Bass Trombone
Unaccompanied - Advanced
SKU: CY.CC3021
Composed by Gregory
Kosteck. Arranged by Jeff
Reynolds. Classical. Solo
part. Cherry Classics
#CC3021. Published by
Cherry Classics
(CY.CC3021).
ISBN
9781774310618. 8.5 x 11
in inches.
Cherry
Classics Music and Jeff
Reynolds are thrilled to
introduce for the first
time in print an
excellent work for
unaccompanied Bass
Trombone from the 1960's
by the late American
composer Gregory Kosteck.
Here is what Jeff
Reynolds says about the
Kosteck - Concert Music
for Bass Trombone -
unaccompanied: When I was
a student, my teacher,
Roger Bobo handed me the
1963 Kosteck manuscript
(originally written for
tuba when they both lived
in Amsterdam) to have a
look for my senior
recital. He said it was
not right for him but I
might find it worthy.
Worthy it was, and I went
on to play it on my
recital and also as the
solo piece for my
audition for the bass
trombone chair with the
L.A. Philharmonic. After
playing it on the
audition, conductor Zubin
Mehta asked, Did you miss
any notes? My response
was, No. Some years later
I recorded the piece on
an album called The Big
Trombone for Crystal
Records. Also available
on iTunes. The music of
about 5 1/2 minutes in
length is contemporary
sounding in four
sections: Lyrical -
Scherzando - Cadenza -
Lyrical and is
appropriate for advanced
performers. The range
goes from a pedal F up to
a high G above middle C.
The beautiful performance
on the audio sample is
taken from Jeff Reynold's
album The Big Trombone
from Crystal Records and
also available on
iTunes.
Jeff Reynolds
