(8 Brass) (Level 4) Commissioned by Curt Hanrahan for the greater Milwaukee Youth Jazz Ensemble, this piece is written in a fusion style that combines straight ahead figures with a 1990's "hip hop" or "rap" groove in a similar style to the Brecker Brothers' recording, The Return of the Brecker Brothers. The main theme is stated by mixed choirs of saxophones and trumpets followed by a trumpet statement of the theme with a screaming lead guitar/saxophone counterline. After a bridge section the entire ensemble has a moment of improvisation over a specific group of notes. The solo section is open for any instrument (solo changes provided in all transpositions). The changes are in a modal style. After a soli/shout section, the piece ends with a surprise reprise of the introduction.

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STEVE WIEST received his undergraduate degree in jazz studies from the University of Southern Mississippi, after which he performed for four years as featured trombonist/composer/arranger with the Maynard Ferguson Band. Upon leaving Maynard, he went on to receive his Master of Music degree from North Texas State University, where he wrote for and played in the One O'Clock Lab Band. Steve has taught at the University of Texas at Arlington and is now Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater.