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# Justin Morell

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## Posts

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- [Reviews of Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra](https://www.justinmorell.com/2019/02/19/reviews-of-concerto-for-guitar-and-jazz-orchestra/) - Frost Concert Jazz Band featuring Adam Rogers Justin Morell Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra: JazzTimes by Bill Meredith "The Los Angeles-raised composer is assisted by recent multi-Grammy winner John Daversa, chair of studio music and jazz at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, conducting one of the country’s top large collegiate jazz
- ["Camels" - Second Generation live at the Blue Whale](https://www.justinmorell.com/2018/10/15/camels-second-generation-live-at-the-blue-whale/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFUX_7-k86w
- ["Homestar" - Second Generation at the Blue Whale](https://www.justinmorell.com/2018/10/15/homestar-second-generation-at-the-blue-whale/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4AW3OmpUq4
- ["Terraforming" from Concerto for Guitar, winner of SCI Jazz competition](https://www.justinmorell.com/2018/10/15/terraforming-from-concerto-for-guitar-winner-of-sci-jazz-competition/) - The third movement of my new work, Concerto for Guitar and Jazz Orchestra, was just chosen as the winner of the first Society of Composers (SCI) jazz composition competition: From committee chair and jazz composer/pianist Dan Cavanagh: "It is my pleasure to announce the winner of the first SCI Jazz Contest. The adjudicators chose Dr.
- [Village Voice: Best of the Month](https://www.justinmorell.com/2014/05/10/village-voice-best-of-the-month/) - Our upcoming show at ShapeShifter in Brooklyn is named one of the 10 best jazz shows of the month of May by the Village Voice. Read the article here.
- [Jazz Weekly Review](https://www.justinmorell.com/2014/01/09/jazz-weekly-review/) - Not totally sure what to make of this review. Is it positive or something else? Anyhow, I'm happy to have the review regardless. Read it here.
- [Review from Step Tempest](https://www.justinmorell.com/2014/01/02/review-from-step-tempest/) - A great new review of Subjects and Complements here. Scroll down a bit to get to the text. A short excerpt: "Subjects and Complements was issued in November of this year and the music has posited itself in my ears ever since. The subtlety of the arrangements, the mature melodies, and the seemingly ego-less playing of
- [Feature article on Music Web Express 3000](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/12/09/feature-article-on-music-web-express-3000/) - Robert Silverstein has very kindly put together a nice feature article/interview about Subjects and Complements on his site, Music Web Express 3000. You can read it here.
- [Review from Rochester City Newspaper](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/11/29/review-from-rochester-city-newspaper/) - . . . by Ron Netsky. Check it out here.
- [Review from Birmingham Times](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/11/26/review-from-birmingham-times/) - A great review of Subjects and Complements by Esther Callens. from the Birmingham Times, here.
- [notreble.com review](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/11/26/notreble-com-review/) - Another review in from the bass player website No Treble. Check it out here.
- [emusic review](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/11/07/emusic-review/) - Got a nice little mention from emusic.com reviewer/writer Dave Sumner, reprinted here: "Justin Morell, Dectet: Subjects and Complements: A gorgeous recording that behaves with a third-stream elegance. A jazz album that likes to shoot the breeze about classical music. And though it’s a sizable group on the bandstand, the numbers don’t surrender a sense of
- [CD review from Pittsburgh Tribune](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/11/02/cd-review-from-pittsburgh-tribune/) - This review just posted on the Pittsburgh Tribune website. Reprint here: Justin Morell Dectet (Sonic Frenzy) From a set of five fugues to familiar-feeling pieces that coast along in classic big-band fashion, the Justin Morell Dectet offers a clever look at large-ensemble music on “Subjects and Complements.” Besides providing all original music, the 10-piece band
- [LORAC](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/10/28/lorac/) - The latest installment of youtube videos from the Subjects and Complements recording sessions: LORAC. This excerpt starts with the opening of the piece and plays up to the start of the solo section (which, on the CD, features John Daversa and Phil O'Connor). I have two more extended excerpts, both of which will be posted
- [Subjects and Complements reviews](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/10/07/subjects-and-complements-reviews/) - Reviews are beginning to post for the upcoming Subjects and Complements. Here's one review from the online magazine Midwest Record. More to come.
