Vince Gassi

Hip Fingers (Score & Parts) (Eighth Note Publications: Vince Gassi Jazz)

This tune oozes cool!! An infectious theme repeats, unravels, and winds its way through the piece, picking up a little counterpoint on the way. The tuba player starts the journey with the closed hi hat and dipsy doodles its way through variations and permutations. A written trumpet solo unfolds somewhere amidst the hustle and bustle. A quick key change, a trombone solo, and abra cadabra, we get back to the business at hand. It finally takes the tuba to calm us all down with the original motif. All you can say at the end of this one is ""Du-u-ude""!!