#2 in the Collective Noun Series
Leave it to the creative mind of composer Steve Wiest to come up with a crazy title and chart to match! This is definitely...
Black (W)Hole is an extraterrestrial introduction to the whole tone scale. Instruments weave in and out of different rhythmic layers that create a very “...
Dandy Lions paints the picture of a young cub playing in an open field. Basic ostinatos keep the piece moving forward while a playful melody creates a sense of...
Eiriol, "snowdrop" in Welsh, is an animated journey through the most popular of Celtic dances, taking both performer and listener through an exciting Highland...
#2 in the Great Quotation Series
The main portion of this chart is slow swing similar to Slide Hampton's Frame for the Blues, but it is interspersed with...
This grooving funk tune was written by Steve Wiest and recorded by the great horn band Vinyl Hampdin on their first album, “Red”. The chart is bursting with...
Jingo is an explosively rousing piece that is not for the feint of heart. With hard-driving ostinatos layered with soaring melodic lines, it represents the...
Passion, pain, devotion, torture. Love. The story of two lovers and their tumultuous relationship are examined in this arrangement of Mohamed Abdel Wahad's "...
Red Koi was written using the “Minyō” scale found in Japanese music, such as Gagaku and Shomyo. The snare drum/tom part was written to emulate basic Taiko-...
