Ray Nance's Prancin'

Chip Boaz has a really great latin jazz blog, and this entry on soloing "in clave" is quite helpful, especially the transcription: Francisco Torres Trombone Solo on “Tropi Blue,” Part One.

Speaking of solos, I've been practicing Wayne's latin jazz version of Take the A Train for our upcoming performance at the San Jose Jazz Festival, and came across a transcription of Ray Nance's trumpet solo on the tune, which, according to Wikipedia, is "one of the most copied and admired trumpet/cornet solos in jazz history."

OK, so I just went to find a clip of Mr. Nance and--praise the Lord for YouTube! You must check this OOOUUUUTTT: