All At Once - Nonet arrangement - ALL PARTS and SCORE
In 2022 I started playing with Lulada Club, NYC’s all women salsa band. Shortly after I became the band’s resident arranger, and spent the next few years deeply entrenched in the music, studying all the intricacies of the clave, the bell patterns, el montuno y el tumbao, etc. I learned so much about musica latina and her song forms, the tradition of salsa, and had a band with which to write for large ensemble. The energy and vibe of my writing changed significantly writing with this band, and continues to evolve and change as I sit here.
Bringing all this back to my band, I felt inspired to rename the ensemble to La Orquesta Esa, and experiment with some larger ensemble writing. How could I take all that I was learning to be more purposeful about what I’m asking of my band members, especially the rhythm section. I found 5 horns to be a beautiful combination of large ensemble textures, while still keeping the band flexible.
In June 2024 I had the tremendous honor of being asked to play at Dizzy’s for their late night session, where I brought my band to premiere a new songbook in a show called Ginita y La Orquesta Esa - Live at Dizzy’s Club. Earlier in the month I had written some Big Band arrangements for Airmen of Note, so some of that repertoire was coming with me as well. And although the programming of my music had changed, there were essential tracks on my first record (The BOUNCE) that felt like they represented this voice long before I had accepted that this was how I was hearing things, this being one of them.
I arranged this piece very close to the original record, incorporating the textures of more horns and re-voicing it for large ensemble rather than adding sections and expanding on it. As much as I like to make the journey unexpected I felt the original arrangement of this made every point I needed to make for now. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll arrange this for Big Band and we can hear more of my thoughts on this, but for now I hope you enjoy this nonet arrangement. Welcome to the new repertoire of La Orquesta Esa.
Included: PDF digital downloads of full concert score, all parts
soprano sax, tenor sax, bari sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, drums
Level: Advanced
C sus solo section
In 2022 I started playing with Lulada Club, NYC’s all women salsa band. Shortly after I became the band’s resident arranger, and spent the next few years deeply entrenched in the music, studying all the intricacies of the clave, the bell patterns, el montuno y el tumbao, etc. I learned so much about musica latina and her song forms, the tradition of salsa, and had a band with which to write for large ensemble. The energy and vibe of my writing changed significantly writing with this band, and continues to evolve and change as I sit here.
Bringing all this back to my band, I felt inspired to rename the ensemble to La Orquesta Esa, and experiment with some larger ensemble writing. How could I take all that I was learning to be more purposeful about what I’m asking of my band members, especially the rhythm section. I found 5 horns to be a beautiful combination of large ensemble textures, while still keeping the band flexible.
In June 2024 I had the tremendous honor of being asked to play at Dizzy’s for their late night session, where I brought my band to premiere a new songbook in a show called Ginita y La Orquesta Esa - Live at Dizzy’s Club. Earlier in the month I had written some Big Band arrangements for Airmen of Note, so some of that repertoire was coming with me as well. And although the programming of my music had changed, there were essential tracks on my first record (The BOUNCE) that felt like they represented this voice long before I had accepted that this was how I was hearing things, this being one of them.
I arranged this piece very close to the original record, incorporating the textures of more horns and re-voicing it for large ensemble rather than adding sections and expanding on it. As much as I like to make the journey unexpected I felt the original arrangement of this made every point I needed to make for now. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll arrange this for Big Band and we can hear more of my thoughts on this, but for now I hope you enjoy this nonet arrangement. Welcome to the new repertoire of La Orquesta Esa.
Included: PDF digital downloads of full concert score, all parts
soprano sax, tenor sax, bari sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, drums
Level: Advanced
C sus solo section
In 2022 I started playing with Lulada Club, NYC’s all women salsa band. Shortly after I became the band’s resident arranger, and spent the next few years deeply entrenched in the music, studying all the intricacies of the clave, the bell patterns, el montuno y el tumbao, etc. I learned so much about musica latina and her song forms, the tradition of salsa, and had a band with which to write for large ensemble. The energy and vibe of my writing changed significantly writing with this band, and continues to evolve and change as I sit here.
Bringing all this back to my band, I felt inspired to rename the ensemble to La Orquesta Esa, and experiment with some larger ensemble writing. How could I take all that I was learning to be more purposeful about what I’m asking of my band members, especially the rhythm section. I found 5 horns to be a beautiful combination of large ensemble textures, while still keeping the band flexible.
In June 2024 I had the tremendous honor of being asked to play at Dizzy’s for their late night session, where I brought my band to premiere a new songbook in a show called Ginita y La Orquesta Esa - Live at Dizzy’s Club. Earlier in the month I had written some Big Band arrangements for Airmen of Note, so some of that repertoire was coming with me as well. And although the programming of my music had changed, there were essential tracks on my first record (The BOUNCE) that felt like they represented this voice long before I had accepted that this was how I was hearing things, this being one of them.
I arranged this piece very close to the original record, incorporating the textures of more horns and re-voicing it for large ensemble rather than adding sections and expanding on it. As much as I like to make the journey unexpected I felt the original arrangement of this made every point I needed to make for now. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll arrange this for Big Band and we can hear more of my thoughts on this, but for now I hope you enjoy this nonet arrangement. Welcome to the new repertoire of La Orquesta Esa.
Included: PDF digital downloads of full concert score, all parts
soprano sax, tenor sax, bari sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, drums
Level: Advanced
C sus solo section