One Day Wonder #87

For 2 horns, 3 trombones, 2 trombones and tuba.

OK, so I’ve written one and a half surf tunes so far. I mean, it’s summer; the sun’s shining and all that. I just gravitate toward the genre. With this effort, I wanted to screw with the changes and/or tonality big-time. That’s just what happens. I frame the A section as a blues. The thing is that the changes don’t correspond – except maybe in the last few bars. Otherwise, the chords drift from one arbitrary choice to another. Once again, this piece is mostly A section, so I drop in some odd-sounding trumpet fills and solos to keep things fresh. And even though the B section is nothing to write home about, this is still one of my favorites.

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