The Opener II, by Carl Strommen – Score & Sound

The Opener II
By Carl Strommen
Item: 00-41131
Series: Jazz Band Series
Level: 3

Open any concert with this swingin' chart that will make your audience sit up! At a tempo of 208 BPM or faster, written solo space for tenor and trumpet 2, lead trumpet range to written B above the staff, and an optional vibes part, this chart is complete. This title is available in SmartMusic.

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[Cold-mustards]

I love the walking baseline mixed with the solos and a few crash symbols here and there

[Frodohotep]

Great chart. Nice performance. Good recording. Thanks!

[Vempori]

Year after year this has been one of my hallmark XMas pieces. Cheers to my brother Santi, much love!

[literal-tree]

so much better than the first. this was my final big sax solo at mckinnon and it was so fun

[jandy]

That tenor solo at 0:53 absolutely SHREDS 🔥😤

[imploud]

My local big band sent me here! I love it!-

[ricobass]

Our band is going to play this one. I'm trying to get up to speed on guitar. Although I can just about keep up with this at 0.75 speed, I can't make any sense of the key change at 89. The guitar part has 6bars rest but I can hear the everyone come in after only 4bars. I can't read the video full score, as it plays, on my PC screen; it's too small. Can anyone explain what is going on?

[veigys]

Am I the only person who hears one trumpet player playing out of tune? 🤔