BALTIMORE JAZZ COMPOSERS SHOWCASE – LISTEN

Tim Andrulonis’s composition, “Let’s See” was one of ten original jazz compositions performed at the Baltimore Jazz Composers Showcase on Sept. 29, 2013. With its Latins rhythms, the piece evokes visions of bright colors in a lush, sunlight tropical garden, with a smooth and silky horn duo over the contained but forceful percussion groove. The solos preserved that bright and relaxed mood. But the intensity rose toward the end with an impassioned drum solo, driven by the horns playing a riff increasing in pitch and volume, until dying down to a peaceful close. Click on the link above to hear the tune. — Liz Fixsen