Here's a playable yet very effective arrangement of this signature Mingus composition. The familiar bari sax riff is handled by three saxes and there is also a substantial soli for the entire sax section.

Here's a playable yet very effective arrangement of this signature Mingus composition. The familiar bari sax riff is handled by three saxes and there is also a substantial soli for the entire sax section.

Here's a playable yet very effective arrangement of this signature Mingus composition. The familiar bari sax riff is handled by three saxes and there is also a substantial soli for the entire sax section.

Titled in honor of Charles Mingus' good friend and mentor Oscar Pettiford this swing chart opens with the two tenors followed by all the saxes and finally the entire ensemble. Whether you play this at a medium tempo or as ablazing burner the result is the same - a unique-sounding chart that swings like crazy.

Here's a playable yet very effective arrangement of this signature Mingus composition. The familiar bari sax riff is handled by three saxes and there is also a substantial soli for the entire sax section.