Thirty-two years after taking noted jazz composer/arranger Don Sebesky’s arranging class when I lived and played in New York, I finally arrange a big band tune. Here it is:

Yes I know. Better late than never….maybe. This one is the 100+ year old popular tune “After You’ve Gone.”

The gentleman sitting to my right is Matso Limtiako who arranged a number of tunes for this band. Matso was very generous with his technical knowledge and support as I’ve tried to warm up this skill. Much of it I like but I notice a lot of the trumpet and brass leads are buried because I didn’t use unisons enough….over harmonizing if you will. Stay tuned, there is another in the pipeline. This time composed by me as well.