WJO plays "Final Analysis"

Würzburg Jazz Orchestra (WJO) cond. by Markus Geiselhart with the program "Tribute to Don Ellis feat. Thomas Gansch(tp)".
Live at the Jazzfestival Würzburg/Germany Nov-11-2007.

"Final Analysis" composed by Don Ellis.
Solos by Jochen Welsch on trombone, Michael Arlt on guitar, Thomas Gansch on trumpet.

HD recording and editing by gernot bernhaus.

More information at:
www.wuerzburgjazzorchestra.de

Line up:
special guest: Thomas Gansch (tp)
reeds: Johanns Geiß / Matthias Zippel / Marcus Kesselbauer / Ralf Frohnhöfer / Dirk Orend
trumpets: Felix Jechlinger / Volker Deglmann / Klaus Wangorsch / Christoph Lewandowski
trombones: Mario Vavti / Jochen Welsch / Clemens Hofer / Ingo Mertens
rhythm: Thomas Klopfer (p) / Michael Arlt (git) / Felix Wiegand (b) / Uwe Breunig (d) / Sebastian Nay (d)
conductor & organisation: Markus Geiselhart

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[Flextones]

Thank you

[trptmbalmer]

The piece is primarily in 4/4 + 5/4 - there's a few short sections where it goes to 3, primarily for transitional purposes, but the bulk of the piece is in 4+5. The majority of the chart itself alternates between bars of 4/4 and 5/4. The trumpet solo in the middle has a very brief section in 4, but that's about the only time you see anything in 4 that's extended. The ending (the last 28 or so bars) is all in 5.

[purp14tube]

Nice, one of my fav Don Ellis comps......

[popflip801]

I LOVE THE ENDING!!! when ever i get my bari out i always play the end :D

[theMoerster]

We played this in high school jazz...very difficult. As someone said, it is mostly in 9/4 though I seem to recall the chart was written with alternating measures of 4/4 and 5/4 which made it that much more confusing. Don Ellis was a freakin' genius.

[55075sean]

@Flextones

13/4 or 5/4,5/4,3/4 or 13/4 if you're looking at the sheet music

[tldavis11k]

Great to hear. Now I'm going to have to upload my old video of our championship marching band playing this on the field in 1978! Great memories.

[jefftune]

Such a killer tune! I love the Live at the Fillmore album!

[MrBadgers11]

My middle school jazz band played this... easily the toughest chart I've ever played on trombone. I got the solo and it was interesting to play around with different aspects of soloing, such as soloing in 5/4 time and playing with the chord changes

[Flextones]

This settles in 5 on the guitar solo. 3+2.