Good day Folks,

Thanks for all this work, Paul, and especially letting me know your flexibility. This is a good process. Here are a lot of notes. let’s talk after you get them.

For your reference & if I didn't send it yet, here’s my rough work score. There are chords in it. 


Part 0 - Free:
- get rid of all hints of rhythm: the quarter notes, the rhythms in bars 11-12, the moving tuba parts, etc. 
This is totally free time. Just large whole note chords throughout. (The tempo is an illusion, a trick because we cannot play together live.)
- After you re-do this, please make us a mix with no melody  + only chords the first time, and a soft ensemble melody soft in the mix the 2nd time.

Part 1 - March:

- go back to my arrangement for the 1st time through the melody. It will just be Solo Melody + Chord Pads (no rhythm) + Drums. Listen to this sample.



- don’t use the notes A & Ab in bars 27&28. It’s a melodic thing, not part of the harmony. No Bblyd or Bb7 chords. The harmony should be very open.

- Your arrangement will come in the 2nd time, as the repeat of the tune. 
- add a vamp of the intro before 2nd and 3rd iterations of the melody for solos.
- Marco+Paul - it will be interesting to find a funky beat that works WITH the mehter drumming you sent me!
- Instead of having your trumpets play the melody, have them play long note clusters. Ismail & I will play the melody.
  
*The trick (for me) with this kind of arrangement is to not let it sound too much like a "70’s ‘hip’ sounding tv detective show soundtrack”*

Part 2 - March & Part 3 - March: these work well. 3 notes.
- Let’s do it faster. 
- we will have to clarify + work on the 1/4 tones in the melody. 
- Please make a mix with no melody, just groove. 

Part 4 - 3/4, 6/8
- Bar 126 should be a low brass ‘answer’ of the melody. Trumpets rest.
- no Dominant7#9 chord in bar 134 &162. Open up 134 section for blowing. 
- a different ending. I can send you something. Not the #9 chord.
and also
- we will have to clarify + work on the 1/4 tones in the melody. 
- Please make a mix with no melody the 1st time through the song, just groove. add your melody 2nd time. 

Note - I’m thinking of switching the order so that it goes 0-1-4-2-3. Thoughts?

Let me know if this all makes sense to you. Thanks.

Yours

Frank