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Shadows and Light / Divergence Jazz Orchestra.
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Work Overview
This piece for big band draws on many musical influences. The idea for the piece was first conceived when the composer was travelling through the mountains of Greece, looking at a scenery comprised of many orange and olive trees, while listening to the music of big band composer and trumpeter Don Ellis who was prominent in the 1960s and '70s. While incorporating the joyful exubrance of Ellis's work and his fasicination with unusal time signatures, stylistic influences can be heard from big band jazz, Bulgarian and Greek rhythms and Calypso; and it has also been described as reminicent of Irish music.
The work is in an odd time signature, with a groove of 13/8-11/8. It also moves into 10/8 on three ocassions.
It features two improvised solos, on trumpet and on either soprano sax or alto sax.
Work Details
Year: 2018
Instrumentation: 5 trumpets, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 3 trombones, bass trombone, guitar, piano, bass, drums.
Duration: 6 min.
Difficulty: Advanced
First performance: by Divergence Jazz Orchestra at Divergence Jazz Orchestra (Foundry616) on 9 Feb 2018
The composer notes the following styles, genres, influences, etc associated with this work:
big band jazz, Greek and Bulgarian rhythms, calypso
Analysis
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Jazz
Performances of this work
9 Feb 2018: at Divergence Jazz Orchestra (Foundry616). Featuring Divergence Jazz Orchestra.
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