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Way Station (Mastered, Final)

In Ancient Greek mythology, Gaea (pronounced “guy-uh“) arose from Chaos, the void preceding the birth of the universe, to bear the worldly gods responsible for the creation of Earth. The word Gaea itself means Earth, and in modern times, the name is associated with not only the mythological mother of our planet, but with its creation and existence. This work is meant to be an homage to our planet’s beauty. The interwoven textures & colors combined with the recognizable melody are meant to emulate the balance of natural paradoxes of our planet; the awe-inspiring complexity and the inexplicable simplicity.


Gaea

Written for 17-piece big band (5 sax, 4 tpt., 4 bone, guitar, piano, bass, drums).

I wrote this as a meditative piece, initially. My goal was to take a classic instrumentation and incorporate elements of classical music, pop/modern music, etc... while still maintaining the improvisational and rhythmic aspects of jazz. This particular recording is the studio version recorded by the UNLV Jazz Ensemble I. Soloists are Julian Tanaka on soprano and myself on trombone. I hope you enjoy :)

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