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Connecticut Avenue SUVs

from Mid​-​Size Jazz Ensemble by Roger Aldridge

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Shifting time funk! The title expresses my disdain for contending with monster SUVs when driving on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, DC.

This piece is a minimalist composition -- the melody is only 16 bars. However, it has expanded improvisation concepts for the soloist and the ensemble. The ensemble's collective improvisation is intended to sound like music coming out of car windows in traffic. The sounds change quickly. Different kinds of music come, go, and overlap. Radios or electronics may be used for additional layers of sound.

The soloists use four chord progression patterns. Each soloist determines which patterns to play and their sequence. The patterns can be played in any order. Ideally, the patterns are determined within a performance instead of before. The soloist communicates the patterns, and when to shift to a new pattern, to the ensemble by hand signals. The ensemble (including horn players) can improvise backgrounds and interactions with the soloist. Musical styles can also shift within a solo. Performers can take the music in any creative direction they want to go with it.

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from Mid​-​Size Jazz Ensemble, released October 11, 2019
Roger Aldridge, composer
Jason Shapiro, soprano saxophone
E. Shawn Qaissaunee, guitar
Brian Howell, bass
Skip Rohrich, drums
David Arivett, score demo

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Roger Aldridge Baltimore, Maryland

Roger Aldridge is primarily a jazz composer. A wide range of styles are found in his music along with a quirky sense of humor and a lyrical expression.

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