Dedicated to and Perormed y the Glades Middle School Jazz Ensemle at the 2015 Midest Band linic, Erich Rivero, Director Saor de ua (Taste o ua) onductor 1st E Alto Saxophone 2nd E Alto Saxophone 1st B Tenor Saxophone 2nd B Tenor Saxophone E Baritone Saxophone 1st B Trumpet 2nd B Trumpet rd B Trumpet 4th B Trumpet By Victor López (ASAP) INSTRUMENTATION 1st Tromone 2nd Tromone rd Tromone Tromone Guitar hords Guitar Piano (Timales) Auxiliary Percussion I (Small oell, Large oell, laves) Auxiliary Percussion II (Guiro, onga Drum) Optional/Alternate Parts lute Viraphone Tua (Doules ) Horn in (Doules 1st Tromone) 1st Baritone Horn T/B Tenor Saxophone (Doules 1st Tromone) 2nd Baritone Horn T/B Tenor Saxophone (Doules 2nd Tromone) rd Baritone Horn T/B Tenor Saxophone (Doules rd Tromone) Previe Only
NOTES TO THE ONDUTOR Saor de ua (Taste o ua), commissioned y the Glades Middle School oncert Jazz Band, Miramar, L, as premiered at the 2015 Midest International Band and Orchestra linic, directed y Erich Rivero The introduction has a Latinjazz lavor, olloed y a uny melody and harmonic lares that immediately set the tone or the guaracha style at m 29 The guaracha is a uan uptempo dance genre It as the irst reole dance music that included singers onsequently, the original uan guaracha as a topical song orm or chorus and solo voice, ith improvisation in the solo voice something lie callandresponse in a tomeasure orm The guaracha section ollos that tomeasure orm, including in the rhythm section At m 29, the piano and ass have a solo rea, olloed y a percussion rea at m I suggest the ensemle practice this section sloly at irst, then tae it up to tempo Mae certain that it is tight rhythmically yet played in a relaxed manner not too rigid and sti Beginning at m 7, note the tomeasure pattern eteen the horns and the saxophones In this section, the saxophones play oth the call and the response Then there is more interaction eteen the horns as this technique continues throughout until m 88 Mae certain that the long all at m 85 egins and ends together At m 89, there is an eightmeasure piano solo rea ith a tomeasure percussion rea at mm 95 96 Again, strive or a tight ut relaxed eect The solo section at mm 97 11 eatures a tenor saxophonist, ut it may eature other soloists as ell i desired eel ree to add other soloists and/or add or delete repeats ased on the needs o the ensemle At m 101, the acground has een ritten using the tomeasure orm and then, as the solo intensiies, it taes on simple variations eep the acground under the soloist throughout this section Ater the solo, a jazz section is introduced, starting ith the tutti lic at mm 116 117 Note that the percussionists eep the same rhythmic drive going, ut it sounds as i the piece gets a reather eore it returns to the guaracha style ith the unison section at m 12 Wor on the rhythmic rea at m 122 so it s tight and clean At m 11, the tomeasure orm is ac again in the inds and sets up the ending eginning at m 147 Mae certain that mm 151 152 are tight! As it is the case ith all Latin music, a good rhythm section is ey to the eectiveness o the piece The ass player and drumset player should complement each other The assist should listen to the ass drum pattern eing played on the drumset and understand ho the ass part interconnects ith the ass drum The pianist is responsile or estalishing the rhythmic pulse It is essential that the assist, drummer, and pianist play cohesively or the groove to e solid To percussion parts have een ritten or this arrangement The parts are essential and they include small coell, large coell, claves, conga drums, and guiro The drumset player ill need to add timales to the set i possile When rehearsing the individual percussion parts, teaching and learning should e done in patterns All rhythms are ritten either in a tomeasure or ourmeasure pattern eep in mind that, during the teaching learning process, hearing and eeling the rhythms through veral interpretation is o the utmost importance Thereore, it is essential that students listen to recordings o great Latin artists such as elia ruz, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, and many others so that they can learn and assimilate the concept o Latin style music Also, the proessional recording o this arrangement, hich can e ound at alredcom/doloads, may e the est option since it ill e the actual recording o the chart that is eing taught and learned Additionally, i needed, students may research on the Internet pertinent inormation as related to Latin music and the percussion instrument(s) that they play YouTue has a ealth o Ho To videos related to playing techniques that ill certainly e eneicial I have enjoyed riting this commission and oring ith the students at Glades Middle School I hope that your students and audience get a little Saor de ua (Taste o ua) along the ay Victor López Mr Rivero expresses his thoughts aout the composition: Having commissioned a piece lie Saor de ua, hich as customritten or the Glades Middle School oncert Jazz Band, has een an incredile experience Being o uan descent, hen Victor ased me hat style I ould lie or the piece, I ne immediately that e anted a salsa piece that as authentic and ould highlight uan rhythms I ne that e anted a piece that ould resonate ith uan pride in the Miami community and ould ring a dierent lavor, i you ill, to the Midest linic Erich Rivero, Director Victor López Previe Only Victor López is a highly acclaimed educator, composer, arranger, and adjudicator He holds music degrees rom the University o lorida and lorida International University, ith an EdD in Educational Administration and Supervision He has served as director o ands at the middle and senior high school levels and as an administrator in the MiamiDade ounty Pulic Schools He has recorded and perormed ith various artists and has appeared in numerous music videos He has over 450 compositions/arrangements pulished as an exclusive composer, arranger, and clinician or Alred Music
