UNC Jazz Press

(Level IV) A fun, calypso/funk tune with room for an alto solo. A marimba part is included. After the solo section, the rhythm section plays funky stop time for a new theme stated by the trombones. The groove resumes under the new theme and leads back to the recapitulation of the original theme. The second theme returns with piano alone and builds to the end with alto sax soloing through the end. A foot-tapper and audience pleaser; they will sing as they leave the concert. Ending has optional higher note for capable trumpet sections. 8 Brass

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BERT LIGON is USC's director of Jazz studies. He received his Bachelor of Music and his Master of Music in jazz piano performance and arranging from the University of North Texas. With his jazz band, Bert Ligon on Condor, he has received many awards including national PBS awards, a KATIE, a SECA, and an Emmy nomination Many of his jazz band compositions are published by UNC Jazz Press. Several have been featured on CD's recorded by the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band. Ligon's book, Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony, is published by Houston Publishing, Inc. He toured with the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, and has performed with Randy Brecker, Mel Torme, Diane Schuur, Dianne Reeves and others. Before coming to Carolina, he taught at the University of North Texas. Ligon is president-elect of the South Carolina chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators. At USC, Ligon coordinates the jazz combos, teaches jazz theory, arranging, commercial music electronics, and applied jazz lessons.