“Like What?” for Jazz Orchestra: A Creative Research in Music Composition
- Denny Euprasert, Conservatory of Music, Rangsit University, Thailand, Corresponding author, Email: denny@rsu.ac.th
Abstract
Like What? for Jazz Orchestra is creative research in music composition. This project aims to juxtapose different post-bop jazz musical concepts combining upper-structure triads, pentatonic scales, constant structure, irregular pulses, and polyrhythmic texture. It derives from the post-modernism trend with the knowledge to use and combine jazz harmonic and rhythmic tools available through history. The composition was orchestrated for a jazz orchestra, or in other words, a jazz big band. The length of the composition is approximately 7 minutes. The piece was performed by several ensembles such as Siam Jazz Orchestra (Euprasert, 2018), Thailand All-Star Jazz Orchestra (Euprasert, 2017a), Fu Jen Big Band (Euprasert, 2017b), Taipei Jazz Orchestra (Euprasert, 2016), and Ruamsmai National Youth Big Band (Euprasert, 2015). The composition was published by Jazz Education Abroad, USA.
Keywords: jazz orchestra, music composition, jazz composition, jazz harmony
DOI: 10.14456/rjsh.2021.5
References
Euprasert, D. (2015, August 8). Like What? for Jazz Orchestra. Live performance at Hanoi Opera House, Vietnam.
Euprasert, D. (2016, October 4). Like What? for Jazz Orchestra. Live performance at Taichung Jazz Festival, Taiwan.
Euprasert, D. (2017a, March 24). Like What? for Jazz Orchestra. Live performance at True Jazz Festival, Thailand.
Euprasert, D. (2017b, April 15). Like What? for Jazz Orchestra. Live performance at Big Band Madness, Taiwan.
Euprasert, D. (2018, January 27). Like What? for Jazz Orchestra. Live performance at Thailand International Jazz Conference, Thailand.
Euprasert, D. (2019). Like What? [Recorded by Taipei Jazz Orchestra]. On TJO Live 2009-2018 [CD]. Taipei: Onyx Music Corporation.
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