Active Measures is a classic straight ahead swing chart with bebop overtones. Cup mutes are featured throughout the brass and instantly place the listener "back in the day". Solo space is provided for piano, trumpet, and tenor sax, and a surprise coda appears…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Rick Lawn
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
for Percussion Quintet
Echoes of Kohala aims to recreate the rich tones of Hawaiian Pahu drums using common instruments found in most music programs.Program NotesKohala is the oldest of five volcanoes that make up the island of Hawaii. Kohala is estimated to…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Brandon Dittgen
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
A dramatic and modern Thad Jones style take on an extended blues form makes for a challenging chart for everyone. Beginning with the opening glissando and punch, this chart announces itself in style. Muted trumpets take the melody and then hand it off to the…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Rick Lawn
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Take your percussionists on an adventure to the mysterious and uncharted reaches of the galaxy. Outer Limits challenges the young percussionists to create and display a spectrum of unique and otherworldly timbres. The audio track vividly portrays the vast and…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Brandon Dittgen
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Rick Lawn brings us a funky take on a stretched out blues form with a slippery melody and sophisticated harmonies. All goes according to plan through the melody and alto sax solo. A challenging unison brass soli follows and leads us into a unique musical…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Rick Lawn
Publisher:
Baker's Jazz And More
Composed for 13 players, Stonescapes gathers its musical themes from nature, specifically from landscapes created by formations of rocks. Great musical demands are placed on the performers, particularly within the three multi-percussion parts to create a…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Brandon Dittgen
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications