Shawn Bell

Things Yet Unknown

This contemporary swing chart begins with a powerful statement from the entire ensemble, and then pulls back to more intimate instrumentation with soprano, trumpet and trombone stating the melody.Solos are in trumpet and soprano. Each instrument blows over a Latin (songo) section and a swinging section. The saxophone section is then featured in a highly motivic and contrapuntal soli/shout. This eventually leads back to the melody and a drum feature over the songo groove to end the composition. Instrumentation is S/A/T/T/B/2Tpts/4 Bones/and standard rhythm section. Tpt. range is C6. Difficult.