Losing count of how many times I’ve played this song from a badly-written chart. So I wrote out a good one. This is best suited to trumpet and alto sax, but I’ve included a chart for tenor sax in case that’s needed.
That said, the audio was edited in this video, straying away from this chart, and the video clip was mimed. But I hope you find it entertaining anyway…
I’ve no idea the true name for this jingle and was unable to find any trace of it anywhere, so with no apparent alternatives I recorded it myself as a one-man-band. Six parts plus the first two doubled. The faux tuba and trombone tracks (played on flugelhorn and slide trumpet respectively) were dropped an octave thanks to digital effects on my mixer. My understanding is that this recording is expected to be played ad nauseam at the London event.
I can’t imagine anyone will ever need or want this ever again. But someone did once, so here it is just in case history ever repeats itself.
Transcribed for 2 trumpets, tenor sax, and trombone. The trombone part is also transposed and provided for a 2nd (optional) tenor sax, in case you find trombone players as scarce as I do.
I’ve included a transcription of Fred Wesley’s trombone solo, courtesy of Alex Leong’s magnificent work at trombonealex.com. Alex has some mighty fine trombone transcriptions on his site, so be sure to check them out and recognize his artistry!
To the 80’s is a lesser-known piece composed by my musical hero, Chuck Mangione. Chuck recorded this tune on his 1982 album Love Notes, and it has always been a favorite.
Here we have my note-for-note transcription of Chuck’s improvised flugelhorn solo, which I play in the video above in tribute to Chuck.
Chris Vadala’s incredible improvised sax solo is not for the faint-hearted to pen or play, so for a transcription, I enlisted the services of Curtis at saxsolos.com. The sax solo is available for download from Curtis’ site, which I recommend for study and to satisfy any curiosity as to Chris’ greatness. My buddy Jimmy did an amazing job to incorporate many elements of Chris’ solo in his own performance.
The video above was skillfully created by my good friend Frank Gtrmn. Frank makes awesome videos, and I’m so grateful for his fine work here!
Update: I was honored beyond belief to learn that Chuck Mangione saw and heard my video tribute. After sharing the video on Facebook I received the following comment from Chuck’s niece, Sweet Cheryl Lynn:
This song is in French. I’ve no idea what I just transcribed and recorded, and there’s no Wikipedia page to solve the mystery and explain it to me! 😱
Though it sounds to be a classic from the golden era of the 1960s. There must have been a lot of work for orchestral players playing pop songs back then…
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