This chart is a simple, fun straight-up rock blues that includes guitar and trombone solos. The horns are featured ‘a cappella’ style before returning to the head and punchy ending.Program NotesThis chart is a simple, fun straight-up rock blues that includes…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Patrick Thompson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
This theme-driven jazz waltz features tenor sax, trumpet and piano solos. Following the horn solos, a challenging variation is played by the brass in octaves. The finale is a shout chorus that slowly fades away. . .but not before a surprise punch!Program…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Patrick Thompson
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
In anthropology, liminality is a feeling of confusion or ambiguity that occurs during a transitional time in one's life, or a rite of passage. Written to commemorate the retirement of an admired music educator, this namesake piece embodies that emotional…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Joey Stempien
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Stix and Out is a drum feature written in a medium funk style. The title Stix and Out is a play on words of a phrase from the game of cricket. Many a child raised in Australia has played a version of backyard cricket during the summer months and the phrase ‘…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Roger Schmidli
Publisher:
Brolga Music
Every soloist that stands up to play in front of a big band faces their own ‘moment of truth’. In this chart that moment arrives for the alto saxophone player in an uplifting and funky feature that provides an opportunity for the soloist to really show off…
Style:
Jazz Ensemble
Composer:
Roger Schmidli
Publisher:
Brolga Music