Description

This burning contemporary original will be an audience-pleasing opener or festival chart, and your band will dig it too. It’s a 12 bar (but not a blues) form in C minor. The melody is stated by a trio of alto, trumpet, and tenor (all are featured on solos as well). An extended coda with exciting background figures builds behind a drum solo for a dramatic ending. Trumpet 1 to a D, trombone 1 to an A. Medium-difficult level.

Commissioned by Curtis Gaesser for the Folsom Jazz Festival.

Publisher: Walrus (JazzLines)

See a score sample here

Watch a YouTube performance here

Purchase from JazzLines here

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