Tatsu (Charts)

5 Reeds, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums, Cajon
Solos: Trumpet 4, Trombone 2
Doubles: Flutes (4 parts)
Medium/Double-Time Straight Eights, Mixed Meter
College Level

Sprawling, epic, and vividly evocative, Tatsu is a grandiose exploration of melodic development. Beginning slowly and heavily, the trumpet makes the first statement of the melody before the ensemble takes over in a colorful wash of sound. Moving into an aggressive and heroic double time development of melodic fragments, before dropping down for the solos. Switching to 3/4 for the trombone solo, before revving up into a glorious and shimmering restatement of the melody in soaring trumpet lines. This composition is a great concert centerpiece and a captivating closer.