Is THIS cool??

07/06/25 for jazz big band

Around 1990 I rehearsed a couple of times with an Chuck-Brown-Chicago-gogo-funk-inspired band from Edinburgh called DC Ellis. I came up with a four-bar horn riff for one of their tunes – I don't think they ever used it, but it has stuck in my head ever since.

The other referent for this tune is the Maceo Parker album 'Life on Planet Groove' (https://www.discogs.com/master/53507-Maceo-Parker-Life-On-Planet-Groove) with, of course, the incomparable Fred Wesley on trombone.

My chart also features unison funky alto sax and trombone, incorporating a version of that horn riff I wrote all those years ago.

The title comes from a sketch from the 1994 comedy show 'The Day Today' superbly acted by Steve Coogan.

This piece lined up soon for rehearsal by the Byres Road Big Band.

Demo

Score not quite finished yet, need to put slurs in the sax parts for the sake of whatever…

Is THIS cool?? – https://musescore.com/user/12368/scores/25691794

Duration ~6'