This original Latin jazz arrangement is great for the more experienced salsa/Latin jazz group. The arrangement is written for 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, piano, bass and percussion. This chart has a catchy melody and is arranged in a typical "salsa" style with plenty of solo space and intricate mambo section featuring bass and piano. Horn voicings, during mambo, are in a hip, modern, "Palmieri" style. The bass and piano parts are just chords during montuno/groove sections. Rhythm part does not show groove patterns, only hits.

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THOMAS BALL earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Trombone Performance form Berklee College of Music, and a Master of Music in Trombone Performance from the University of Colorado. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Arts in Music Degree from the University of Northern Colorado. Mr. Ball has been a freelance musician since 1988 and has performed and recorded a wide varity of styles including: classical, jazz, Latin American, R & B and musical theatre. Thomas appears on amny CD releases including three recordings by Denver-based salsa and Latin Jazz Band, Conjunto Colores. Mr. Ball has toured all parts of North America and Canada with musical theatre productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Annie. He has worked for two years as a trombonist for Carnival Cruise Lines and toured with Latin American and African groups throughout New England and the New York tri-state area. He has performed with many diverse groups and artists in New York, Boston, Denver and Miami including drummer, Rashied Ali (formally with John Coltrane), saxophonist George Garzone and The Fringe, saxophonist, David Murray (World Saxophone Quartet), pianist, Joe Bonner (Pharoah Sanders and Freddie Hubbard), Manhattan Transfer and the Jimmy Dorsey Band.