Dirk Fischer

Vocal arrangement of Dirk's lovely latin bolero. Spanish lyrics by Barbara Ransom. Instrumental version on George Stone plays the music of S.R.Dirk Fischer CD. Flugelhorns, easy range. Vocal 'A' below...

6/8 March. Dotted quarternote = 108. Used as a spirited Recessional for Commencement exercises. March transitions to brief 4/4 to cut time swing. Statement and Jazz tenor solo on Autumn Leaves chord c...

6/8 March used as a spirited Recessional for Commencement Exercises. Dotted Quarter note = 108 Instrumentation; Flute or piccolo, 5 sax's, ( a,a,t,t,b ) 3 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone &...

Tenor sax feature. Repleat with 11 1/2 dim to V7 to 1 harmonies. Swing (kinda cool) waltz development, guitar solo. Rhythm section displays the sequence for the intro. Tight ensemble work. Trpt. high...

Good big band blues - funky riff utilization, in Eb with ample space for solos. Wide voicing for sax's & ensemble, unisons, swings easily at most moderate tempos. Trpt. 1 high F & E. Trom 1 high Ab. 5...

Nonet, Cool Swing. Composed for good improvisers. As title implies ie: no keyed tonal center.(No Tonic 'That don't stop it from swingin' (The theoretical does not prohibit a groove.) 2 Trpts, or Fluge...

Alto sax feature. Very full nonet orchestration on this classic tour de force. See full descriptive format with Big Band listing of the same title.

Short tour de force for Soprano, Alto, Tenor, & Baritone Sax's. 4/4 andante into 3/4 Moderato into 6/8 into 12/8 into Swing.S,A,T,B. Medium.

Waltz for 5 sax's AATTB. This quintet arrangement by Dirk, of his own materials, very well demonstrates his craft with the big band sax section. Though only 52 measures in length it does show off the...

Alto sax featured. 'Plea' will stretch everyone. It is not extremely difficult. It is four sets of different harmonic, melodic and rhythmic materials with connecting bridges between them and a summary...