Any Jazzy tuba solos?

SFAtuba · Post by **SFAtuba** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:10 pm

I was just wondering where I could find some jazzy tuba solos that are funn and challenging. Thanks for the help.

Bill Troiano · Post by **Bill Troiano** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:04 am

"Bill's Tune", by Joe Constantino and published by Kendor was written for me. It starts with a cadanza (some triple tongueing) and goes into a 3/4 ballad in c minor. From there it jumps to a c minor swing section, back to the ballad and out with another cadenza. It's listed in the NYSSMA manual as a level 5 and goes up to c above the staff. Audiences seem to like it. It's published with tuba and piano, but Joe wrote unpublished concert band parts. I usually perform it that way.

tubarepair · Post by **tubarepair** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:11 am

While some may disagree with this choice - I really like the unaccomp. "TubaTunes" by Frackenpohl. It requires a little foot tapping and slapping your horn, but this multi-movement piece is a crowd pleaser and is fun to practice and play. Takes a little bit of coordination.

Actually, I like anything that Frackenpohl wrote, esp. his brass quintet arrangemnts.

DLH

Sean Greene · Post by **Sean Greene** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:01 am

Jerry Lackey wrote a "Jazz Concerto" several years ago. It is available from him, with either piano reduction, symphony orchestra or (I believe) concert band parts. A "Whitepages.com" search for South Bend, IN will give you his contact info.
It's a nice piece and has plenty for a tuba technician to work on. I would have preferred to have seen "swing" eighth notes written instead of dotted-eighth-sixteenths in some places, though, but that's one of the few beefs I have with the piece.
I performed it with the piano part a few years ago, but I really like the sound of the fully orchestrated accompaniment. It's good fun.

SG