(8 Brass) Winner of the 1987 Downbeat magazine award for Best Original Composition. A contemporary samba with a front line of trumpet, tenor sax and trombone. Soloists are featured on an extended but easy solo section, followed by a challenging ensemble soli section that builds to a furious and exciting close.

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DAN GAILEY won the down beat magazine award for Original Composition for three years, winning in 1985 for Bossa For Wayne, in 1986 for Twice In, Twice Out and in 1987 for Hey Mama, Your Samba's on Fire. Gailey also received a down beat Outstanding Performance Award for Jazz Instrumental Soloist in 1986, and the 1987 down beat magazine award for Best Blues/Pop/Rock Instrumental Soloist. His professional experience includes performances with the Matt Catingub/Tom Kubis Big Band in Hawaii in the summers of 1986 and 1987. Dan was the Associate Director of Jazz Studies for the 1986-87 school year at the University of Northern Colorado, where he was also the lead tenor saxophonist in UNC's Jazz Lab Band I and a member of the award-winning UNC Vocal Jazz I. Dan is the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.