The Tops of Trees

A large scale composition for 18 musicians exploring the outer realms of writing for a big band. This composition was inspired by riding in a car, looking up on a sunny day, and seeing the patches of sunlight, in between the leaves. It features wide voicings that I pulled from The New American Orchestra's work on the Ridley Scott movie "Blade Runner" and has a driving jungle-type drum groove accompanied by the sax solos of Alex Nekrasov and Zach Castle. Please enjoy.