“Antics in Blue” - TAMUK Jazz Band 1

“Antics in Blue”
The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Jazz Band 1
Benjamin Jaso, composer.
Kyle Millsap, director.
Featuring Jacob Moreno, trumpet.
Antics in Blue is my first big band composition, and I wrote and dedicated this to my good friend Jacob Moreno, with whom I have had the pleasure to have gotten to know since high school. Antics in Blue is an extended composition that combines my love for many different jazz eras through time, and of course, the blues. While this composition doesn’t use the blues chord progression, its melodies and rhythms have blues inflections. I would like to give many thanks to the TAMUK jazz faculty for allowing me to present this work, and Jazz Band 1, for indulging me in this pretty demanding work! Thank you Jacob for being an amazing musician and person and for being a huge inspiration for me to pursue jazz. Thanks for reading and hope you enjoy “Antics in Blue”
-Benjamin Jaso
Video and audio recording rights go to Vinnie Barrera.