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Bruce Abbott Music Originals


Shenandoah / My Old Kentucky Home 

Categories: Jazz With Strings
Description: Medley of these two classic American songs arranged for jazz quartet with string quartet. 
Recording Info: North Star Jazz - Bruce Abbott (soprano sax), Ron Fournier (piano), Marty Ballou (bass) & Paul Mason (drums) with the Hawthorne String Quartet - Si-Jing Huang (violin), Roman Lefkowitz (violin), Mark Ludwig (viola) & Sato Knudsen (cello). 

Printed music for this composition is available to preview at Sheet Music Plus and SheetMusicDirect and can be purchased and downloaded there for $19.99.

About this piece: From the 2003 album "Sax Across America" by Bruce Abbott & The North Star Jazz Ensemble with The Hawthorne String Quartet. Soprano sax was used on the recording but this set of parts includes melody transpositions for Bb, Eb, and C (Treble and Bass Clef) instruments. Advanced Intermediate. Some improvisation required. Piano/Guitar/Bass reads from chord symbols. 
Even 8ths ballad tempo. Length 4:46. 
Traditional American Folk Song (Shenandoah), Stephen Foster (My Old Kentucky Home). Arranged by Bruce Abbott (BMI). ​​

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Enjoy!
Bruce​​
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