Saxophone Soli Line
Part 5 in a series chronicling my process and progress in writing a commissioned big band chart.
Category: Arranging
Wrestling With Art, Self Doubt, and the Creative Process
Let’s be honest folks — too few of us openly share how we wrestle with our art and ourselves as we work/create.
4-part closed block
Formal Planning
Years ago, I had the opportunity to ask John La Barbera for some big band arranging advice over a beer in Louisville, KY. John’s arrangements, as many of you will know, have been recorded and performed by Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, the Count Basie Orchestra, and many others. His advice…
Starting A New Big Band Chart
I was commissioned to write a big band chart for Martin Saunders‘ Jazz 1 ensemble at Marshall University and said I’d have it to him by the beginning of the spring semester. Now that Christmas has come and gone, I figure it’s time to roll up my sleeves and get this new piece of…
Wrestling With Art, Self Doubt, and the Creative Process
Let’s be honest folks — too few of us openly share how we wrestle with our art and ourselves as we work/create.
4-part closed block
Formal Planning
Years ago, I had the opportunity to ask John La Barbera for some big band arranging advice over a beer in Louisville, KY. John’s arrangements, as many of you will know, have been recorded and performed by Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, the Count Basie Orchestra, and many others. His advice…
Starting A New Big Band Chart
I was commissioned to write a big band chart for Martin Saunders‘ Jazz 1 ensemble at Marshall University and said I’d have it to him by the beginning of the spring semester. Now that Christmas has come and gone, I figure it’s time to roll up my sleeves and get this new piece of…