Edition: JAZZ BIG BAND ARRANGEMENT

Description: CONTEMPORARY - DIFFICULT This is a great contemporary R&B chart in the key of B flat, dedicated to the late great electric bassist Jaco Pastorius. Scored for 5 saxes, 5 trumpets (the 5th part is optional), 4 trombones, and rhythm, with optional guitar, no doubles. The bass player should play electric bass. The bass part is written but it can be improvised since there are chords above the written line. The tempo is 96 bmp for the quarter note. This chart has a very nice and funky melody with a tenor solo with challenging rhythmic riffs and backgrounds throughout the first half of the chart. The second half of the chart changes feel from an R&B feel to a double time swing feel with a trumpet solo and a challenging sax soli/tutti section. There is a drum solo in swing time which goes back to the original R&B feel to the head, followed with a tag in double time swing feel with battling sax and trumpet solos. The highest note for the lead trumpet is concert high D flat. This chart is a definite opener of closer and is a great challenge for any college or pro band.