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Jazz, dude... *snaps*

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:32 pm
by Ex Nihilo
so what jazz pieces are you guys playing ad what festivals are you doing or have you done?

we just did the Coronado Jazz Festival.

our list is as follows:
In a Mellow Tone
Basie-Straight Ahead
Brass Machine
Larry's Latin Lunch
St. Louis Blues March

Re: Jazz, dude... *snaps*

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:26 am
by JazzGeek
Ex Nihilo wrote:so what jazz pieces are you guys playing ad what festivals are you doing or have you done?

we just did the Coronado Jazz Festival.

our list is as follows:
In a Mellow Tone
Basie-Straight Ahead
Brass Machine
Larry's Latin Lunch
St. Louis Blues March
Nice set! No ballad? Or does "Brass Machine" feature a rubato section? [I'm not familiar with that piece].
I love a band that plays Basie charts, might I suggest for a ballad, Basie's "Lil' Darlin'"?

Re: Jazz, dude... *snaps*

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:17 am
by Ex Nihilo
JazzGeek wrote:
Ex Nihilo wrote:so what jazz pieces are you guys playing ad what festivals are you doing or have you done?

we just did the Coronado Jazz Festival.

our list is as follows:
In a Mellow Tone
Basie-Straight Ahead
Brass Machine
Larry's Latin Lunch
St. Louis Blues March
Nice set! No ballad? Or does "Brass Machine" feature a rubato section? [I'm not familiar with that piece].
I love a band that plays Basie charts, might I suggest for a ballad, Basie's "Lil' Darlin'"?
In a Mellow Tone is kinda... ballady. Oh! i forgot The Loner. that one's a ballad, but we haven't played it for a while.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:19 pm
by supermutant
Brass Machine....Ballad????? :drop: :shock:

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 5:11 pm
by JazzGeek
supercommuter wrote:Brass Machine....Ballad????? :drop: :shock:
Hey, it's an easy mistake---I know the Basie tune "Wind Machine", which is a bit of a barn-burner. I thought maybe the two tunes were related. Whatever.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 6:46 pm
by ZJH
The Franklin Jazz Ensemble did the following three pieces for their past season:

"Birk's Works"
"I Remember Clifford"
"Georgia On My Mind"

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 2:12 am
by lord hornblower
Armijo High School did these three pieces:
Fiesta Bahia
Don't Know Why
Swing Shift

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 9:41 am
by Ex Nihilo
JazzGeek wrote:
supercommuter wrote:Brass Machine....Ballad????? :drop: :shock:
Hey, it's an easy mistake---I know the Basie tune "Wind Machine", which is a bit of a barn-burner. I thought maybe the two tunes were related. Whatever.
brass machine is a li'l diddy by some guy named Maynard Fergueson. :roll:

ZJH wrote:"Birk's Works"
NICE! i love that song!

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 1:57 pm
by thom
The Torrance High Jazz Ensemble played 2 different sets for the two festivals this year.

At Cuesta College:
Takin' The Plunge
In A Sentimental Mood
A Night In Tunisia

At Moorpark College:
Prime Time
When I Fall In Love
A Night In Augusta

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:39 pm
by ZJH
Ex Nihilo wrote:
ZJH wrote:"Birk's Works"
NICE! i love that song!
Haha, yeah that PIECE is just killer (sorry, I'm getting really anal about that). I remember the first time I heard our band perform that during rehearsal, it got really hard to get the main melody in the saxes out of my head the entire day. Really just awesome. The judges all loved it too, haha.

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 8:41 pm
by Ex Nihilo
ZJH wrote:
Ex Nihilo wrote:
ZJH wrote:"Birk's Works"
NICE! i love that song!
Haha, yeah that PIECE is just killer (sorry, I'm getting really anal about that). I remember the first time I heard our band perform that during rehearsal, it got really hard to get the main melody in the saxes out of my head the entire day. Really just awesome. The judges all loved it too, haha.
what is the difference between a piece and a song? if there is no difference... I'M CALLING IT A SONG DAMMIT! :lol:

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 11:14 pm
by JazzGeek
Ex Nihilo wrote:
JazzGeek wrote:
supercommuter wrote:Brass Machine....Ballad????? :drop: :shock:
Hey, it's an easy mistake---I know the Basie tune "Wind Machine", which is a bit of a barn-burner. I thought maybe the two tunes were related. Whatever.
brass machine is a li'l diddy by some guy named Maynard Fergueson. :roll:
Well, excuuuuuse me! I own quite a few Maynard albums, but unfortunately don't own the one with that tune. Personally, my favorite Maynard cut is "Give It One"...... 8-)

Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 6:01 pm
by RBSnare
Ex Nihilo wrote:
ZJH wrote:
Ex Nihilo wrote: NICE! i love that song!
Haha, yeah that PIECE is just killer (sorry, I'm getting really anal about that). I remember the first time I heard our band perform that during rehearsal, it got really hard to get the main melody in the saxes out of my head the entire day. Really just awesome. The judges all loved it too, haha.
what is the difference between a piece and a song? if there is no difference... I'M CALLING IT A SONG DAMMIT! :lol:

I usually think pieces are played and songs are sung.

Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 12:54 am
by ZJH
RBSnare wrote:
Ex Nihilo wrote:
ZJH wrote: Haha, yeah that PIECE is just killer (sorry, I'm getting really anal about that). I remember the first time I heard our band perform that during rehearsal, it got really hard to get the main melody in the saxes out of my head the entire day. Really just awesome. The judges all loved it too, haha.
what is the difference between a piece and a song? if there is no difference... I'M CALLING IT A SONG DAMMIT! :lol:

I usually think pieces are played and songs are sung.
That would be what I was getting at, haha. But actually, I should correct myself by calling them jazz charts rather than pieces. I'm sure they're still pieces, but I'd rather stay true to the genre and call them charts, just like how bagpipe bands call their music "tunes". Lil' tidbit of information for everyone there. ;p

Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 1:29 pm
by Zarathrustra
The only song which San Benito knows we will be playing for sure is "Gospel John". I'm playing lead trumpet for it so it's gonna be really fun.