[Trombone-l] Solo Inspriation

[Brian Boyes]

Our concert band is going to be performing Copacabana as arranged by someone
named Peterson. The challenge with this arrangement, besides being hand
written and hard to read, is a 24-bar trombone solo at the end. I have
played the cords on the piano, listened to the Barry Manalow (sp?)
recording, and I just can't get anything to play out of this.

Chord structure is key of Bb, 4/4 time, two beats each of Fm9 F#m9 Gm9 F#m9
repeated 12 times.

Usually, I just play by feel, but I'm not getting anything from this. Any
suggestions? Better yet, does a recording of this arrangement or another
band arrangement exist?

Thanks,
Brian