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Play this on the jukebox and listen to a lot of other versions too.
You can also download all the different musical versions, in the order they went up.

Check University Jazz Ensemble’s YouTube channel for more info.

CREDITS:
Arranged by Terry Vosbein
University Jazz Ensemble
Washington and Lee University

Saxophone
Truman Chancy ’22
Jae Jung ’22
Alex Qian ’23
Ben Slater ’23

Clarinet
Carissa Petzold ’21

Trumpet
Cassandra Sobieski ‘22
Leslie Sparling ’22

Trombone
Alexis Feidler ‘21

Keyboards
Chris Lyman ‘24
Robert Masi ’21

Drums
William B. Morris ’23

Bass, director
Terry Vosbein

The University Jazz Ensemble was founded in 1996 by Terry Vosbein. In the fall of 2020, faced with Covid-9 restrictions, the band masked up, socially distanced, and went forward. Some of the students heard the Vosbein Magee Big Band’s version of “Better Times” and asked if they could do a version. Here it is.

BETTER TIMES WILL COME
(Janis Ian)

Better times, better times will come.
Better times, better times will come.
When this world learns to live as one,
oh, better times will come

When we greet each dawn without fear
knowing loved ones soon will be near
When the winds of war
cannot blow any more
Oh, better times will come

CHORUS

Though we live each day as our last
we know someday soon it will pass
We will dance, we will sing
in that never-ending spring
Oh, better times will come

CHORUS

“Better Times Will Come” words & music by Janis Ian; © Janis Ian 2020. All rights reserved; international copyrights secured. Used by permission