Christian "Cj" Rhen Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) A jazz band piece for colleges and a few competitions. On that soundcloud is more jazz band songs. Give it a listen and tell me what you think. Thank You! Edited January 10, 2019 by Christian "Cj" Rhen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gustav Johnson Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I love jazz, it's nice to hear people working on new material for this genre. It's a nice groove. Nothing earth-shakingly new, but things don't have to be earth-shakingly new to be good. A lot of the original literature is full of quotes and such. Good composers steal, great composers steal and make it their own. OOh, new drum groove around 2:20, works well with the accompanying textures/etc. That section was definitely refreshing 🙂 Cool horn break at 3:20 ish. Overall some really nice texture and line work here, I'm beginning to wonder what would happen if you explored a new tonal center in a section of the piece - it feels super stable. You might gain some interest to take one of the sections and modulate it into a new key for a phrase or three, then return back to the original for your closing statements. Not a must, just wondering. Great piece! Gustav  P.S. I love hearing "the lick" at 1:40 ish. 😄  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark styles Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I like it, ...  some great ideas.  I could imagine a prog-rock band working this too  Like Yes, with Chris Squire bass,  and Jimi Hendrix's jazz period drummer, on the verge of overplaying. Excellent riffs  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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