ensemble skill in a masterclass or trumpet ensemble setting. The inclusion of these new editions to Triplo's other more challenging arrangements from TRPTS Jazz Quartet Series brought together with James Olcott's Fourteen Recreational Jazz Quartets provides a wealth of repertoire from one publisher for this emerging genre."