This band consists of 5 (count em FIVE!) trumpets and rhythm section playing music made famous by the most outstanding jazz trumpet players of our time.
Deforestation Project
A modern big band that sets to push the limits of what the ensemble can do. It's not unusual to hear the band play a straight ahead swing chart followed by a classically influenced piece which transitions into hip-hop tune consisting of rapping.
Bob Florence: A Study of His Life and Music
My doctoral thesis on Bob Florence's life and compositional techniques. Email for a free copy.
- Biography
- Writing Devices
- Instrumentation
- Hemiola
- Sequence and Repetition
- Inner Harmonic Movement
- Melodic Treatment
- Trash Can
- Blues Usage
- Brass Mutes
- Saxophone Doubles
- Use of Unisons
- Soloist Interaction
- The "Bob Florence Lick"
- Piano Solos
- Playability of Parts
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
Bob Flo