ESP - Asphalt Cocktail by John Mackey

Eastman Saxophone Project
Spring Concert
Monday, April 7, 2014
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Asphalt Cocktail
John Mackey (b. 1973)
Arr. Matt Evans
Personnel:
Jonathan Wintringham, soprano
Myles Boothroyd, soprano
Jiaqi (Kevin) Zhao, soprano
Stephanie Venturino, soprano
Lauritz Eller, soprano
Matt Evans, alto
Marta Tiesenga, alto
Phil Pierick, alto
Ainsley Kilgo, alto
Keenan McKoy, alto
Annie Sawamura, alto
Arthur Liang, alto
Tim Harris, tenor
Drew Viavattine, tenor
Katherine Weintraub, tenor
Anne Kunkle, tenor
Chris Doser, tenor
Sumner Truax, baritone
Nick Exler, baritone
Dan Stenziano, baritone
Khanh Nguyen, baritone
Tyler Wiessner, bass
Sarah Gartin, percussion
Nikki Joshi, percussion
Sean Lowery, percussion
Riley Palmer, percussion
Sarah Persichetti, percussion
James Petrello, percussion
Drew Worden, percussion
Chien-Kwan Lin, director
Jonathan Wintringham, assistant director

[@joejaxson6098]

Okay. How come NO ONE has acknowledged that they have MEMORIZED THIS!

[@domvyvlecka3129]

Idk if you’ve actually seen the music before but tbh it’s not that hard. Idk about other parts but the trombone parts are pretty straightforward

[@nicktheclarinet6718]

@@domvyvlecka3129 the clarinet parts or in this case (soprano sax) are Ridiculously hard

[@TheTwinkieFairy]

Classic Mackey... percussionists banging on things and a bunch of crazy 13-part chords moving at a high-rated tempo all strung together with some crazy higher woodwind (in this case soprano) parts. Wonderfully done! :)

[@nicholasgraves3149]

Whole tone vs octatonic vs chromatic at the same time

[@alexg-cl6ef]

i like how the audience collectively said wow at the end

[@CodySirkSax]

One of my favorite Mackey pieces being played by ESP with percussion. Amazing. Favorite.

[@PotatotheTroll]

I didn't know I wanted this.

[@BMrks0125]

I wish my sax studio was half as good as this group

[@nellmatthews59]

It's Eastman, man

[@pearspeedruns]

STAT Airsoft what school did you go to?

[@jakefranke3122]

By far my favorite version

[@natalyruan]

this is ridiculously incredible oh my god

[@dougoconnor]

Saxophone ninjas. That is all. #ftw

[@jpdemers44]

wonderful

[@jpdemers44]

bravo a John Mackay et a tout les musiciens sous la direction de cet excellent chef\ hourra...

[@ensleyxaviercastillo8534]

OMG !!! FOR SAXOPHONE ENSEMBLE??? GREAT !!!!

[@sekhonmusic]

Outstanding work, as always!

[@JasonArcherKnepper]

It would be chaos if it weren't perfectly organized. Fantastic stuff!

[@user-yk6pm5pj3q]

いい意味でイカれてる。

[@who8mahbacon]

5:09 who'd she have to kill to get that part?

[@RichardTolbert]

Probably whoever's remains are in the trashcan, LOL.

[@nicktheclarinet6718]

Hahhahah omg I’m going to to pee my pants

[@kylegeee]

this is so awesome

[@donniegingry1506]

i love the bass sax

[@MrMcMusic01]

Can't really say I've ever been a fan of the sax, but DAMN! This is spectacular!

[@user-fi6ll9tl9i]

Super !

[@ccpcmusic]

what just happened! AWESOME SAUCE!

[@ken-tatrb2992]

パーカッションやってて楽しいだろうなぁ♫

[@wonsup3]

Phenomenal. Anyone know what that bucket percussion instrument is that the lovely lady is slamming at 5:10?

[@danielford2369]

+Daniel Lee a metal trashcan

[@EthanNeal]

+Daniel Ford with nuts, washers, bolts and other metal hardware inside.

[@Hector95100]

damn

[@pnorpinocan8897]

Where do I find this arrangement

[@seshpad2483]

omg at 5:09 look at the second percussionist from the left its hilarious

[@garrettbrothers6989]

The timing at 1:12 fell apart a little bit, which bothers me as a percussionist :/ But besides that, this sounds great! It's a little weird knowing most of the parts are being played by the same family of instruments despite how it sounds like a full orchestra.

[@EvanYoungMusic]

2 dislikes? Probably 2 terrible “musicians”.

[@Tokkemon]

Pretty noisy.