Ultimate Rejection – Joe Farrell

Though this song has only been recorded as a big band arrangement, there's no reason it can't be played in a small group setting. It's a medium blues head with a rhythmic kick to it, based around a two-beat pickup that starts with a pair of eighth notes followed by a quarter note. The first of these eighth notes is short, so it is notated as a staccato triplet quarter note followed by a triplet eighth note. Some stop-time hits on the fifth through eighth measures lead to a simple "turnaround" of II7-♭II7-I. The first ending of the head has a descending quarter-note triplet figure with each note harmonized as the root of a dominant chord. The second ending is a break which in a small-group setting would lead to the first solo.

In the big band arrangement, there is an eight-measure intro with the full band, with a break for the saxes on the last two measures. The trombones play the melody in unison, in the same octave where it appears on the C treble clef lead sheet. Instead of a solo, the second ending break leads to a sax soli in the key of F. This is followed by solos, also in F, on standard blues changes without the alterations of the head. There is a set of backgrounds with a double-time feel, leading back to single time for the shout chorus. This shout chorus is played twice, the second time tagged with the same sax section break as in the intro, leading back to the key of C for the out head. The ending, which is shown on the lead sheet, is one of those classic rhythmic swing endings, though the last chord is held out instead of the expected shorter hit.