The Pat Metheny piece mentioned on an earlier post, "The First Circle," has been ordered and parts are forthcoming. It's looking like the first set will probably be:
"In the Stone" by Earth, Wind and Fire
"The First Circle" by Pat Metheny
"Artemis and Apollo" by Johnny Richards
"Funky Cha Cha" by Arturo Sandoval
There's a lot to like in the above pieces and a good jazz work-out for all sections. "The First Circle" is an interesting piece, so listening to this piece a few times before rehearsals begin would be a wise idea. It's long and complicated, but this'll be a nice one to hammer out.
A good source for music is http://www.marinamusic.com/, which is very easily searchable by titles, composers, arrangers and keywords as well as browsable if other people are interested at finding charts they wish to work on. It also provides samples of all of the pieces listed above.
Some other charts under consideration for other sets, etc. are the following:
"Prodigal Son Revisited" by Wayne Horvitz
"Abstraktes Bild" (Abstract Image) by Fred Sturm
"Begin the Beguine" by Cole Porter, Doc Severinson Tonight Show version
The third charter listed above is more popular, but listen to the first two (or all three). These are tough, complex pieces and are going to need some work, but they're incredible charts.
Possible performance locations and dates are in discussion.
Any comments and questions are appreciated.
