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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Jazz orchestra"”.
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364 Days: Suite for Jazz Orchestra
364 Days: Suite for Jazz Orchestra was composed for a standard seventeen-piece (5/4/4/4) jazz orchestra. The suite is comprised of five pieces- And I Think of You; Goodnight; What Ifs; 364 Days; The Dreamer and The Realist - and were recorded for the album J.E. Chapman, 364 Days: music for large …
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River : a reflective analysis of an original suite for jazz orchestra
… used to compose RIVER, an original suite for jazz orchestra. It is also a means by which I can reflect on the process of composing a large form, multi-movement work. The challenges that a project like this poses for a writer are both exciting and formidable. I will discuss RIVER in terms of …
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Frost, for jazz orchestra : exploring new conceptual, harmonic, formal, and timbral approaches to jazz composition
… is a conceptual and formal analysis of a new jazz orchestra work premiered by the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra on April 13, 2019. The piece, Frost, explores new conceptual and structural devices inspired by the works and writings of various 20th century and contemporary composers from …
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Looking Back to the Future: The South African Big Band Jazz Aesthetic Curating the South African Jazz Songbook for Jazz Orchestra
… in the Royal Albert Hall, of a South African Jazz Songbook, featuring the Metropole Orkest and selected soloists, and the resulting music preparation process for the concert. The objective of this project was to provide an overview of the story and sound of South African jazz to a mainly …
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Humanasonics: Compositions Inspired by Anthropological Human Universals
… totalling approximately twenty minutes, for jazz orchestra. Each movement is inspired by a human universal trait or condition. The conclusion asserts that when music is metaphorically based on immutable human universality, it will lead to an inherent understanding, unconscious or conscious, …
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George Russell's Jazz Workshop: The Composer's Style and Original Methods of 1956
… the creative methods of his 1956 work for small jazz ensemble. This body of work consisted of twelve pieces for the RCA Victor album The Jazz Workshop: George Russell and His Smalltet and three pieces commissioned by saxophonist Hal McKusick for his own Jazz Workshop album. George Russell …