Year: 2016/2018
Duration: 4:30
Difficulty: Advanced
Original music by Stevie Wonder, released as You and I
(We Can Conquer the World) on the 1972 album Talking Book .
Jacob Collier then released his arrangement on his debut 2016 Album
In My Room.
Program Notes
Out of sheer respect and admiration for Jacob Collier, I decided to adapt his arrangement of Stevie Wonder’s 1972 tune You and I for trombones. This is by far one of the hardest arrangements I have ever done but being able to explore the harmonic complexities of Jacob’s arrangement was an amazing experience. Special thanks to June Lee for his amazing transcription, I would have never been able to complete the trombone adaptation without it.
Shawn W. Davern 