SKU: CY.CC3020
ISBN 9781774310601. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
About the Taiwan Fantasia, van Deursen states: After having lived in Taipei for a number of years, I learned many of the local folk and popular songs. Some of the melodies are exceptionally beautiful, and my idea was to somehow combine all the elements that have made up my musical experiences over these years - Chinese melodies, western orchestral music and jazz; I wanted to see if these songs could survive with a totally different harmonic structure and concept. My original goal was to write a simple arrangement of the two songs, but quickly I discovered more melodies building upon the original ones and thus the Variations were born. Composed in 1995, this work of about 10 minutes in length is in one continuous movement, but is divided into seven short sections of contrasting moods including two cadenzas, for Trumpet and Trombone. The music is appropriate for advanced performers. Parts in C and B-flat are supplied for the Trumpets. A recording of Taiwan Fantasia can be purchased on iTunes from the album by the Yeh Shu Han Brass Quintet.
SKU: AP.1-ADV12016
UPC: 805095120165. English.
Over 40 songs by one of the most unique composers in the history of jazz, for the first time in print in their original form, using the composer's manuscripts, including his most popular songs Morning and Pensativa, tunes from his critically acclaimed record Extension, a representative collection of his best Latin material plus several new songs. Also included are forewords by Jerry Coker and Bill Dobbins, a biography and a complete discography. Titles: A Long Time Ago * Baroque * Basic Blues * Bittersweet * Blues at Play * Cal's On * Canto Africano * Clavo * Confusion in Dallas * DaVidaBel(l)a * Dancing Song * Elegy * Coker's Blues * Running Mate * Francis Paudrás * Funquiado * Fuzz Blues * Faviota * Hoaky Blues (alias Blues in G) * Igor * Love Come Upon Me * Love's Walk * Memento * Miles Behind * Minor Sights * Morning * Nova * O Canto * Ornithardy * Pájaro Loco (Crazy Bird) * Passacaglia * Passarinho * Pavillón * Pensativa * Quiet Dawn * Serenidade * Soloette * Starbright * Strayhorn * Suddenly * Tahlia (Song for Tahli) * The Greek * The House on Summit * Thiers' Tears * Twas Only Yesterday * Waiting (for Jack's Plane) * Waltz * When Autumn Comes.