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st. louis blues

from time changes by blood drum spirit

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7 st. louis blues 10:47

my arrangement of mr. handy’s composition begins with a snare military-style statement of the twenty-one eight-time cycle joined by bass and piano in a four-cycle vamp, followed by a soprano saxophone statement of the first saint louis blues theme. this leads to the second theme played twice over a 7 dotted-quarter beat feel whose time span equals the twenty-one eight pattern. i interpret this section as a new orleans second line groove with toms and snare. the third theme is set in 24 bars of fast seven-eight time and moves to the bass solo on the first theme over its original groove. art and i play stop time during wes’ solo as another connection to the new orleans style. art’s solo begins alone in a ragtime style in 7 beats, and we join him in a 7-beat swing feel grooving out to the edge. david’s saxophone solo drives us over the fast seven-eight feel that becomes a swing in fast 7. we then restate the 3 themes followed by a coda from the last four cycles of the third theme. saxophone, piano, and bass exit, leaving drums to dissolve the third theme groove, with ending snare drips symbolizing the blood of those lost but not forgotten.

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from time changes, track released February 5, 2019
(c) 1914 w. c. handy, arrangement (c) 2014 royal hartigan

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