(10 Brass) Up-tempo excursion into a modified Locrian mode. Mix of vertical and linear writing--lots of extended ensemble figures. Extended solos for trombone, tenor sax and drums. Includes a brief section without rhythm section. 1 alto, 2 tenors, 2 baritones, 4 French horns, 5 trumpets, 5 trombones, piano, bass and drums. NOTE: While written with a Neophonic instrumentation, it is not a Kenton-style chart.

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FRANZ FOEHMANN left Nazi Germany with his parents in 1936 and was raised in suburban New York City. He received his doctorate in music at the University of Illinois and subsequently taught there, at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), the University of Wisconsin (Stevens Point) and recently retired after 26 years teaching composition and jazz arranging at the University of Colorado (Denver). A woodwind performer (saxophones, bassoon and doubles), he has traveled with Les Elgart and Tommy Dorsey Orhcestras and performed as local backup musician for Ray Charles, Bob Hope, Harry Belafonte, Gladys Knight, Mel Torme, Rosemary Clooney, Vicki Carr and others.