Pure Imagination - (Level IV) This Basie-style medium swing arrangement features tenor and trumpet on the initial statement of the melody. Improvisation solo for tenor, with drum solo space during shout chorus followed by brushes solo with band figures. Saxophone soli also included. Bass line and piano voicings provided for younger players. (8 Brass)
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WILL CAMPBELL is the Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Saxophone at UNC Charlotte. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in Saxophone Performance and Literature degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the of Bachelor of Music (Jazz Studies) and Master of Music (Saxophone Performance) from the University of North Texas. While attending UNT, he was a member of the One O'Clock Lab Band and directed the Three O'Clock Lab Band. From 1990 to 1994, he toured internationally as a member of the Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra. Recording credits include Blue Light, Red Light, When My Heart Finds Christmas , and The New York Big Band Concert (Video). In 2007, Campbell released Think Tank (Cellar Live Records), his debut recording as a leader and composer. He is also a member of Unhinged Sextet, a cooperative jazz ensemble that has released two recordings on OA2 Records, Clarity and Don’t Blink. In 1995, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Fellowship Grant, which allowed him to study privately with renowned saxophonist Dick Oatts in New York City. Will also been invited to direct All-State Jazz Bands in New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and North Carolina and has performed at conferences for the North American Saxophone Alliance, International Association for Jazz Education, The Jazz Education Network, and the World Saxophone Congress. Campbell is an Artist/Clinician for the Conn-Selmer Company and a Performing Artist for D’Addario Reeds and endorses these products exclusively.
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