JE: Mambo Inn Tito Puente / Arr. Jon Harpin

Mambo Inn is an up-tempo, high-enery latin chart from the Tito Puente band and it is a feature for Baritone sax. The bri solo is to be improvised, and it lasts for 40 measures based on just the one (Eb9) chord, so some creativity is required in order to maintain the energy. As you might expect from a Puente chart, the brass lines are sharp and snappy, and the beat intensity from the rhythm section needs to be maintained from start to finish. There are no sax doubles.