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Go Inside The Score for rehearsal tips, rhythm section suggestions, ideas and tips for soloists, and more advice from the composer. Check it out here.

Here’s a medium-up tempo modal chart that’s really fun to play. A contemporary head sits on top of an ostinato in open fifths, while the drummer keeps things energized with Elvin-ish time. Solos for tenor or trumpet; can be opened up. Very reasonable brass ranges are used. Suggested piano voicings and bass lines (also with chord symbols) are provided. This chart comes together quicker than most, and sounds very hip, given its medium difficulty level.  (Note: the first YouTube performance is quite a bit faster the written tempo!) 

Publisher: Walrus (JazzLines)

See a score sample here: Abyssinia score sample

Watch a YouTube performance here or here

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