A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing

This classic Billy Strayhorn tune has harmonic complexity and a slow tempo to challenge your soloists and strengthen the ears of your vocalists, and arrangement features a soprano lyric soloist and gives space for improvisation. With challenging voicings that repeat, this chart is a great way to introduce your singers to more advanced ballad singing!

Purchase of this arrangement includes: full conductor’s score, vocal part with chord changes, separate partially notated parts for all band instruments (mixture of written sections and slash notation), and an mp3 of the demo recording. Part tracks, rehearsal tracks, re-voiced options, and different instrumentation can be made available upon request.

Instrumentation: Piano, Guitar (optional), Bass, Drumset

Music and Lyrics by Billy Strayhorn
Arranged by Kat Sherman