(Level IV) Jazz Nonet. Only features the trombone. It opens with a rubato theme statement; the band enters gradually around the 31-bar melody. The trombone solo threads its way around band figures; rhythmic and harmonic tension builds, then declines rapidly, leading to an open solo cadenza. There is a brief recapitulation. Harmony and key centers are advanced; the soloist must understand altered dominants and diminished-major 7th sounds. Range is not difficult. The emphasis is on blend and nuance.(flugelhorn, trombone; baritone, tenor, and alto saxes; guitar, piano, bass, drums)
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After seeing the Beatles lip-sync Hey Jude on The Ed Sullivan Show, KEVIN BRUNKHORST begged enough to get his first guitar for Christmas at age 9. Later, he took clarinet lessons and played in the school concert band. After high school, he attended the Uiversity of North Texas where he studied jazz guitar with Jack Petersen and earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition in 1987. He then worked for eight years in the music industry. In 2001, went back to the University of North Texas. He spent two years in the famous One O'Clock Lab Band which recorded two of his charts. He also directed the L-5 Electric Guitar Ensemble. Upon earning a Master of Music in Jazz Studies in 2004 from UNT, Kevin was hired by St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia where he teaches jazz guitar, arranging, composition and music technology as well as directing two guitar ensembles.