Test – Audio
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| Mercury– Just written for Flugelhorn and reeds, a la Anatomy Of A Murder. It’s fast modal flugel jazz with a fun soli for flugel, clarinet and tenor in the Terry/Gonsalves/Hamilton way |  |  |
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| Venus– Big Hodges-esque alto ballad, with a sweet high solo moment for trombone 3. Pretty easy ensemble. | | |
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| Luna– is actually taken from the Holst Suite for Military Band in Eb. It was added to the original work for a gig where we had to play under a huge model of the moon! In the style of Translucency and other pastel wordless vocals, we have a cut down ensemble of Soprano (voice) clarinet and trombone, supported by two trombones, bass and piano. | | ||
| Mars– and easy enough big aggressive swinger. The solo trumpet part is crazy high, but would work down an octave too. | | |
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| Asteroids– this is two of the melodies from Jupiter in the original arranged as a bebop joust for tenor sax and trombone. It stands on its own, or can be played as a long piece segueing into.. | | |
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| Jupiter– a big feature for bari sax. A groovy mambo and a soulful ballad comprise the two parts of this. | | |
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| Saturn– Interlocking solos from Holst’s original make up into an uncannily Ellingtonian collage. Big number for your bass player. | | |
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| Uranus– Piano feature in two halves. Good vehicle for your pianist’s chops! | | |
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| Neptune– mellifluous clarinet feature- gentle rhumba with a big swinging section and a fade ending as per Holst’s futuristic conception. | | |
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| The Complete Jazz Planets Suite | | |