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 is about recognizing that we all have something to offer, and though it isn’t always obvious how one person can have a great positive Read more
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 Read more
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 is a play on the famous line about two roads diverging in the woods. There’s a third road that you don’t ever see until you Read more
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: When you have a child with developmental challenges, you try to learn to accept the very small bits of progress as big accomplishments. It teaches you Read more
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: Sometimes it feels as though we are tracing back over the same challenges—Loren sometimes learns and then forgets. This is not about autism, it is about Read more
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: Loren sometimes seems to notice little things that I would never see. You can tell by the way he looks at things, or how he can Read more
Performed in rehearsal here by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Approx. 8.5 minutes. Ablation Zone is composed for 5/4/4/4 jazz orchestra. Solos are for trombone 2 and tenor 1. This is an adaptation of a piece originally recorded on the album Justin Morell — Exit Music for Intelligent Life on Read more
Performed in rehearsal here by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Approx. 7 minutes. The Wobbler is composed for 5/4/4/4 jazz orchestra. Solos are for soprano and trumpet 2. The melody is featured in the bass instruments. This is an adaptation of a piece originally recorded on the album Justin Morell Read more
Performed in rehearsal here by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Approx. 8 minutes. The Straight Man (Walking the Dog on a Sunday) is composed for 5/4/4/4 jazz orchestra. The main solo section can be played be either alto 1, tenor 1, trumpet 2, or trombone 2. Drums are featured in Read more
Performed in rehearsal here by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Approx. 10 minutes. Senate Summer is composed for 5/4/4/4 jazz orchestra. Drums are featured throughout, first during a slow introduction, then over a simple open vamp, and finally in dialog with ensemble figures at the end. Additional solos are for Read more