Composer: Kimmell, Jack Normain
Number of Trumpets: 4
Accompaniment: Piano, bass, drums w/optional congas and claves.
Key: F Minor concert
Duration: 5 minutes
Difficulty: 6
A through-written mambo. Excellent groove with challenging rhythms and licks for all instruments. Bass and piano parts are written out. Parts for drums and optional claves and congas. The band does a vocal section, too (and it works and the audience loves it). Note: the solo section for trumpet 1 eight measures before Rehearsal Letter K can be improvised on an E7 chord as done in the recording.
ITG Journal, June 2015, page 86:
"...well arranged and enjoyable piece and can be performed by most advanced level high school and college groups."