'I would prefer not to be in the audience for a performance of this, but only because I'd want to be taking part instead.' Music Teacher

Bob Chilcott

A Little Jazz Mass

Bass part

Forces or Category: SSA or SATB, piano, bass (opt), drums (opt)

for SSA or SATB, piano, and optional bass and drumkit ad lib.
A highly original and effective concert setting of the Latin Missa brevis in which the various movements embrace a variety of jazz styles. The characterful piano accompaniment can be played as written or serve as a guide, and bass and drums can join in ad lib. The bass part is notated with chord symbols and may be played as written or used as a guide from which the player may improvise freely.

'I would prefer not to be in the audience for a performance of this, but only because I'd want to be taking part instead.' Music Teacher

A Little Jazz Mass

Bass part

Bob Chilcott

Description

Programme Notes:

Chilcott has always loved jazz. At the beginning of his composing career, he worked as an arranger for the BBC Radio Orchestra and, while a member of the King's Singers, performed with artists such as George Shearing, Richard Rodney Bennett, John Dankworth, Art Farmer and the WDR Big Band. These experiences and influences have had a major impact on the music he composes.
Chilcott's jazz influences truly come to the fore in A Little Jazz Mass: The Kyrie has real groove, the Gloria

'I would prefer not to be in the audience for a performance of this, but only because I'd want to be taking part instead.' Music Teacher

A Little Jazz Mass

Bass part

Bob Chilcott

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'I would prefer not to be in the audience for a performance of this, but only because I'd want to be taking part instead.' Music Teacher

A Little Jazz Mass

Bass part

Bob Chilcott

Composer Information