Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Our catalog has increased in size by double since 2009. Carole, Heidi, and I are working this week on a printed catalog edition for the Retail Print Music Dealers Association convention in Las Vegas at the end of the month.
There is more detail to check in that list than you can imagine—barcodes, prices, voicings...
For seven years, as a hobby, I have also played bass in a swing band called Mississippi Mood. Because of a recent change in personnel, I will be arranging more than before—and I am absolutely thrilled! The previous arranger, Lemoyne Taylor, is a consummate pro, and I will be challenged to the moon to make a contribution to his brilliant book.
At the moment, I am studying William Russo's Jazz Composition and Orchestration. Among other principles, this book discusses the use of quartal harmony—an area introduced to me by my teacher Robert P. Manookin while I was working on my composition degree.
I have loved all three of Russo's jazz orchestration books.
He is innovative.
He worked with Stan Kenton as an arranger and trombonist during the experimental years.
Along with the regular sections of the jazz band—saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and rhythm, Russo often included four celli—and his avant garde approach to classical music mixed with jazz makes him a rich study.
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