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1 W.C. Hand FULL SCORE ST. LOUIS BLUES Arranged b Charles Booker INSTRUMENTATION 1-Full Score -1 st Flute -2 nd Flute 2-Oboe 2-Bassoon 4-1 st Clarinet 4-2 nd Clarinet 2-Bass Clarinet 4-Alto Saophone 2-Tenor Saophone 1-Baritone Saophone 4-1 st Trumpet 4-2 nd Trumpet 4-Horn in F 6-Trombone -Euphonium BC 2-Baritone TC 4-1-Timpani 2-Bells/Xlophone -Concert Tom Toms/ Concert Bass Drum -Cmbals 1-Drum Set Duration: Appro. 2 min. 54 sec. Grade: 2 1/2 (Medium-Eas) Complete Printed Set $68.00 Etra (8 ½ 11) Printed Full Score..... $18.00 Score and Parts Downloadable File... $50.00 Full Score (8 ½ 11) Downloadable File $16.00 Parts, each Downloadable File $5.00 BandT PUBLICATIONS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Eclusivel Distributed b Print Music Source

2 ST. LOUIS BLUES Arranged b Charles Booker ABOUT THE MUSIC One of the most revered of all the songs created b the the great W.C. Hand, St. Louis Blues is still a classic American jazz song and has been recorded b hundreds of recording artists. Charles Booker s arrangement brings us a creative setting that works ver well for concert band. ABOUT THE ARRANGER Charles Booker, Jr. (b. 1952) recentl retired as Associate Professor of Theor and Composition at the Universit of Arkansas - Fort Smith. Mr. Booker, a former U.S. Arm Bandmaster studied composition with Hank Lev (composer/arranger for Stan Kenton), Dr. Steve Strunk and Dr. James Balentine, and conducting with Dr. Robert Garofalo and Dr. Robert Rustowicz. Mr. Booker has over fort published compositions and arrangements. His music is published b Alfred, Kendor, Southern Music Compan, Wingert-Jones, Print Music Source and Booker Music, and has been performed internationall b schools, universities and professional bands that include The Arm Band ("Pershing s Own"), the U.S. Arm Field Band, the U.S. Militar Academ Band (West Point), the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America and the U.S. Air Force Academ Band. Mr. Booker s 21 ear career in the U.S. Arm included service in the Fifth Arm Band in San Antonio, Teas, staff arranger for the Arm Field Band, conductor of Arm Bands in Louisiana, German, New ork Cit, and director of the Jazz Ambassadors in Washington, D.C. As a trumpeter with the Fifth Arm Band, Mr. Booker performed for the funerals of Presidents Truman and Johnson. In 1981, as the conductor of the rd Armored Division Band in German, Mr. Booker conducted welcoming ceremonies at Rhein Main Air Force Base for the returning American hostages from Iran. In New ork Cit, he conducted the Arm Band of New ork Cit at ceremonies for head of states of the United States, German, France, Netherlands, Portugal and China, and his band performed at the centennial activities of the Statue of Libert. While an associate conductor of the Arm Field Band and director of the Jazz Ambassadors, Mr. Booker performed at the Kenned Center, in 48 states, India, Japan, Canada, Meico, Europe, and marched in the inauguration parades of Presidents George H. W. Bush and William J. Clinton. He was Interim Director of Bands at Trinit Universit from 1996 to 1997 and assistant editor at Southern Music Compan from 1994 to In addition, Charles Booker is the founder and former conductor of the River Valle Communit Band of Fort Smith, Arkansas. When Mr. Booker is not composing or teaching, he performs on trumpet with the Chris Cameron Blues Band throughout Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Teas and with the River Valle Communit Band. Charles Booker has been recognized b the Maor of Fort Smith (the 2006 "Maor s Honors to the Visual and performing Arts"), the North Side Independent School District of San Antonio, Teas (the 2008 "Pillars of Character Award") and received the Arkansas Arts Council Award in music composition for Mr. Booker is past president of the Arkansas Chapter of College Band Directors National Association, past president of the Arkansas Chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators, a member of the National Band Association, Teas Bandmasters Association and is past president of the Arkansas Bandmaster Association. Mr. Booker is also a member of the Arkansas Chapter of Phi Beta Mu, band fraternit Kappa Kappa Psi, and honorar music fraternit Pi Kappa Lambda. He and his wife Claudette now reside in San Antonio, Teas. P.O. Bo 9516 San Antonio, Teas

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