Jersey Sure
2004
saxophone quartet (SATBar)
(CO)
Recording: New Jersey Saxophone Quartet
Recording: New Jersey Saxophone Quartet
Jersey Sure was written for the New Jersey Saxophone Quartet. The NJSQ is equally at home in both classical and jazz genres and Jersey Sure exploits this versatility.
The opening riff, which recurs periodically, adapts a jazz idiom. This is developed using approaches drawn more from classical traditions, like contextual harmony, melodic transformations, and imitative counterpoint, while maintaining the jazz-like character of the opening material.
Composition of Jersey Sure was assisted by an Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.