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As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Vocal

The Lip

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

Arr By: Matt Amy

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Down on the

Mis -sis -si - pi riv -er in a

mid -night

dive

I met a

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tru -mpet play - ing cha -rac - ter and

man a - live when he be - gan to play he rea -lly did it

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from the hip

and when I asked ab -out his name they told me

its the Lip!

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No one plays high notes like the Lip!


He's got a

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tone that's Rem - in -ic - ant of a

guy named bicks

he plays so high that on - ly dogs can hear him

[Spoken:]

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just for kicks

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ah,

and when i asked if he could read,he said "ah,

just a lit-tle bit

not en - ough to

hurt my play - ing or my Lip!"

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No one plays high notes like the

Lip!

how -ev - er

The Lip

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Vocal


I've heard him play be -low the staff andhe can go quite low but he's much more at home in Al

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tis - si - mo! but when he plays the way up high where he can real -ly

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real - ly likes to make it with those

shine seem's he

led - ger lines

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55

No one plays high notes like the Lip!

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70

82

90

82

Solos - open

2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

Play On cue - Last Time

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Vocal

The Lip

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I heard him

play - ing great one night when he was blow - in'

lead

he played so

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finetheoth -er trump -et play - ers chops would bleed, he played so strong and he played high and heblew

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all night

long All of the oth -er play - ers fain - ted while the lip played on,

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No one plays high notes like the Lip!

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I ne-ver

heard a trum -pet play -er play - ing notes so

high

I had to coax so hard bef -ore the lip would

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tell me

why, that he could get a lit -tle jar thats lab -eled high note

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rub a lit -tle eve -ry night on his mouth - piece

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Lip!


No one plays high notes like the Lip!

grease and he would

Thats the sec- ret of the

On Cue

Alto 1

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

13

The Lip

38

44

49


mp

Solos - open
70
1st
70
time only

mf

65

55 55

60

mp

Long

27

mp

25

Arr By: Matt Amy

Alto 1

2 The Lip
2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue
82 82

86

94

99

118

124

134


120

mf

mp


mp


130

129

mp

106

105

90

On Cue

Alto 2

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

The Lip

13

38

44

27

mp

55 55

mf




- open
70 Solos
1st time only

mp

49

60

70

mp

25

65

Arr By: Matt Amy

Long

Alto 2

2 The Lip
82 82 2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

86

94

99

120



mf

134


mp

130

129

124

mp

118

106

105

90


mp

On Cue

Tenor 1

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

13

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

The Lip

38

44

mp

65

70 Solos - open

mf

Long

1st time only




70

55

49

60

mp

27

mp

25

55

Arr By: Matt Amy

Tenor 1

The Lip
2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue
82 82

86

90

94

134


120


mf


mp



130

129

mp

118

124

106

99

105

mp

On Cue

Tenor 2

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

The Lip

13

38

44

mp

55

Long

3

65

time only
1st

70

70 Solos - open

mf

mp

49

27

60

mp

25

55

Arr By: Matt Amy

Tenor 2

2 The Lip
82 82

2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

86

90

94

mp

118

124

120

mf

134


mp

130

129

106

99

105

mp

On Cue

Bari. Sax.

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

13

The Lip

mp

27

25

38


44

Long

60

64

70

mf

mp

mp

49

55 55

Arr By: Matt Amy

70 Solos - open
1st time only

Play On cue

Bari. Sax.

2 The Lip
82 82

2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

86

94

99

106

105


120

mf

mp

118

124

90

mp

130

129

134


mp

On Cue

Trumpet 1

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

The Lip

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

13

ff

27 27

ff

51

ff

59

63

70

Solos - open

2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

55

Long

3

1st time only

70

Arr By: Matt Amy

Shake
- Solo

Play On cue - Last Time

82 82

mf

86

Trumpet 1

The Lip

90

95

100

106 106

ff

94

ff

130 130

134

120

On Cue

Trumpet 2

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

The Lip

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

ff

ff

51

Arr By: Matt Amy

ff

27 27

13

55

56

Long

61

66

70

70 1st
time only

Solos - open

Play On cue - Last Time

Trumpet 2

2 The Lip
2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

82 82 F7alt

86

Bb9

90

C9#11

F7alt


Bb9

94F7alt

Bb9

96

E7 Eb7

F7alt


106

C9

102

117

132

120

ff

130

ff

On Cue

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Trumpet 3

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

The Lip

13

ff

27 27


ff

Long

61

70

55

56

66

ff

51

Arr By: Matt Amy

Solos - open
70 1st time only

Play On cue - Last Time

Trumpet 3

2 The Lip
82 82 2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue


mf

86

8vb opt.

