(Level IV) This tune was written to depict the powerful tides of Nova Scotia, Canada. The melody and soprano saxophone solo are set in 3/4, with a slow, grinding groove a la Elvin Jones. Midway through the composition, the soprano and tenor saxophone tangle together, before the tenor breaks away in a new key and time signature (4/4). The solos are set in a 24-bar minor blues form. The climax occurs with a vamp for the ensemble while both the soprano and tenor battle it out together. A fun chart for any college or university band. Soprano saxophone instead of alto 1 part. 8 Brass
STEVE HAINES (bass) is currently the Director of the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has performed with players such as Joe Williams, Gene Smith, Mike Murley, Mark Levine, Bruce Forman, Richard Stolzman and Byron Stripling; and supported clinciains such as Tim Hagans, Fred Hersch, Lou Marini, Jim McNeely, Mike Stern, Mulgrew Miller and Kenny Garrett. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance from St. Francis Xavier University in Canada and a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas. He has directed UNT's Three O'Clock Lab Band and was a member of the One O'Clock Lab Band with whom he traveled internationally. Haines' music for large and small jazz ensembles is published at the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press and has been broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Cooperation's national radio shows Jazz Beat and All the Best. He has served internationally as a clinician and as an adjudicator for large and small jazz ensembles at numerous high schools, colleges and universities. At UNCG, he is the Director of the annual UNCG All-State High School Jazz Band. Most recently, Steve has recorded a compact disc entitled Beginner's Mind with his quintet, to be released on Artist's House. This past summer, he orchestrated and arranged a musical entitled Ella: The Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald.
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