Donna Lee

Saxes:Nigel Hitchcock Sammy Mayne Claire Mcinerney Alex Garnett (Solo) Martin Williams
Flute: Gareth Lockrane
Trumpets: Andy Greenwood Tom Walsh Pat White Sid Gauld
Trombones: Ade Hallowell Andy Wood Neil Sidwell (Solo) Mark Nightingale
Perc: Miles Bould
Drums:Ian Thomas
Bass & Arranger: Laurence Cottle

[@drbassface]

One of the most amazing Solos Harmonized into a Soli!
Amazing!!!

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

Hey Dave, thanks so much, means a lot, I'm a big fan of your playing!!
Laurence

[@drbassface]

@@Lauriecottlebigband Wow, I’m humbled:) Cheers!

[@paulcooper7796]

I have nightmares about turning up as a dep on a gig and having to sight read the lead alto part on that sax soli.!

[@lakisdiako1]

At the beginning they play the standard "Indiana" is the base chords & meters of" Donna Lee".....

[@colinlrfraser]

Astoundingly great!! Wow!!!

[@mikemcgibney]

Just stunning! I've been fortunate enough to see this ensemble play twice and both times I practically fell off my chair at the level of musicianship, writing and arranging - not to mention the bassplaying, which is utterly inspiring. I only hope some CDs are recorded to capture all this!

[@casbont]

Wow, beautiful tenor solo and nice arrangement!!

[@mikeycon10]

What a great band!! Ian Thomas absolute master too!!

[@gregoryharper886]

Frightening how great this is. Well done LC and all involved x

[@RobEgertonJazzTranscriptions]

Made my day! Feel honoured to have played with quite a few of these guys in my youth!

[@charlesbarry6730]

Big band arrangement of the " test piece" of the bebop era. Excellent.

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

Thanks Charles

[@milkoslavov3959]

this band is incredible

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

Thank you Milko

[@iranief]

"Donna Lee" was the "Giant Steps" of bebop!

[@robertferrier8424]

Dude, this is kick ass...I love my trumpets, but I think the sax section was so hot my iPhone ignited a little bit.

[@JamieLebish]

Wow!! Laurence...Great work from everyone! I am simply thrilled!! Thanks and keep it up, J

[@cartwro]

Man the reeds are just on fire!

[@cfb15jan]

At last a really good arrangement from a UK big band played wonderfully by this splendid outfit.

[@remydrums]

Literally jaco's solo. So dope

[@remydrums]

Bailey Giles nice

[@max_ilo4617]

I just realized it. That moment😂

[@LipnitskyOrchestra]

Oh, It's beautiful and extraordinary woodwind chorus! It's a great arrange thought, Laurence.

[@KillerFridge]

Absolutely incredible! Fantastic arrangement Laurence!

[@AugustinLehfuss]

excellent arrangement (and of course expertly performed...)

[@matthinesmusic]

This is ridiculous! Such a great line up, keep posting these laurie!

[@Frisbieinstein]

I didn't realize that solo was so good. and I didn't even know Peter Lorre played tenor sax.

[@OlemirCandido]

Wow!!!!! It´s great!!!!!

[@CocosBassment]

Why is there 5 dislikes?? whats to dislike, this is bloody great.

[@paxwallacejazz]

Cultural dark age

[@hughpenner1417]

At least there are 1.2k likes

[@gustavotavares9933]

Amazing!

[@HotWaffleBigBand]

GREAT job. Killer feel ;-)
Matt

[@DasGangle]

Wow, great Tom!

[@gumong3502]

Superb!

[@carlhudson83]

thumbs up for the young Tom Walsh.. Go on son!!

[@bobcosmic]

I beeped till I bopped. Lovely arrangement but I’ve got a fever and the prescription is more cowbell 😉 Bird lives !

[@tdude129]

Awesome! Love the bone solo at 2:05!

[@madalineduran2776]

What a beautiful chart, where can I buy it? Very excellent playing on the video. These musicians make it look so easy, thank you for all the hard work you have all put in over a lifetime to have a performance like this!

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

www.laurencecottle.co.uk/arrangements

[@TheLogicBeast]

staggering!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marcusblack949]

Great solo Alex!

[@StephenRoderick-td4nb]

Great performance, plus a brilliant adaptation to Jaco's version of this classic

[@mikegorman3399]

Amazing Laurie! :)

[@gastonlamarque4979]

Nice one Laurence, perfect👍

[@ArikShahar]

This is great thank you so much

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

Thanks Arik

[@DampRabbitVideo]

Awesome :)

[@tomek9966]

insane good!

[@iCanHazit]

Are the horns playing Jaco's solo? This is incredible

[@michaelabbo2779]

Lmao yeah plus the arranger is a bass player so it makes sense lol

[@lettuce7378]

Charlie Parker/miles Davis wrote it

[@oliplaysbass]

Only Laurence alone will arrange the entire Jaco solo for a big band

[@jiyujizai]

😃❤️💙🍀

[@EliZevin]

Hell yea

[@leblackproducoeseventos7148]

Hardssíssimo

[@Frisbieinstein]

My God.

[@kinellman251]

Swingin'.

[@SimonLasky]

It's utterly brilliant

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

Cheers Simon, hope you’re doing great. I’m loving “for the dreamers” awesome album.

[@SimonLasky]

@@Lauriecottlebigband Oh wow - thanks for listening Laurence

[@anthonyjohn3445]

That's quite good, isn't it?

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

Well, I like it!! Haha

[@danielalex8426]

Oh

[@benjaminsanon6760]

What is the beginning reference? at the top of tune before the dona lee head begins.

[@jgjazzman]

Back Home in Indiana-the tune Donna Lee is based on.

[@ijazzmunki]

Two dislikes - for f*ck's sake... this is bloody brilliant

[@florinstoica3117]

Cine a dat dislike e un fraier care nu a reusit sa faca nimic in viata lui...Felicitari Band-ului

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

merci beaucoup

[@kasiaschmidt-przezdziecka6287]

Jaco's solo :D

[@mr.mxyzptlk6233]

Who arranged this? Fantastic.

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

Cheers Mr. Mxyzptlk

[@milesbould1148]

Laurence our leader put it all together ... legend!

[@NeilRaouf]

* * * * *

[@cm4n63]

What is the ending a reference to?

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

Jaco's ending from 1976

[@aleksjenner677]

why did you shoot in 4:3?

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

Good question

[@GBUKMilo]

Two violinist's and a cellist didn't like this. I though it was awesome.

[@RanBlakePiano]

It is a swinging band .
How were you able to identify the dislikes ?

[@DylanJ.Holmes]

Where can we buy the score?

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

Send me an email via my web-site Dylan

[@Lauriecottlebigband]

www.laurencecottle.co.uk/arrangements

[@carloscarvalhoficial]

Amazing!!