Brother Kenya’s Paradigm ♫ written by Rich Willey and arranged for funk band by The Amazing Wally Minko
Based on the chord sequence from Brother Can You Spare A Dime and a whole lot of fun to play, this chart is just a relaxed and swinging tune that lets your band groove and gives your audience an opportunity to do some toe-tapping and finger-snapping.
Suggested price: $45.00
Description
Brother Kenya’s Paradigm ♫ written by Rich Willey and arranged for funk band by The Amazing Wally Minko. This tune is based on the chord sequence from Brother Can You Spare A Dime and is a whole lot of fun to play.
A straight-forward set of chord changes directly from the old 1930 standard, this arrangement is 193 bars long at a suggested tempo of ♩ = 144, with a difficulty level of intermediate.
Written with solo space for tenor sax and bass trumpet with some drum fills toward the end of the soli section.
All our funk band charts have similar instrumentation, and this chart calls for:
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Tenor Sax
Valve Trombone
Bass Trumpet
Keyboards
Hammond B3 Organ
Electric Guitar
5-String Electric Bass
Drum Set
This chart comes in a PDF that you’ll be able to download immediately upon submission of your order.
Here is the entire track from the Rich Willey’s Boptism Funk Band Conspiracy CD:
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