2 solo tubas and big band (4 trumpets, horn, 3 tenor trombones, bass trombone, 2...(+)
2 solo tubas and big band
(4 trumpets, horn, 3
tenor trombones, bass
trombone, 2 alto
saxophones, tenor
saxophone, baritone
saxophone, piano,
marimba, vibraphone
(xylophone), bass guitar
and drum set) - Grade 5-6
SKU: ET.TU132D
Composed by Roland
Szentpali. Jazz. Study
score and solo part(s).
Editions BIM #TU132D.
Published by Editions BIM
(ET.TU132D).
ISBN
9790207020833.
3
Dances is a Suite in
three movements for 2
solo tubas and big band
(2 alto saxophones, tenor
saxophone, bariton
saxophone, 4 trumpets,
horn in F, 3 trombones,
bass trombone, xylophone,
vibraphone, marimba,
piano, bass guitar, drum
set) written in 3
movements.
It is a
typical example of the
versatile composing
talent of Roland
Szentpali. His approach
to jazz is well
structured, with subtle
fast or slow groovy
sequences of the
different instrumental
and rhythm sections,
stimulating (and how !)
the two solo tubas
interacting with each
other.
I. Blow On
Fire starts with a free
cadenza that is an
introduction merging into
fast elements which
appear all along this
movement. The two tubas
start to play once the
melodic elements burn,
and from then develop
their own dynamic
shifts.
II. Oriental
Flavors is another kind
of groove (as the
movement title suggests),
beginning with a short
opening of the trombone
section falling into
secco rhythm that beats
in contrasts with the
stimulating lyrical
intervention by the two
tubists.
III. Cinder
Dance has a specific
introduction that leads
the musicians and the
audience on the path of
various trances over
several uneven time
signatures. At a certain
point, the 2 tubas fly
through cadencial
sequences just over the
rhythm section, before
ending on a long
collective and steamy
final progression.
World premiere and
recording premiere: May
13-14, 2017 in the L.
Austin Weeks Center for
Recording and Performance
at the Frost School of
Music, University of
Miami - Coral Gables,
Florida, USA with the
award winning Frost
Concert Jazz Band
conducted by John
Daversa, and soloists
Aaron Tindall and Roland
Szentpali on tuba.
