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Olhos De Gato (orchestral arrangement)

2014-05-30 hellotham Category: music, create

To celebrate the completion of the Jazz Improvisation class I am taking, I have arranged Olhos de Gato, by Carla Bley (one of the pieces studied in class) for orchestra. I have created a string backing for the melody, then added the melody from “Memories of Tomorrow” (another piece studied in class) as a counterpoint, and also my own melody as a further counterpoint. Finally, I created a new ending, based on a descending harmonic progression.

Categories: music create Tags: arrangement EWQL jazz music Olhos de Gato orchestra

500 Miles High

2014-04-25 hellotham Category: music, create

500 Miles High

This is my arrangement of Chick Corea’s beautiful song for string quartet. I took the lead sheet and expanded it to four parts for string quartet, with each instrument (apart from cello) taking turns to play the melody, with the other instruments either providing counterpoint or harmony.

Categories: music create Tags: arrangement Chick Corea jazz music string quartet

Memories of Tomorrow

2014-04-21 hellotham Category: music, create

Memories of Tomorrow

This my attempt at jazz arrangement and improvisation, inspired by an assignment from Gary Burton’s Jazz Improvisation course at Coursera. I took the original lead sheet provided in the assignment, then expanded to four parts that are polyrhythmic as well as polyphonic (based on Latin rhythms). I also added separate improvisations for piano and flute. Finally, I added open-voiced string harmonisation in the final section to indicate the guide tones and basis for future improvisation.

Categories: music create Tags: arrangement jazz Keith Jarrett music

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