Fred Sturm
Great Northern Express
Fast Swing
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Fred Sturm
Great Northern Express
Fast Swing
- Instrumentation Jazz Ensemble
- Composer Fred Sturm
- Series Kendor Jazz Summit
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- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Kendor Music
- Order no. KEN62270
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Description:
Commissioned by the Northern Michigan University Jazz Ensemble, this jubilant tone poem portrays the Great Northern Railway that ran for a century from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean. Beginning quietly in the distance, the chart builds steadily through a series of colorful variations and roars by at full throttle five minutes later. The fast swing train groove drops a beat every four measures (4-4-4-3) from start to finish. This is truly a marvel of modern jazz ensemble writing for proficient groups by one of the nation's most innovative composers.