Birth Of The Cool - JERU

The CAPA High School Saxophone Ensemble in Pittsburgh, Pa presents Miles Davis' groundbreaking album BIRTH OF THE COOL in its entirety. The Saxophone Ensemble is made up 9 students from Pittsburgh's Creative And Performing Arts High School playing alto, tenor, and baritone sax with professional trumpeter JAMES MOORE featured as guest soloist playing Miles' parts. This is an excerpt from the 5/31/07 concert.

Paul Thompson - Director

*all arrangements are from the original scores and adapted for 6-part ensemble with rhythm section

Please visit http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07151/790090-388.stm for more info on the project and http://www.myspace.com/jamesmoorejazz for more about James Moore.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• CAPA
• Sax
• Saxophone
• Ensemble
• Jazz
• Jamie
• Moore
• Birth
• Cool
• Miles
• Davis
• Gerry
• Mulligan
• Pittsburgh

[Joedirt099]

why no Bari solo on a Gerry Mulligan piece!?!?

[pdbass]

The students chose what they were going to blow on. Not every Gerry Mulligan piece we did had a Bari solo ;-)

[saltybroad]

awesome arrangement. do you have the video for venus de milo by any chance?

[pdbass]

Sure. The entire concert is available on DVD. Every song from the album. Just email me about getting you a copy.

[rhodesplayernumber1]

Nailed it! Great job

[canadianRadio]

and doing the solo without a piano!

[canadianRadio]

This is really smooth, really dig! the trumpet is sharp, still sounds good.

[marioduenasmusic]

Nice sound! A successful tribute to "The Birth Of The Cool". Keep up the good work!

[ldover]

ahh...what a relief not to hear another HS band fail a great jazz arrangement...well done...probably saved my life.

[fysioblues]

YEAH MAN! this is so sweet. the trumpet is so cool! this is really cool. it would be an honour to me to play this song. great job!

[madero111]

This is spectacular; high school musicians and that they are listening to each other! "Playing In Tune" !

Drummer, bassist, soloist.......in sync!

[keith8404]

I was wondering the same thing. The original piece is one that definitely did feature a bari solo by Mulligan, so it seems strange to not let the Bari player take it. But since it appears you were performing the entire album maybe there was a need to spread the solos around. Anyway, he did a great job and the band sounds terrific

[Owninator666]

diggin the trumpets tone

[cancerparty]

Beautiful to hear this in such an intimate surrounding. Nice sax solo, too.