Groovy Encounters O'Farrill, Chico Big Band / HL00000878 click for RealAudio clip Recorded by PRATT BROTHERS BIG BAND on GROOVY ENCOUNTERS Amosaya: AM-2532 / Recorded in March 1995  Tempo Uptempo swing Arrangement Difficulty medium-advanced Solo Difficulty medium BIG BAND INSTRUMENTATION Alto Sax 1 Alto Sax 2 Tenor Sax 1 Tenor Sax 2 Baritone Sax Trumpet 1 Trumpet 2 Trumpet 3 Trumpet 4 Trombone 1 Trombone 2 Trombone 3 Trombone 4 Guitar Piano Bass Drums FULL SCORE A real smoker! Written for Count Basie, this is the perfect opener or closer for a concert, and a great chart for festivals and competitions. Trombone, tenor sax, trumpet, alto sax and piano have solos. It's really a series of groovy encounters with exciting ensemble backgrounds and interludes. CHICO O'FARRILL (b. 1921). Afro-Cuban Jazz legend Chico O'Farrill recently returned from a long hiatus with feature articles about him in both Downbeat and Jazz Times, a Lincoln Center retrospective of his works, including the premiere of his Trumpet Fantasy performed by Wynton Marsalis, and a new album featuring his big band charts. Chico moved from his native Havana in the 1940s and wrote compositions and arrangements in various styles for Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Kenton, Machito, Charlie Parker and others from the late '40s to the mid '60s. Related Website http://www.amosaya.com Hal Leonard Stock Number HL00000878 List Price $45.00 TO ORDER: take note of the publication's HL number and call Music Dispatch at 1-800-637-2852. Or go to one of the following online music stores: Music Dispatch Stantons Sheet Music Byron Hoyt Music Colony Music Penders Music Marina Music J.W. Pepper Sam Ash Music Sheet-music.com Sheet Music Direct Sheet Music Service Sheet Music Online Sheet Music Plus Or, order from your local music dealer. Click here to locate your local music dealer.