Jazzical
General Info
Year: 2025
Duration: c. 7:00
Difficulty: Grade V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Brixton
Cost: Score and Parts - $40.00 | Score Only - $0.00
Instrumentation
Drum set String Quartet Piano and String Bass
Program Notes
"Jazzical #7: Latin Vibes” is scored for string quartet, piano, double bass, and drum set. It received its world premiere on the Allentown Symphony Orchestra’s New Chamber Music Concert on March 25, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania by Eliezer Gutman and Juan Yánez, violins; Pam Jacobson, viola; Hikaru Tamaki, cello; Terry Klinefelter, piano; Paul Klinefelter, bass; and Chris Hanning, drum set Often the technical and spiritual elements that determine a particular musical style overlap with the traits of other styles. I have always been interested in the fine line that can separate one style of music from another. Many of my compositions over the years explore and celebrate the similarities and differences among musical styles. For example, my "Capriccio" for clarinet, trombone and percussion includes and extended section of twelve-tone Dixieland; "Mysterious Exit" for flute and percussion ensemble combines elements of Hopi social dance songs with serialism; and, "Traditions" for violin, clarinet, guitar, and string bass is a synthesis of elements of Klezmer music with those from mainstream Western concert music. In the case of "Jazzical #7," elements of modern classical music and Latin jazz, particularly the bossa nova, are juxtaposed in a way to sometimes blur the lines between the styles. The “#7” in the title recognizes the kindred predecessors of this composition: "Three Jazzicals," (published in versions for trumpet and tuba, clarinet and tuba, and soprano sax and tuba;) "Jazzical #4" for horn, trombone, tuba, and piano; "Jazzical #5" for euphonium, tuba and piano; "Jazzical #6" in versions for solo alto sax and sax quartet, and solo alto sax and piano; and "Jazzical #8": Four Synergies" (published in versions for flute, cello and marimba; flfute cello and piano; violin, alto sax and marimba; nd violin, alto sax and piano.)
Commercial Discography
Recent Performances
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Works for Percussion by this Composer
Solo Works
A Day In The City - Marimba
Concerto For Marimba And Percussion Ensemble (Buss)
Rite of Passage - Marimba
Marimba or Vibraphone Solo With Other Instruments Works
De La Madera - Marimba; Oboe
Dreams from the Shadows - Vibraphone; French horn
Impromptu - Marimba; Clarinet or Sop. Saxophone
Night Tide - Marimba; Trombone
Night Tide (Buss) - Marimba; French horn
Stellar Visions - Marimba; Flute
Sylvan Magic - Vibraphone; Clarinet
Two Caprices - Marimba; Flute; Oboe
Wave Train - Marimba; Flute
Multiple Percussion Solo with Other Instrument Works
Atmospheres - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Behind The Invisible Mask - Multiple Percussion; Bassoon
Boom Time - Multiple Percussion; Trombone
Capriccio (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Clarinet; Trombone
Crystal Miniatures - Drumset; Clarinet
Divertissements - Multiple Percussion; Clarinet
Incantation - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet
Into Each Life - Multiple Percussion; Flute; Cello; Piano
Jazzical #7: Latin Vibes - Drum set solo; String Quartet; Piano; String Bass
Kaleidoscope (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Metamorphosis (Buss) - Drum Set Solo; Flute
Rendezvous (Buss) - Multiple Percussion; Trumpet(4)
Scenes From The Holy Land - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Sky Blossoms - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Sonic Fables: "Lessons from Aesop" - Multiple Percussion; Brass Quintet
Soundscapes (Buss) - Drumset; Saxophone (alto doubling on tenor)
Ventures - Multiple Percussion (one or two players); Euphonium
Percussion Ensemble With Other Instruments Works
American Pheonix - Percussion Quartet; Bass Trombone or Tuba
Coexistence - Percussion Quartet; Clarinet
Crossroads - Percussion Octet; Trombone Choir
Dream Sequence - Percussion Quartet; Trombone
Escapade - Percussion Quartet; Saxophone
Modern Times - Percussion Quartet; Flute/Piccolo; Narrator
Mysterious Exit - Percussion Quartet; Flute/Piccolo
Spanish Memoirs - Percussion Quartet; Trumpet
There Is A Season - Percussion Duo; Clarinet
Where Now Rusts The Iron? - Percussion Quartet; Soprano; Flute; Cello
Percussion Ensemble Works
Currents (Buss) - Percussion Quartet
Overture for Percussion - (Buss) - Percussion Ensemble
Sci-Fi Percussives - Percussion Ensemble(12)
The Big Bang (Buss) - Percussion Sextet; Piano
Additional Resources
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References
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