This recording is from the orchestral release. The jazz orchestra version follows the same form and style, with adjustments for instrumentation and orchestration.
Justin says: This, and the last movement, are both about patience, understanding, empathy, and acceptance.
Approx. 6 min; this is the tenth variation of All Without Words. From the orchestral version:
Variation 10 begins with the trumpet playing the melody of Loren’s theme upside down against a lilting ostinato in the guitars and winds. While the opening is harmonically stagnant, the music becomes much more chromatic as it develops. Both flutes and the soprano saxophone have short moments in which to come to the foreground with solo passages. The improvised trumpet solo sits atop a contrasting middle section in a slow, heavy-grooving triple meter. The accompaniment is primarily strings, piano, and bass, all of which need to lock in to make this section feel comfortable. More than most of the other movements, this one changes mood several times.
This jazz orchestra version should maintain as much of the orchestral mood as possible. Many of the textures have been modified and adapted for winds and brass, but the effect should be the same.
Instrumentation: [5, 4, 4, 4, plus soloist] This movement requires: soprano saxophone, alto doubling flute, tenor 1, tenor 2 doubling B-flat clarinet, and baritone doubling bass clarinet, with trumpets 3 & 4 doubling flugelhorn.
