Downtown Tango by Rick Hirsch - Score & Sound

Downtown Tango
By Rick Hirsch

Item: 00-45069
Series: Young Jazz Ensemble
Grade 2
Ensemble: Jazz Ensemble
Format: Conductor Score & Parts

"Downtown Tango"" by Rick Hirsch is a soulful tango for sure! A very effective chart with an auxiliary percussion part with castanets for authentic tango flavor. Features include a modest tempo of 104 BPM, lead trumpet range to written G, brief written solos for alto, tenor, trumpet, and trombone. A big shout chorus completes the package. (4:24)

[makaylakathleen]

My brother and sister made all state jazz band of Texas and they played this song. It was awesome! They also played Spain and some other songs.

[cassie]

Latin tunes are the best, I will not debate anyone on this.

[tobintregear]

Current favourite of my jazz band songs

[Reagan_Calamity]

This is a really good song for its genre. I hope next year in jazz band we play this :)

[xxgeneric_usernamexx]

Just got this for the jazz band that I’m in yesterday. Already one of my favorite pieces I’ve ever played

[uhimcoollol]

We just got this song and vehicle today for my jazz band :))

[redstonellama]

2:27 so my favorite with the sax and trombone

[StoverSports]

Easily the most memorable song of my middle school career. So much fun to play! Judson MS band anyone?

[The_Burber]

I love the back and forth with the trombones

[Lilyvex]

This is so different from the other things we played

[joey]

Love that I get to play this for jazz this year

[Promisebreaker]

The tenor and trumpet solos go hard af

[BariSaxGuy]

it says optional for bari sax, but the piece wouldn't sound the same without

[xNukedApplez]

Does no-one else pick up that the bari sax is playing the intro wrong? The second note isn't being played on the third beat. Trom 3 & 4 + bass guitar come in with the same thing and play it right at bars 18 - 25

[josecarranza]

Band is playing this at 1.25 speed, i love it

[chrisbenson]

It Sounds a lot like tonight we Tango for Jazz Band

[Slipdalact]

I’m Playing this is jazz band 7th grade 🤞🤞

[cstuart]

This sounds like “Tonight, We Tango” a piece my jazz band played, but easier. I was able to predcit the song, and it has a lot less rhythmic flair, specially in the sax section.

[toshikyu]

i remeber playing this at my wifes wedding!! 😮 I was a 2 year old and she js tiened 50! 😂😂🤣it was amazing and she even kissed ankther guy out of excitement this is really an amazing that gets me into the grrooves..😜🥰 i turned gay not to long ago and came out yesterday! no one supperted and now i have no wife but that is oky because i still have this song in my head and stuck up there 🥰🥰 today i met my sneaky link and he accidently hummped me to the rythym to this song i instantly knew and tried so very hard not to start crying thibking abt my dead wife.💑😓😅😅 This is very romantic me and my sneek link went put and drank a lot but my but is very hurt now i dont know what we did hahhaha 😂❤ Love yhis song keep doing what u dong

[jackpeisker]

Anyone else in jazz band lol
Hope Mr smith of CHS sees this