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
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.
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..