Composer
Arranger
Mike Dana
Category
Big Band
Level
Medium Easy
Style
Contemporary swing
Ranges
Trumpet: Bb5, Trombone: F4
Duration
3:43
Description
The Best Day Ever is a relaxed, sometimes almost floaty contemporary swing chart. Unusual phrasing, a simple melodic line, and some harmonic surprises will keep your students (and audiences) engaged. It works well with reduced instrumentation (see below) and can feature any soloist (see below) plus your drummer. Ranges are very reasonable, and rhythm section parts are notated. This would be an ideal opener or middle chart for your festival set.
Note: The audio belongs to the standard big band.
Watch the video-score version here
Instrumentation
Little Big Band (5/4/4/4)