Edition: JAZZ BIG BAND ARRANGEMENT

Description: BLUES - DIFFICULT

Publisher: Walrus Music Publishing

One of the winning compositions from the 2005 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards competition, Hike!!! was premiered at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Hague. Exciting meter changes and clever harmonic activity make this piece an excellent concert opener or closer. Based in part on a modified blues structure that traverses through several distinct interludes and formal settings, Hike!!! is an adventure for the serious jazz ensemble. Solo space provided for trumpet, alto, and tenor saxophone. Trumpet section-harmon mutes, alto 1-flute. Difficult level.