(Level III)  Originally written for the Penfield High School Jazz Ensemble in Penfield, NY, directed by Jim Doser. The piece was written to feature the foremost Louis Armstrong practitioner of our day, Byron Stripling. Three original compositions in the style of Louis Armstrong are strung together into a medley. The piece starts out slowly as a funeral dirge and ends "hot" with a fast closer. In some sections of the piece, many band members are instructed to play in a group improvisation style. This helps achieve the sound and feel of Louis Armstrong's music while getting the whole band involved in the process. 9 Brass 

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ALAN D. NEVEU is a native of Portland, Maine. He earned a B.M. in saxophone performance from the University of Southern Maine and an M.M. as a Writing Skills major in the Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media Department at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. While at Eastman, he played in and recorded with the Eastman Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Fred Sturm. Alan also recorded and toured Germany with Dr. Ramon Ricker's Eastman based group, Saxology. He currently resides in Rochester and is teaching at the First Bible Baptist Church School of Music in Greece, NY.