Wind: Give Me Some G String for Bass Quintet

About the piece: I founded the Hofstra Bass Ensemble in 2012, I think, and have been trying to write a couple of arrangements per semester. Some of them were hits that students still remember playing years later. Some students have asked for charts to be brought back, and a few have even played them for their junior or senior recitals. When I wrote Give Me Some G-String I wanted it to be funky and bluesy, not too difficult to play but sounding virtuosic. Over time, the chart became longer and longer until I completed it with a shout chorus for the 2019 International Society of Bassists convention at Indiana University. That performance featured two of my Hofstra students, my colleague from Hofstra Dr. Pete Coco, and two very special guests, superstar bassist John Clayton and pianist Bill Mays. The solo section can seriously open up. The actual bass line can be improvised or played as written by one or more players. The solo s can be played either pizzicato or arco, and maybe a couple o