[Trombone-l] Solo Inspriation

[Peter Hanmore]

Brian,
I don't have much inspiration for you but I'm interested to hear other 
thoughts on this piece.  We have the same arrangement (I've got the 1st 
bone part).  It is arranged by Gary Pattison (not Peterson) who is the 
2nd horn with the Canadian Opera Company - he worked with, or went to 
school with, our concert band conductor I believe.  I believe it is his 
brother Ernie who played trombone with Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, 
which would explain the challenging arrangement for trombone.
I'm still working through the rest of the arrangement (stuggling with 
those high D's) but it has some great rhythms in it.  I'm not great with 
improvisation yet, so I'm not too sure what to do with this solo 
either.  I'd appreciate hearing from you if you happen to work something 
out with it.

Cheers,
Peter.

Brian Boyes wrote:
> 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
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