Great Big Ball...
Hints of 80's Brookmeyer in a chart that's approachable by advanced HS bands (and on up). It has the medium-up feel-good vibe, a memorable melody, and paints with fairly broad brush strokes. A great vehicle for your bari or alto soloist over an infectious four-chord vamp ('borrowed' from John Legend, but he'll never know). Your rhythm section can cut loose on this one right along with the sax soloist.
Lead Trumpet: C# • Duration: 4 minutes • no doubles
2011 Missouri All-State Jazz Band
mp3 at top recorded in studio (August 2010) by a band of fantastic Central Pennsylvania musicians:
saxes: Curtis Johnson, Matt Donovan, Tim Powell, Jonathan Ragonese, Kevin Supina
trumpets: Eddie Severn, Dale Orris, Jeff Smith
trombones: Paul Leskowicz, Mark Lusk (tenor & bass)
rhythm: Steve Rudolph (piano), Bob Insko (bass), Aaron Kimmel (drums)
alto solo by Rick Hirsch
Reader Comments (1)
VERY cool chart, Rick! Killin' writing and soloing...keep on!