Homehttp://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012-05-22T17:56:35ZSquarespacehttp://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012/5/22/three-more-new-charts-today.htmlKerry Marsh2012-05-22T17:51:06Z2012-05-22T17:51:06ZI'm releasing three more charts today: "Don't Stop the Music," "Sent For You Yesterday" and "Your Home."  These are the last three that are ready for prime-time from last year's commissions.  I've got a couple more that are awaiting some recording fixes on the demos, and they'll come out some time in the next couple weeks.  Also, there will be at LEAST three new SAB Starter Series charts coming out within the next month, and following those, this summer, should be a series of SSAA women's group charts.  But for now, the 12 charts that I've released gradually this month are good enough for my annual new charts email promotion, which I plan to put out today (minus the video). 

]]>http://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012/5/21/creating-a-reason-for-yet-another-eleanor-rigby-chart.htmlKerry Marsh2012-05-22T00:02:37Z2012-05-22T00:02:37ZI love many of the existing charts on "Eleanor Rigby", and some of them are particularly appropriate for the average jazz choir, based on level of difficulty, in particular.  I really dig Paris Rutherford's chart on it for Hal Leonard, and I think that most groups wanting to do this tune would do well to check out his version.  For Level 5, DownBeat Award-worthy, super-hip ensembles, I present my own arrangement, which pulls no punches and provides a heck of an opportunity for a group to make some heavy and impressive music.  It's singable, don't get me wrong, and it has Part Tracks available, but it's fairly epic, and requires that your part singers are very good at singing independantly on some challenging stuff.  Please, to enjoy...today's new chart release, "Eleanor Rigby," from The Beatles:

]]>http://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012/5/10/i-could-drink-a-case-of-you.htmlKerry Marsh2012-05-10T20:29:35Z2012-05-10T20:29:35ZAdding a new chart today: "A Case of You", by Joni Mitchell, as arranged by Vince Mendoza for the amazing album "Both Sides Now", set for vocal jazz with a big alto vocalist feature.  Trivia...there isn't a single accidental in this this chart...it's totally based on one scale, and the effect (again, Mendoza's ideas, not mine) is wonderful. 

]]>http://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012/5/6/new-zero-7-tune-hits-the-collection.htmlKerry Marsh2012-05-06T21:15:16Z2012-05-06T21:15:16ZFolsom High School had a hit this year with Zero 7's "Mr. McGee".  It's a super-edgy and pretty strange tune/chart...really fun live and a sure standout!  Take a listen:

]]>http://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012/5/5/darkness-in-vocal-jazz.htmlKerry Marsh2012-05-05T17:51:46Z2012-05-05T17:51:46ZToday's addition is really a bullseye for my own personal taste in vocal jazz, if it's up to me to pick something n the iPod...dark and intense, "New World" incorporates both the start and finish of the heavy Lars van Trier film "Dancer in the Dark," which stars Bjork as a poor migrant worker who is losing her sight for whom some things go badly wrong and her stubbornness as a mother compels her not to advocate for herself, resulting in a shocking and unfortunate ending.  The soundtrack to that ending is this piece...

]]>http://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012/5/3/soundcloud-integration-is-complete.htmlKerry Marsh2012-05-04T03:51:31Z2012-05-04T03:51:31ZYou can now fully browse KerryMarsh.com on your iPad, iPhone, iPod or any other HTML5 compatible device, as I've made Soundcloud the audio host for the entire site.  Just so ya know.

]]>http://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012/5/3/the-83rd-greatest-song-of-all-time.htmlKerry Marsh2012-05-03T14:44:34Z2012-05-03T14:44:34ZNot bad for "All Time"...Norwegian Wood was one of the only Beatles songs written in triple meter, so Laurence Hobgood, writing for Kurt Elling, decided to fix that, in addition to most of the chord changes.  My adaptation for vocal jazz ensemble does what the Elling version does, and it was a good choice for a chart, I think...commissioned by Sierra College this past year.  

]]>http://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012/5/2/onetwokillmurder.htmlKerry Marsh2012-05-02T21:51:34Z2012-05-02T21:51:34ZThe title is a reference to a Paris Rutherford-esque tune count-off from the fond memories I have from my UNT Jazz Singers days.  But it's also relevant to today's added chart, "Murder By Numbers", a tune by The Police that is less about actual murder than it is about corruption in politics.  It was part of a set of music that helped carry Folsom High School's "A" Jazz Choir (directed by Curtis Gaesser) to a Down Beat SMA win in 2012 as well as wins at the Fullerton, Reno and Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festivals.  This was their closer, and they always brought the audience to its collective feet!

]]>http://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012/5/1/and-were-offthe-may-new-charts-releases-begin.htmlKerry Marsh2012-05-01T15:11:15Z2012-05-01T15:11:15ZI'm going to start releasing the new demos and charts all month, one at a time, leading up to the big promo announcement in early June. Here's the first new chart to be added to the site this month: "Old Folks At Home", commissioned by Winter Park High School in Florida.

]]>http://www.kerrymarsh.com/blog/2012/2/27/second-new-chart-of-2012-addedmethenys-phase-dance.htmlKerry Marsh2012-02-28T06:52:47Z2012-02-28T06:52:47ZAs a quick follow-up to Ben Folds' "The Luckiest", I've added a second chart from another one of my famous friends (get ready for the big name drop!), Pat Metheny.  "Phase Dance" was released on the self-titled debut CD from the Pat Metheny Group in 1978 and was cowritten by Metheny and Lyle Mays.  Although I believe at least one vocal jazz chart already exists on this tune somewhere, this one is wordless and very simple, and I've put it in the Starter Series, so it's only $60 and has Part Tracks and a Rhythm Track available.  Make sure and head to the Chart Store or the Listening Area to check out this new demo.  If you need a closer for a young group, this may be just the thing to round out your Spring set!

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