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
Written in response to a young high school student’s tragic passing, If Heaven Had a Window is an emotional, yet hopeful ballad which also honors our own loved ones who have passed on.Program NotesIn 2016, River Bluff High School of Lexington, South Carolina…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joshua V. Hinkel
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
As young children, our minds flourish with the endless possibility of what can be. Imaginations takes the listener on an amazing adventure through the wondrous land known as the human imagination. Fly through the clouds, ride a fast pace train over a never…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joshua V. Hinkel
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
Dedicated to a long-time band director, Shimmering Fanfare reflects her sparkling personality (and choice of concert attire) and is sure to be a hit with students and audience members alike.Program NotesShimmering Fanfare is dedicated to long time Berkeley…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Joshua V. Hinkel
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