October Joy by Roger Aldridge Sheet Music for Jazz Ensemble at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist Roger Aldridge

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Roger Aldridge

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 1

Arrangement Jazz Ensemble

Publisher Roger Aldridge

Product ID 1075815

Genre Jazz Celtic

Performance Group Jazz Combo

Product Description

October Joy is a slip jig (Celtic dance music in 9/8) with touches of contemporary jazz. I consider it to be one of my best fusions of roots music and jazz. Besides being a blend of Celtic and jazz styles, this piece has a number of unusual features. Structurally, I think of it as AAAB. The first A is 5 bars, the second A is 3 bars (transposed up a half-step to Ab), and the third A is 3 bars (transposed back to G). The B part, 9 bars in length, has a sudden change to E for the first 3 bars. Then, the chord progression becomes harmonically vague -- including a shift from major 7th chords to V9 sus4 chords. Shifting time is used throughout the piece with single or multiple bars of 6/8 interjected into the 9/8. While it has some quirky touches, this is music with a driving and joyful spirit.

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YEAR OF RELEASE: 1999

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