If you liked Tin Pan Alley master composer George L. Cobb's "Alabama Jubilee", you're going to like "I'm Goin' to Hit the Trail for Alabam'". This rollicking Dixieland piece is classic Cobb, plus Dixieland style trombone "embroidery". AToot Suite Brass Quintet Arrangement for Bb trumpets, horn, trombone, andtuba. Performance time is approximately1 minute 20 seconds. Visit our website,www.tootsuitebrasspublishing.com, for a catalog of our arrangements availablethrough sheetmusicplus.com.

Tin Pan Alley composer Maceo Pinkard, better known for co-writing "Sweet Georgia Brown", wrote "I'm Always Stuttering", a delightful swing tune. Arranged for brass quintet (two Bb trumpets, French horn, trombone, and tuba). Performance time is approximately 2:50. Visit our website, www.tootsuitebrasspublishing.com, for a catalog of our arrangements available through sheetmusicplus.com.

"I'm a Long Way from Tipperary" is a slightly wistful song with an upbeat tempo by Tin Pan Alley composers Roger Lewis and Ernie Erdman. This arrangement features the French horn as lead for much of the chorus. Arranged for brass quintet (two Bb trumpets, French horn, trombone, and tuba). Performance time is approximately 1:40. Visit our website, www.tootsuitebrasspublishing.com, for a catalog of our arrangements available through sheetmusicplus.com.

American Vignettes was composed during 2011 for the Lyric Brass of Pacific Lutheran University. They were looking for a composition to include on a CD of American music and one that would feature each of the musicians. The first movement, ?Barn Dance?, features the first trumpet and after a syncopated, fanfare-style introduction, the movement uses fragments and elaborations of "Old Chisholm Trail" and "Short?nin Bread". For the second movement, I wanted to write a blues and feature the other trumpet player on Flugelhorn. As I was working on the movement, the blues seem very mysterious and lonely, so I titled the movement 4 A.M. Blues. It reflects someone who can?t sleep and is contemplating the deep mysteries of life and feels very alone in the world. Movement 3 is the tuba feature and is called "Spirituals". I use three different spirituals in this movement, "Nobody Knows the Trouble I?ve Seen". "Cotton Needs Picking" and "Every Time I Feel the Spirit." Movement 4 ?Fiesta? is a trombone feature and represents the Southwest. The Southwestern flavor is accomplished through alternating 6/8 and 3/4 and the bright colors of the muted brass playing staccato eighth note rhythms and "ay" sounding motifs. The Horn is featured in the fifth movement ?From Sea to Shining Sea? that starts with a jazz harmony version of ?America the Beautiful? followed by a jazz waltz built from motifs of the song. The last movement is called ?Harlem Jump? and is an up-tempo jive with Be-bop type solos written for each of the musicians. ?