(9 Brass) This bluesy tune in 12/8 feel won the 1994 Down Beat Composition Award. The head alters between dense harmonies and unison lines. The tenor and trumpet soloists get a chance to shine on an intense chorus with band breaks. This arrangement is a great, foot-stomping opener for your program.

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MONIKA HERZIG is currently finishing her Doctorate in Music Education with a Jazz Studies secondary emphasis at Indiana University. She works as a composer and arranger for David Baker and Dominic Spera's jazz ensembles and the IU Soul Revue, a black popular arts ensemble.