C Jam Blues for Brass Quintet

C Jam Blues for Brass Quintet – Duke Ellington / Barney Bigard | Arranged by Keith Terrett

Bring classic swing to your brass ensemble with C Jam Blues for Brass Quintet, arranged by Keith Terrett. This celebrated Duke Ellington / Barney Bigard jazz standard makes an appealing addition to brass quintet concerts, jazz-themed programmes and educational repertoire.

Built around a memorable two-note melody and a 12-bar blues in C, C Jam Blues captures the direct, infectious appeal of classic jazz. Its blues character offers players an opportunity to explore swing phrasing, rhythmic precision and ensemble balance.

Optional extra parts are included for B♭ piccolo trumpet and B♭ trombone/euphonium in treble clef. These supplementary parts allow you to accommodate additional players and augment your brass quintet. They are entirely optional—the arrangement can be performed by the quintet alone.

For performers and teachers searching for jazz brass quintet sheet music, swing arrangements for brass ensemble or C Jam Blues brass music, this arrangement brings a familiar jazz favourite to the concert platform.

Add some swing-era sparkle to your next brass quintet performance!

Composers: Duke Ellington / Barney Bigard
Arranger: Keith Terrett
Ensemble: Brass Quintet
Optional additional parts: B♭ Piccolo Trumpet; B♭ Trombone/Euphonium in Treble Clef
Style: Jazz, Swing, Blues, Standards

Explore more compositions and arrangements by Keith Terrett, including national anthems for orchestra, recorders, saxophones, wind ensembles, brass ensembles and flexible band. If you urgently need an anthem for an instrumentation unavailable in my store, contact keithterrett@gmail.com. Where possible, I can prepare it free of charge.