ONDUTOR 45077S 1st EÑ Alto Saxophone 2nd EÑ Alto Saxophone 1st BÑ Tenor Saxophone 2nd BÑ Tenor Saxophone EÑ Baritone Saxophone 1st BÑ Trumpet 2nd BÑ Trumpet rd BÑ Trumpet 4th BÑ Trumpet 1st Tromone 2nd Tromone rd Tromone Tromone Guitar Piano (Timales) Dedicated to and Perormed y the Glades Middle School Jazz Ensemle at the 2015 Midest Band linic, Erich Rivero, Director Latin Jazz å = 152 4 4 4 n # # 4 n 4 4 4 # 4 n # 4 4 n 4 n n 4 4 hord 4 changes shon in part n n n 4 n n 4 hord changes shon in part 4 4 Toms ê ê @ DÈ A! ; G 1 *Auxiliary Percussion 1 2 do not appear on the score ut have een provided ith this chart ecause they are essential to the eectiveness o the piece æ SABOR DE UBA (Taste o ua) # # # # n n n n n n æ 2 4 5 2016 BELWINMILLS PUBLISHING ORP, a division o ALRED MUSI All Rights Reserved including Pulic Perormance N / /Pno 6 Previe Only By Victor López (ASAP) 7 8
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno ~9} N # n n 9 n 10 11 12 2 # n n 1 n 14 n n n n n n n n Previe Only 15 Saor de ua 16 Toms
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno {17} # # # # # # n n # n # n # A N # n # # # A 17 n n n ê N N A A N N N N A N A A A N N N # n n # n nn B; # # # n n n n # n n 18 DÈ ê n n N n n # # n n n E! [ 19 DÈ n Toms ê ê n n # # n E! [ 20 ê n n n n Previe Only # N # A N # n A 21 ê # # # # A A A A n # n n # # # # # E # # n # # # # n n n 22 Saor de ua
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno # n # n # n # n n A n n N n n DÈ A! ; G n n Toms ê ê ê 2 24 4 # # # # n n n n n n 25 26 N Previe Only 27 N Saor de ua 28
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno {29} Guaracha ç = 98 Piano/ solo rea Solo (/) Solo (/Pno) 29 0 1 n n n n 2 5 Perc rea on Timales 4 Previe Only 5 n n n n 6 Saor de ua End solo End solo
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno {7} N Play on set 7 8 # # # # # n 9 n 6 # # # # # n n n 40 N 41 42 Previe Only 4 n # # # Saor de ua # # n n n 44
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno {45} 45 46 47 n 7 # # # # # n n n 48 N 49 Previe Only 50 È 51 # # n n n n Saor de ua N N ponche on Timales 52
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno {5} on set 5 54 # # # # # n n n n n 55 n n n n 56 8 57 58 # # # # n Previe Only 59 n # # # # Saor de ua # # # # # n n n 60
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno {61} 61 62 n 6 n n n n 64 9 65 66 Previe Only # # # # n n n 67 n # # # # n n Saor de ua n n n 68
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno 69 70 # n n n n n 71 n 10 N # N # n n n n on Timales 72 N on set 7 74 Previe Only # # n n n 75 n # # n n n n n Saor de ua 76
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno {77} 77 78 n 79 n 11 # # # # # # # # n n n 80 N N 81 Previe Only 82 È 8 # # n n n n # # n n n n Saor de ua # # n n 84
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno {85} ~ N 85 86 # # n 87 n 12 N n n ponche on Timales 88 {89} Piano solo rea Solo 89 Previe Only 90 91 n n n Saor de ua 92
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno Add oell 9 94 Perc rea Timales 95 n Solo n n 96 End solo 1 {97} Tenor Sax solo DÊ on set 97 GÁ Ÿ 98 n Previe Only EÌ 99 n A7 n n n 100 Saor de ua
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno # {101Ç Add acground DÊ 101 GÁ N 102 EÌ # # n n n 10 A7 n 14 n n n 104 {105Ç DÊ Tenor solo continues 105 GÁ 106 # # # n n n Previe Only EÌ 107 A7 n Saor de ua n n n 108
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno DÊ {109Ç Tenor solo continues /more intensity 109 GÁ 110 EÌ # # # # n n n n n 111 A7 n 15 1 N # # N # n n n n 112 2 N Í Í End solo Í # Í Í N Í Í Í # Í n Í Í n Í Í n ( ) D n n N n Previe Only 11 114 Saor de ua 115 # # n n A n
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno N N 116 on Timales N 117 aanico roll æ {118Ç 16 on set 118 119 Previe Only 120 121 Saor de ua # n n n on Timales n n n n 122 n # n n n n n n n n
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno {12Ç on set 12 124 n 125 n 17 n n n 126 127 Previe Only 128 # # n n n 129 Saor de ua n
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno ( ) n n # # n n n 10 {11Ç 11 12 18 n 1 n # # # # # # # # n n n 14 Previe Only 15 Saor de ua 16
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno È 17 # # n n n n # # # # n n n n n n 18 {19Ç N 19 19 140 # # # # # n n n n n 141 n n n n 142 Previe Only 14 Saor de ua 144
Bari Tpt 1 Tpt 2 Tpt Tpt 4 Tn 1 Tn 2 Tn Tn Gtr Pno # # # # n n n 145 n # # # # n n # # # # # n n n n n 146 Bring out! Bring out! Bring out! Bring out! N # n D! n n 147 20 n n 148 149 Previe Only 150 N N N N N N on Timales 151 Saor de ua Solo 152