- [Compound thematic structure in CeeLo Green's "Only You"](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/04/28/compound-thematic-structure-in-ceelo-greens-only-you/) - I heard this newer song by CeeLo Green the other day and thought, here's a perfect example of compound thematic/phrase structure. I'm talking about the chorus, which begins around 0:47 in the video here: Caplin (see Classical Form by William Caplin, Oxford University Press) calls this kind of theme a "compound theme" because it exhibits
- [Rhythmic diminution in Taylor Swift's "Trouble"](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/03/09/rhythmic-diminution-in-taylor-swifts-trouble/) - It isn't often that one can look to top-40 pop music for a clear cut example of rhythmic motive diminution, but this is exactly what happens in the song "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift. Here's a link to the official video, if you can hang on long enough to get past the
- [Excerpts from Subjects and Complements](https://www.justinmorell.com/2013/03/04/excerpts-from-subjects-and-complements/) - I've posted a video of excerpts of four tracks from the upcoming Subjects and Complements CD. I'm still looking for the best way to release this music, so as of now the best I can say is that I hope the CD will be out by late-2013. The four tracks heard on the video are,
- [Fugue in E](https://www.justinmorell.com/2012/07/02/fugue-in-e/) - A video from the recording session for my upcoming CD, "Dectet", which should be available late 2012. Check out the wonderful solos by Alan Ferber and Leonard Thompson. The rest of the band includes Bob Sheppard, Phil O'Connor, Ben Wendel, John Daversa, George Thatcher, Mark Ferber, and Damian Erskine.
- [Program Notes for "Four Songs"](https://www.justinmorell.com/2012/04/30/program-notes-for-four-songs/) - The four texts in this cycle are excerpts from a very long six-volume poem by Lucretius (ca. 99- 55 BCE) in which he describes the details of Epicurean philosophy. In simple terms, this is a philosophy of the physical world, one in which all things are made up of tiny bits of matter (primordials, atoms,
- [Composer profile](https://www.justinmorell.com/2012/04/25/composer-profile/) - Here's a link and a "reprint" of an article on the Pacific Serenades web site, in preparation for the premiere of my new song cycle: Composer Profile: Justin Morell by Mark Carlson It's as if playing jazz guitar were in his genes—Justin Morell is a fourth generation professional jazz guitarist on his dad's side
- [Pacific Serenades Premiere: Grafts & Hybrids](https://www.justinmorell.com/2012/04/23/pacific-serenades-premiere-grafts-hybrids/) - I'm very excited to announce the premiere of my new work, "Four Songs on excerpts from Lucretius's On the Nature of the Universe", on the Pacific Serenades concert series in Los Angeles. The piece is for baritone and string quartet, and will feature some incredible LA musicians: Michael Dean, bass-baritone Roger Wilkie, violin Miwako Watanabe,
- [Program notes for the upcoming premiere at the Portland Jazz Composers' Ensemble](https://www.justinmorell.com/2012/02/07/program-notes-for-the-upcoming-premiere-at-the-portland-jazz-composers-ensemble/) - Fugue as we think of it today dates back to the baroque period (c. 1600-1750) when it became not simply an imitative contrapuntal technique but a type of musical composition with a somewhat rigorous structural process. The term "process" is often favored over the term "form" to describe fugue because the music unfolds in a
- [Roland GR-55: How to make an external effects loop for modeling tones](https://www.justinmorell.com/2011/04/29/roland-gr-55-how-to-make-an-external-effects-loop-for-modeling-tones/) - I love the new GR-55. It's got a solid sound engine, plenty of sounds to choose from, decent internal effects, and of course the COSM modeling of several typical guitars. I picked up my GR-55 about a week ago, and have been trying to get a handle on its strengths and limitations. I have been
- [Webern Op. 9, no. 2](https://www.justinmorell.com/2010/09/14/webern-op-9-no-2/) - Considering that the Second Viennese School of Composers was arguably the most influential individual school of compositional thought in the 20th century, and that the movement consisted of only three composers, one might reasonably expect that the entire small oeuvre of Webern works would have been by now well-worked and re-worked through by analysts. However,
- [Act II, Scene 3, Largo, from Berg's Wozzeck: Analysis](https://www.justinmorell.com/2010/09/14/act-ii-scene-3-largo-from-bergs-wozzeck-analysis/) - The Largo of Act II, Scene 3, is the central scene of the central act of Berg's Wozzeck. It is during this scene that Wozzeck confronts Marie about her affair with the Drum Major, the image of the knife is crystallized, and the fate of the two main characters is effectively sealed. That these crucial
