Physical description
The Blue Room is a Showtune written by Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) for the musical "The Girl Friend" with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. The New York American reviewer at the time of the release of the musical in 1926 wrote "There was a ditty called 'The Blue Room' which should be sung to exhaustion". The piece has become a well known jazz standard and has been released by many artists over the past century. Its simple melody makes it easy to adapt to introduce instrumental improvisation over the backing band.
17 Parts for Brass Band:
Soprano Cornet
Solo Cornet
Repiano
2nd Cornet
3rd Cornet
Solo Horn Eb
1st Horn Eb
2nd Horn Eb
Euphonium
1st baritone
2nd Baritone
1st Trombone
2nd Trombone
Bass Trombone
Eb Bass
Bb Bass
Drums
Inscriptions & markings
The Blue Room
by Lorenz Hart
and Richard Rodgers
Arr. Robt. H. McAnally
Modto Assai
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Summary
The Blue Room is a Showtune written by Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) for the musical "The Girl Friend" with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. The New York American reviewer at the time of the release of the musical in 1926 wrote "There was a ditty called 'The Blue Room' which should be sung to exhaustion". The piece has become a well known jazz standard and has been released by many artists over the past century. Its simple melody makes it easy to adapt to introduce instrumental improvisation over the backing band.
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References
- Wikipedia Entry - Blue Room
- Wikipedia Entry - The Girl Friend
- Youtube: Bing Crosby - The Blue Room (1956)
- Youtube: Benny Goodman & his Orchestra - The Blue Room The Blue Room written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, arranged by Fletcher Henderson performed by Benny Goodman & his Orchestra recorded 9 March 1938 released as Victor 26088, from the album "A Swing Session with Benny Goodman" (Victor P3), issued in November 1938 This is the sixth of six masters recorded on this unusual record date featuring Lester Young on tenor, Walter Page on bass, Freddie Green on guitar, and Lionel Hampton on drums. Despite the credit given on the record label, I have no reason to think Benny plays anything other then clarinet on this cut. NOTE: The material featured in this video is from a non digital, analog source and of "substandard" quality. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
