The Woogie

This title in the new Jazz For Young People Series is composed and arranged by jazz great Wycliffe Gordon. “The Woogie” is a boogie-woogie swing shuffle originally composed for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Solos are provided for trumpets 1 and 2, trombones 1 and 2, 1st tenor sax, baritone sax, and drum, too. This chart can be played as a swing shuffle or a boogaloo rock groove—either way it’s hot! Includes all the usual optional parts. Correlated to the Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz for Young People Curriculum. (5:10)