- [Yet another score video!](https://www.justinmorell.com/2010/09/06/yet-another-score-video/) - Here's a MIDI realization of Jazz Ensemble No. 10, complete with guitar-synth solos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iToljmlPt-w
- [Another animated score!](https://www.justinmorell.com/2010/09/01/another-animated-score/) - The large ensemble version of Dave's Riddle, in HD! That's High-DAVEinition! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95vyDCsVSa4
- [Septet video - animated score on youtube!](https://www.justinmorell.com/2010/08/31/septet-video-animated-score-on-youtube/) - My first attempt at a score animation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnIYAuVM3Fo
- [Videos of Quartet for Saxophones](https://www.justinmorell.com/2010/06/26/videos-of-quartet-for-saxophones/) - I've just found some video of my saxophone quartet on youtube, as played by the Ross Quartet. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzqf3yGtvhA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUQ75cZ7WsM&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh9Bxo8jl3g&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ6pWeEcZ-Y&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIODGj2V2IA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMuKZAxgdac&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdVQxplmGZY&feature=related

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## Downloads

- [Who the Hell Is Bob?](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/who-the-hell-is-bob/) - Performed in rehearsal here by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Solos are for trombone 2, trumpet 2, and soprano saxophone. A rhythm section instrument solo can substitute in place of trombone 2 if desired. The passage beginning at m. 106 begins as something of a saxophone soli which morphs over two choruses into a full-ensemble
- [Bluesish](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/bluesish/) - Performed in rehearsal here by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Approx. 9 minutes. Bluesish is composed for 5/4/4/4 jazz orchestra. Solos are for tenor 1 and trumpet 2. This is a slow, even-eighth style piece with lots of space and room to stretch out in the improvised sections. The dynamic marking "m" is used throughout
- [Occam's Razor](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/occams-razor/) - Performed in rehearsal here by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Approx. 11 minutes. Occam's razor is composed for 5/4/4/4 jazz orchestra. Solos are for soprano saxophone and drums. This is an adaptation of a piece originally recorded on the album Justin Morell — Septet. This arrangement features a saxophone soli. The dynamic marking "m" is
- [All Without Words - Orchestral](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/all-without-words-orchestral/) - The complete original orchestral version of All Without Words is available through John Daversa's web site. You can find the music here. Apologies, the link to "purchase" below is only a placeholder, but if you're interested in excerpts of the score for study please just email me.
- [Noon](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/noon/) - Performed in rehearsal here by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Approx. 8 minutes. Noon is composed for 5/4/4/4 jazz orchestra. Solos are for tenor 1 and guitar. The melody is introduced by bass clarinet, bass, and piano, and low voices are featured in important melodic roles throughout. This is an adaptation of a piece originally
- [Jungle Book](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/jungle-book/) - The audio sample is a demo from my home studio. approx. 10:30 or longer. An adaptation of a piece originally written for septet and recorded on the album Justin Morell Septet. The piece is built around a six-beat ostinato, but is couched in a blues form with a bridge. Several styles are incorporated, including rock and funk as
- [Sun Subtle](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/sun-subtle/) - Performed in rehearsal here by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Approx. 10 minutes. Sun Subtle is composed for 5/4/4/4 jazz orchestra. The first solo can be opened up for several players. Additional solos are for soprano 2 and trumpet 2 (in dialog with the ensemble). This is an adaptation of a piece originally recorded on
- [Senate Summer](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/senate-summer/) - 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 either tenor 1 or guitar,
- [The Straight Man](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/the-straight-man/) - 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 dialog with the melody during
- [The Wobbler](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/the-wobbler/) - 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 Dectet — Subjects and Complements.
