(Level 5) This contemporary concert piece was premiered by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Jazz Ensemble I at the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association conference in 2008.  It features a balladesque melody wrapped in a gradually accelerating (tempo changes) and energizing framework. The piece features flugelhorn soloist (Tpt 4). All trumpets double flugel. No saxophone doubles.

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Jeff Richmond currently serves as Trumpet Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, OR. He leads several small groups, leads his own big band, and performs regularly around the country and internationally. His compositions are exciting, fun to play, quick to learn, and have a listenable contemporary sound that is sure to appeal to a broad audience.