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

Originally an assignment in a Berklee Online Class in Jazz Composition. For class I voiced one time through the form (Blues + Bridge) for a Birth of the Cool Ensemble. This one is for three horns.

Parke County Cool For 3 Horns - 2021

One More Time For 3 Horn Combo

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

Stealing Silver V13 - 4 Horns Combo Chart

ISU Jazz Combo performance -  a couple of wrong notes and a couple people missing the D.S. - but overall an enjoyable version.

Con Fusion (Live Performance)

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

Performed at the TUTTI Festival in March 2022. Thanks to everyone who participated in the festival.

Stealing Silver - Dennison University Jazz Combo

File: 20231122 NaughtWon Mix.2.limited
Composed 2018
Style: Contemporary Big Band (uses 0157 pitch set)
Soloists: Nick Recktenwald, Chance Davis, Francis Basset-Dilley, Andrew Danforth

Naught Won

20231122 EnLaCasaDeLosPerritos ALTSOLO Mix.01.limited

Wrote this last week for my Jazz Composition class via Berklee on line.

3 For 3

A modal tune - E Dorian in the A sections and G Phyrgian in the B section. No solos, just the head.

En la Casa del Perro (Head only)

What's Next?

One chorus arranged for a "birth of the Cool" Ensemble. There are a couple of places where I should change some of the lines to help them swing a bit more. The form is a blues with a bridge.

Parke County Cool For Nonet

Riff based clues assignment from my Berklee Jazz Composition Class

Jack The Riffer

Sketch of a tune that still needs a full arrangement.

Positivo

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

Combo Charts and Short versions of tunes

Tom J Johnson