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S-Money · 03-07-2007, 08:56 PM

Hey Ingrid...

So, i was accepted as a finalist in the National Trumpet Competition in the jazz division, and they're having us play Inner Urge as a required piece, and another contrasting of the performer's choice. The competition is the 15th - 18th of this month, so I'm not really asking for suggestions (although id gladly take any suggestions for this piece i can get), but rather your opinion.

First, have you played this chart before?
- if so, do you have any suggestions on how to go about it, mainly for future reference (i have a bunch of good ideas which i can put together into lines, as well as an understanding of the changes, so i think ill be fine, but the more advice i can get from great players, the more i learn!)

Second, and most importantly, why would a panel of judges choose this particular chart for a trumpet competition? Yes, its predominantly Lydian based, so i guess this different type of improv. (compared with a 12 bar blues, or another traditional, widely used set of changes) could be the adjudicator's focus, but aren't there other more trumpet-geared pieces, rather than this Joe Henderson tenor sax solo?

(Just because I mentioned it, my contrasting piece is Look to the Sky, by Antonio Carlos Jobim... i love bossas!)

Thanks for your time!
Ryan

03-07-2007, 08:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
S-Money Pianissimo User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mechanicsburg, PA Posts: 162	Inner Urge... Hey Ingrid... So, i was accepted as a finalist in the National Trumpet Competition in the jazz division, and they're having us play Inner Urge as a required piece, and another contrasting of the performer's choice. The competition is the 15th - 18th of this month, so I'm not really asking for suggestions (although id gladly take any suggestions for this piece i can get), but rather your opinion. First, have you played this chart before? - if so, do you have any suggestions on how to go about it, mainly for future reference (i have a bunch of good ideas which i can put together into lines, as well as an understanding of the changes, so i think ill be fine, but the more advice i can get from great players, the more i learn!) Second, and most importantly, why would a panel of judges choose this particular chart for a trumpet competition? Yes, its predominantly Lydian based, so i guess this different type of improv. (compared with a 12 bar blues, or another traditional, widely used set of changes) could be the adjudicator's focus, but aren't there other more trumpet-geared pieces, rather than this Joe Henderson tenor sax solo? (Just because I mentioned it, my contrasting piece is Look to the Sky, by Antonio Carlos Jobim... i love bossas!) Thanks for your time! Ryan __________________ Blow your life through your horn Last edited by S-Money; 03-07-2007 at 09:01 PM.