Dave set us a tricky little project: Compose a piece that is 12 tone jazz (or serialist jazz)
I listened to the works of David Mack for inspiration and after a few listens I felt that the project was not in fact as daunting as I first thought it would be.
I started with a serialist bass line (all 12 notes of the scale are played before any note is repeated - this renders the music "key-less") and then added a swung beat, playing the drums with brushes. The melodies are played by piano, trombone section and a jazz organ which dip in and out of the piece and then there is a tutti at the end before the piece climaxes with a suspension chord.
The hardest part of this piece, for me, was creating an authentic drum track. There are sections where the drums are almost doing a solo and this took a long time to get just right. I am, however, happy with the final result!
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