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Level: Professional / Very Advanced
The chart is presented as a challenge intended for experienced players.

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things is a professional/very advanced straight-ahead swing chart for an eight-part lineup: tenor, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, bass, drums, and auxiliary percussion. It is written as a demanding arrangement for experienced players, with room for saxophone, trumpet, and trombone solos. The instrumentation and extended 6:18 duration make it suited to a band ready to sustain a full swing feature rather than a brief ensemble excerpt.

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What matters in use
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
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The chart is presented as a challenge intended for experienced players.
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Each of those instruments has room for a featured solo.
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Plan for more than six minutes of performance time.
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Product questions
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
The chart provides solo space for saxophone, trumpet, and trombone.
Tenor, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, bass, drums, and auxiliary percussion.
Its listed duration is approximately 6 minutes and 18 seconds.