- [Ablation Zone](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/ablation-zone/) - 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 Earth. The dynamic marking "m"
- [All Without Words - It's Enough to Be Here, Now - Jazz Orchestra](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/all-without-words-its-enough-to-be-here-now-jazz-orchestra/) - 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 impact on another, it is
- [All Without Words - Learning Simply to Be - Jazz Orchestra](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/all-without-words-learning-simply-to-be-jazz-orchestra/) - 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
- [All Without Words - Three Roads Diverged - Jazz Orchestra](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/all-without-words-three-roads-diverged-jazz-orchestra/) - 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 become the parent of a
- [All Without Words - The Smallest Thing - Jazz Orchestra](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/all-without-words-the-smallest-thing-jazz-orchestra/) - 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 to be in the moment
- [All Without Words - Invisible Things - Jazz Orchestra](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/all-without-words-invisible-things-jazz-orchestra/) - 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 be fascinated by light, the
- [All Without Words - Walking in Our Own Footsteps . . . - Jazz Orchestra](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/all-without-words-walking-in-our-own-footsteps-jazz-orchestra/) - 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 other issues that he has,
- [All Without Words - The Urgency of Every Moment - Jazz Orchestra](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/all-without-words-the-urgency-of-every-moment-jazz-orchestra/) - 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 feel a pressure as a parent to take advantage of every second, because you’re told there’s a window in which growth,
- [All Without Words - Loren's Theme - Jazz Orchestra](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/all-without-words-lorens-theme-jazz-orchestra/) - 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 features the melody that I transcribed from a recording of Loren’s vocalization. Approx. 5 min; this is the first movement, the theme, of All Without Words. From the orchestral version:
- [Dog Years](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/dog-years/) - As recorded by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Approx. 11 minutes. Dog Years is composed for traditional 5/4/4/4 big band. The video recording above features some additional layered synth sounds and effects, but every note in the recording is accounted for in the big band score. Solos are in the soprano saxophone and second trumpet
- [Lost in Space](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/lost-in-space/) - For Jazz Orchestra Recorded on the Valley Jazz Orchestra album Vicious Fishes rev. 2024; approx. 9:30. This melodic piece is a contemporary take on the traditional Basie style. Features an extended solo in the tenor saxophone 1 part. The recapitulation gives each player an opportunity to participate in the contrapuntal exchange of main themes. The
- [Seventy-three Falling](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/seventy-three-falling/) - As recorded by the Valley Jazz Orchestra on the album Vicious Fishes approx. 10 min. An adaptation of a piece originally written for septet, and recorded on the album Justin Morell Septet. This instrumentation existed in an earlier draft and was revised in 2024 for the Lebanon Valley College Valley Jazz Orchestra. At 300 BPM, this piece is
- [Winter](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/winter/) - As recorded by the Valley Jazz Orchestra on the album Vicious Fishes approx. 6:30. An adaptation of a piece originally recorded on the album Justin Morell TriOrange. This instrumentation existed in an earlier draft and was revised in 2024 for the Lebanon Valley College Valley Jazz Orchestra. Mirroring the original recording, it opens with a guitar, piano, and
- [LORAC](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/lorac/) - As recorded by the Valley Jazz Orchestra on the album Vicious Fishes approx. 8 min. An adaptation of a piece originally recorded on the album Justin Morell Dectet. The piece is built around an ostinato played by the piano. Virtually every note has a corresponding note to form a perfect fifth. Therefore, intonation is a challenge as the fifths
- [Back to the Fuchsia](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/back-to-the-fuchsia/) - Recording is an excerpt from a quartet arrangement. It demonstrates the basic style and feel. Solos in piano, trombone 1, trumpet 2 approx. 8:20 or longer. An adaptation of a piece originally recorded on the album Justin Morell Quartet. The piece leans bossa-nova or slow samba. Piano fills around the introductory gestures. Chord changes are included in much of
- [O](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/o/) - As recorded by the Valley Jazz Orchestra on the album Vicious Fishes approx. 8:30. An adaptation of a piece originally written for trumpet soloist Ron Miles and later recorded on the album Justin Morell Dectet. This instrumentation existed in an earlier draft and was revised in 2024 for the Lebanon Valley College Valley Jazz Orchestra. This slow, melodic
- [Whirly Bird](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/whirly-bird/) - The audio sample is from a septet version and should be used for stylistic demonstration only. approx. 5 min. An adaptation of a piece originally written for septet and recorded on the album Justin Morell Septet. This slow, relaxed swing piece recalls aspects of blues and film noir. It isn’t a technically challenging piece, with two exceptions: first,
- [Azimuth](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/azimuth/) - The audio recording is a live/MIDI demo in which the improvised saxophone parts are played by guitar. approx. 8:15. A one-movement concerto, this piece requires a separate soloist throughout. It was composed for saxophonist Tom Strohman at Lebanon Valley College. The solo part is intended for soprano, though it can be played on tenor if soprano is not
- [Vicious Fishes](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/vicious-fishes/) - Recorded on the Valley Jazz Orchestra album Vicious Fishes approx. 9 minutes. This piece features fairly simple, often homophonic, textures against a backbeat shuffle feel. The first alto and first trumpet tend to have the melody notes atop the chordal homophony, so those parts should remain clear in the balance. The passage beginning at m. 43, and similar,
- [Rumble](https://www.justinmorell.com/downloads/rumble/) - Performed in rehearsal here by Doctor Ohm Digital Jazz Orchestra. Approx. 10 minutes. Rumble is composed for 5/4/4/4 jazz orchestra. Solos can be opened up for several players in the band, but are explicitly written for trumpet 2, trombone 2, and lead alto. The piece is a play on classic boogaloo and tunes like Lee

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