May Each Day (J.Farley)

Swing into action with this authentic Big Band arrangement of "May Each Day," expertly crafted by John Farley. This jazz chart, featuring an unknown composer, captures the song's timeless elegance and uplifting spirit, making it a quintessential jazz standard for your ensemble. At 35 pages, this medium-difficulty arrangement provides a complete professional score and individual parts for Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Bass, Drums, and Vocals, ensuring a polished and cohesive performance. The arrangement maintains a relaxed, medium swing tempo feel, perfect for showcasing a vocalist. Harmonically, it embraces classic jazz voicings with a rich, yet accessible, harmonic language, avoiding overly complex substitutions. Rhythmic patterns are idiomatic to the big band swing style, offering a comfortable groove for all sections. This arrangement of "May Each Day" is ideal for a wide range of performance contexts, from formal concerts and jazz festivals to school big band performances and professional engagements.