Letter from Home

Many of Thad Jones' original compositions were recorded by the Harry James Orchesta and this chart beautifully illustrates how jones had such a unique talent for writing within the established style of different bands, while still managing to instill his own musicality in each piece. This arrangement of Letter from Home features a trumpet solo as played by Harry James. There is also a piano solo and a nice 16-bar sax soli that is followed by a great shout chorus. The instrumentation of this chart calls for a trumpet soloist with the ensemble with a total of five trumpets.