favorite Bill Holcombe arrangements for quintet ....

[vintage7512]

I have a Gift Certificate for Musician's Publications and want some quintet music ... they sell mostly Bill Holcombe arrangements (and a few by Gale, Nagle, and a few others) - any recommendations for some talented amateurs?

[Rick F]

We play Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" (Holcombe) each Christmas season and it's excellent. It's in the right key too.

[tbn.al]

Here are a few that we really like.

Dixieland Revival Meeting - Nagle - 4 tunes from fast Dixie to slow blues.
Fly Me to the Moon - Gale
Foggy Day - Holcombe
House of the Rising Sun - Holcombe - nice theme and variations treatment
In a Sentimental Mood - Gale
Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square - Gale
Roaring Twenties - Nagle
Satin Doll - Gale

We've got a dozen more in this genre but these are really fun and sound great with a good amateur group.

[swillafew]

I played Mr. Holcomb's Christmas stuff this year and I am most impressed. Mr. Gale is another good arranger, maybe a little more technique required.

[IOS]

Some of Holcombe's tunes that I play frequently include

As Time Goes By - nice tuba solo in the middle
Procession of the Nobles
Metro Suite
Bravura
Cowboy Rhapsody
Tie A Yellow Ribbon
On The Mall
Nice Work If You Can Get It

[vintage7512]

Thanks for all the good ideas. Should be able to spend the Gift Cert well.

[IOS]

How could I forget -

Liberty Bell
Washington Post.

Both are excellent arrangements.