The Flipside

The FlipsideThomas Bacon

Introduction

Heavy brass introduction with drum solo.Sets the mood for the rest of the piece.Bass line transition into the solo.Instrumentation French HornSaxophoneTrumpetTrombonePercussionBassPiano

Timbre/ TextureBig Band approachLite runs show Bacons versatile playing abilityArranged by Art Gottschalk

The BandRice University Jazz BandLarry Slezak (current)

SoloistThomas BaconBorn Chicago 1946Repertoire ranges from Renaissance to Classical, Contemporary and JazzPrinciple hornist for many orchestrasFormer member of the St. Louis Brass QuintetCommissioned many horn piecesTeaches and performes master classes at universities across the country. (ATU, UCA, UofA)

HistoryMid-20th century, horn broke into the jazz worldClaude Thornhill Orchestra arranged jazz music with nontraditional instrument voicingJulius Watkins joined a six-member jazz band playing horn Ronald Sweetman's study, A Preliminary Chronology of the Use of the French Horn in Jazz, Further Rev. 1991 Text, Montral Vintage Society, 1991, ISBN 1-895002-05-2.Resourceshttp://www.allmusic.com/artist/thomas-bacon-mn0001653920/biographyhttp://bands.blogs.rice.edu/jazz-ensembles/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_in_jazzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCBam2fs3VM

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