Name: New Work In Progress by Tom J Johnson in Combo Charts and Short versions of tunes
Duration: 5 min 38 s
Description: Trying something that uses major 7th sus 4 chords. Sometimes the third appears above the fourth and sometimes the third is absent. So far this is pretty simplistic exploration of the possibilities. I have added some planning using the maj 7th chords and some alternate bass notes to create even more dissonance.

Combo Charts and Short versions of tunes

There is a glitch in the Finale file for this - the tempo periodically slows down and then returns to normal. I originally wrote this as a big band chart for the second semester of Jazz Arranging and Composing with Dominic Spera at IU back in 1981.

Lucky 13

One Day At A Time 2021 Draft

The working title had been "From the Void", but I'm not sure that really works with what this has become. I'm now thinking about "The Four Winds". The solos are for Flute, Flugelhorn, and Violin.

From The Four Winds for Contemporary Jazz Ensemble

Trying something that uses major 7th sus 4 chords. Sometimes the third appears above the fourth and sometimes the third is absent. So far this is pretty simplistic exploration of the possibilities. I have added some planning using the maj 7th chords and some alternate bass notes to create even more dissonance.

New Work In Progress

Adagio For PianoTrio

04 Make It So - Tom Johnson Virtual Jazz Orchestra: Playing Alone Together

From The Four Winds - II West Wind: Mega Minimal March & Minuet V11

Beneath The Great Tree

File: 20230810 Luck13 Mix.01.limited
Composed: 1981
This version copyright 2023
Style: 70s-80s jazz fusion (essentially in 13/4)
Solos Joel Tucker, Garrett Fasig, Joseph Trahan, Sam Butler, Alex Wignall, Brendan Keller-Tuberg

Lucky 13 (From "Big 80's Suite")

Trying to get a version of this ready for a standard orchestra instrumentation.

Ice Flow Adagio V6.5&v10 For Playback

Work in Progress - This is the beginning of a 4 Horn chart for a recital - I still need to add solo backgrounds and details.

Schizofunk In C Minor V2 For Playback

South Wind Part 1 (from The Four Winds)

Hansel & Gretel For Brass Trio V4

Summer Swarms

Draft of a combo chart on a tune I wrote in the 80s. The inspiration was a log drum patch on my DX-7. I started with the log drum riff (which is what piano is playing here)and wrote the horn line to go over the top of it.

Tolba - Version 8- Trumpet Trombone & Tenor

Trying to practice getting a lot out of something simple, in this case, four minor ninth chords. For variation I use different "melodies", vary one of the melodies, reverse the chord sequence, change the tempo (double time), and use some diminished chords in a canonical section. This version also transposes the riffs up a whole step in two of the solo sections

New Work In Progress

Tom J Johnson

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