Bumble Boogie
Composer: Freddy Martin
Instrument: Percussion Ensemble
Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Published: 2025
Price: €50.00
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I have arranged Bumble Boogie for marimba solo and marimba-piano duo. Now, I have restructured it into a percussion ensemble version, featuring a marimba soloist accompanied by six percussionists.
The piece was arranged especially for a faculty performance at the 5th Marimbafest Competition and Festival in Australia in 2024, premiering on 5th July 2024 at ENERGY, the fourth Artist Concert of Marimbafest 2024.
Each part is structured to allow the performer to express their own unique musical character, resulting in a dynamic, rhythmic, and engaging performance. I hope that this arrangement brings joy to performers and audiences, and that many percussionists enjoy playing with their own excitement and creativity.
Kana Omori
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Instrumentation +
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Percussion Ensemble
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About the composer +
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Frederick Alfred Martin (December 9, 1906 – September 30, 1983) was an American bandleader and tenor saxophonist.
Freddy Martin was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Raised largely in an orphanage and by various relatives, Martin started out playing drums, then switched to C melody saxophone and subsequently tenor saxophone, the latter the one with which he would be identified. Early on, he had intended to become a journalist. He had hoped that he would earn enough money from his musical work to enter Ohio State University, but instead, he wound up becoming an accomplished musician. Martin led his own band while he was in high school, then played in various local bands. Freddy spent his spare time selling musical instruments; which also gave him an excuse to listen to the Lombardos play at the "Music Box". After working on a ship's band, Martin joined the Mason-Dixon band, then joined Arnold Johnson and Jack Albin. It was with Albin's "Hotel Pennsylvania Music" that he made his first recordings, for Columbia's Harmony, Velvet Tone, and Clarion 50-cent labels in 1930.
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