Alto saxophone, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-585-9
Composed by Heikki
Sarmanto. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-585-9. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-585-9).
ISBN
9790550115859.
A
pioneer of Finnish modern
jazz, Heikki Sarmanto
(1939-) is renowned for
his renderings of jazz
numbers. No wonder,
therefore, that broken
chords and familiar keys
resonate and sit well
under the hand in the
piano part of this
Northern Dreams suite.
The solo passages for the
piano are like stylised
improvisations. In
addition to jazz idioms,
the suite features
Chopin-style arpeggios.
His music is melodic and
communicative, painting
feelings, situations and
events. Northern Dreams
was originally composed
with the tenor sax of
Juhani Aaltonen in mind,
and the solo part is a
transcription of his
improvisation. The solo
part is also available in
arrangements for alto
sax, flute, clarinet,
bassoon and trumpet.
