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Get It On - Bill Chase - Level 5 (4 Brass) Trumpet Combo - (4 Trumpets, Guitar, Organ, Bass, and Drum Set)
The Chase family and Cha-Bil publishing are pleased to publish “Get It On” from the CHASE library on the anniversary of Bill’s 80th birthday. Special thanks to the UNC Jazz Press for taking on this project.
Editor/Arranger Notes:
CHASE’s “Get It On” was nominated for a Grammy award and stayed on Billboard’s top 40 charts for 13 weeks starting in May 1971. According to Kevin Seeley’s history of the CHASE band, the original demo recording of “Get It On” was recorded in trumpeter Byron Lingenfelter’s living room in Las Vegas. Byron was an original member of the trumpet section and close friend of Bill. Byron was with the band at both the beginning and end but never recorded on an album. Performers should take note of how the cascades at letter D are arranged. Timing, intonation and balance are critical for the proper effect. In the 4th and 5th measure of letter D, note the 2nd trumpet’s “E” is part of the lead trumpet’s run and that note should be played appropriately as part of that run. Bands should rehearse this section well to ensure timing and phrases are cohesive. The organ run at letter D should be brought down in volume to enable the trumpet cascades to shine. It is preferable for the keyboard to use a Hammond B3 organ effect to duplicate keyboardist Phil Porter’s sound on the record. Electric bass should be played with a fuzz-distortion effect to recreate the sound of bassist Dennis Johnson. Lyrics will be included in the shipment for completeness, but a vocalist should listen to the original recording for the notes and appropriate phrasing.
We hope the reader will enjoy performing this chart as well as the bits of trivia above.
For approval to publically perform this chart please contact Cha-Bil publishing
at [email protected]
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Bill Chase rose to prominence in the 1960’s as a forceful and powerful lead player and soloist, and also recognized as a
sophisticated composer-arranger with Maynard Ferguson, Stan Kenton, and most notably, Woody Herman. A native Bostonian,
Chase attended the Berklee School of Music and studied with Herb Pomeroy, Armando Ghitalla, and John Coffee.
Chase went on to lead his own grammy-nominated, 9-piece jazz-rock band “CHASE” in the 1970’s with their first hit single
“Get It On”. CHASE distinguished themselves from the vortex of 1970’s sounds using their unique jazz-rock-with-vocal and brass
sound that Downbeat’s Jim Szantor described as, “tellingly-complex cascading lines; a literal waterfall of trumpet and technique.”
In 2014, CHASE was inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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GET IT ON (original arr. from 1971) 