90

95

100

106 106

ff

ff

130 130

134

94

120

On Cue

Trumpet 4

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Blues Shuffle (q=134)


27 27

The Lip

13

ff

ff

Solos - open
70 1st time only

70

55

Long

66

56

61

ff

51

Arr By: Matt Amy

Play On cue - Last Time

Trumpet 4

The Lip

82 82 2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue





mf

86

94

90

100

106 106

ff

ff

130 130

134

95

120

On Cue

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Trombone 1

25

38

The Lip

13

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

mp

50

27

56


mf

65

70

1st
time only

70 Solos - open

mp

55

Play On cue - Last Time

Long

61

mp

44

Arr By: Matt Amy

2 The Lip

82

82

mf

86

90

119

131

135

mp

120


mf


mp

130

mp

94

125

100

106

95

106

Trombone 1

2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

On Cue

Trombone 2

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

25

38

27

mf

65

70

Solos - open

time only
1st

70

mp

55

Long

mp

61

Arr By: Matt Amy

50

56

13

mp

44

The Lip

Play On cue - Last Time

2 The Lip

Trombone 2
82 2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

82

mf

86

90

94

94

106

119

130

120

mf

134

mp

mp

124

130

100

106


mp

On Cue

Trombone 3

13
Blues Shuffle (q=134)

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

The Lip

mp

25

38

44

50


mf

65

Solos - open

70

70

1st time only

mp

55

Long

61

56

mp

27

Arr By: Matt Amy




Play On cue - Last Time

2 The Lip

Trombone 3

82 2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

82

mf

86

90

100

106

106

130

120


mf

mp

mp

134

124

130

mp

119

95

94

On Cue

Trombone 4

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

13

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

The Lip

Arr By: Matt Amy

mp

38

25

44

50

mp

55

Long

65

70

mf

61

mp

56

27

70 Solos - open
1st time only

Play On cue - Last Time

Trombone 4

2 The Lip
82 2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

82

mf

86

94

90

95

100

106

106

mp

135

mf

131

120

125

119

mp

130


mp

On Cue

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Guitar

The Lip

Blues Shuffle (q=134)


27

27
Eb7

33

Eb7

13

Gbmaj7/Ab

Arr By: Matt Amy

A6 Bb6

Ab7

39

45

Ab9

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mp

Gbmaj7/Ab

55
Eb7#9

Eb7#9

A6 Bb6

Ab9

63

67

Eb7#9

Eb7#9

57

mp

A6 Bb6

Gbmaj7/Ab

Ab9

2 The Lip

Guitar

Solos - open

Tacet 1st X


70 Eb7alt

70

76

Eb7alt

Bb9#11

Ab9

2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue


82 Eb7alt

82

86

Ab9

Ab9

Bb9#11

90

96


Ab9


Eb7alt

Ab9

101

Eb7alt


D7 Db7

94 Eb7alt



Bb9

Eb7alt

The Lip

Guitar

106
Eb7

106

112

Ab7

Eb7

124

A6 Bb6

Ab9

mp

118

Gbmaj7/Ab

120 Eb7#9

Eb7#9

mp

130

130

Gbmaj7/Ab

134

mp

Gbmaj7/Ab

A6 Bb6

On Cue

Eb6/9+4

A6 Bb6

Piano

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

27

13

Arr By: Matt Amy

The Lip
Gbmaj7/Ab

A6 Bb6

27

Ab7


Eb7

33

Eb7


38


44

mp

A6 Bb6

Eb7#9

Ab9

Gbmaj7/Ab

Eb7#9

The Lip

2
49

Piano

mp

A6Bb6

54

60

Gbmaj7/Ab

55

Ab9

Eb7#9

Ab9

Eb7#9

65

The Lip

Piano

Tacet 1st X

70 Solos - open

70



Ab9

Eb7alt

76

Play On cue - Last Time

Eb7alt

82

Bb9#11

82 2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue

Eb7alt

86

Ab9

Ab9

Eb7alt

Eb7alt

D7 Db7

Piano

The Lip

90

Bb9#11

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Ab9

Ab9

94

Eb7alt

Eb7alt


106

102

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112

Eb7

Bb9

Ab7

Eb7


mp

Piano

The Lip

116

Gbmaj7/Ab

5
A6 Bb6

122


128

mp

135

Bb6

Eb7#9

Eb7#9

A6

Ab9

133

120

Gbmaj7/Ab


mp

130

Gbmaj7/Ab

A6 Bb6

On Cue
p

Eb6/9+4

Bass

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

The Lip

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

Solo

Arr By: Matt Amy

Ab7

Eb7

(recorded Solo)

Eb7

Bb7

Bb7

11

Eb7

16

Ab7

21

27

27 Eb7

33

Eb7

Ab7

Eb7

Walk!
13

Eb7

Walk!

Ab7

39

45

Ab9

Eb7#9

Eb7#9

Bass

The Lip

51

55 Eb7#9

Ab9

57

Eb7#9

63

66

Solos - open
Eb7alt

Ab7

70

70

76

82

Eb7alt

82 2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue


Eb7alt

86

Bb9#11

Ab7

Ab7

Play On cue - Last Time


Eb7alt


Eb7alt


D7 Db7

The Lip

90

Bb9#11

Bass

3
94

Ab7

96

Eb7alt

Eb7alt

Bb9

102

106 Walk!
Eb7

Ab7

107

Eb7

113

119

120 Eb7#9


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131

135

Ab9

Eb7#9

125

On Cue

Drums

As Recorded By Maynard Ferguson.....

Blues Shuffle (q=134)

13

The Lip

Arr By: Matt Amy

Time - heavy Backbeat


27 27

(2)
(4)

33

(rrass)

(6)

39

45

50

(rrass)

(2)

55

56

(2)
(4)

62


(6)

66

Drums

Solos - open
70
70

(2)

75

79

(4)

(8)

(6)

(4)

(10)

2nd Trumpet Solo - On Cue


82 82

86


(2)

(6)





94

90

95

100

103

Fill

Drums
106106

Time - heavy Backbeat

(2)
(4)

112

(6)

118

(rrass)

120

(2) (rrass)

124

129

130

134

On Cue

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