Composer

Herbie Hancock

Arranger

Ryan Middagh

Category

Big Band

Level

Advanced

Style

Swing

Ranges

Duration

6:40

Description

An adventurous interpretation of the Hancock standard. In this arrangement, 12-tone technique, bitonality, crab-cannon and a few other compositional techniques are utilized. It was once described as if “A dolphin was being attacked by a shark. In this case, the dolphin is the tenor soloist, and the shark is the rest of the band.” The good news, is the Dolphin gets away at the end. The tenor soloist on the Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra Live From Nashville recording is Jeff Coffin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prAxe2oTA4k