For Someone
“As a trumpet performer, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, and intellectual, Taylor’s achievements are nothing less than extraordinary. I have commissioned two large-scale big band arrangements of him, which I have had the privilege of performing around the country and overseas.”
Rex Richardson, DMA – Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Virginia Commonwealth University and world-renowned classical and jazz trumpet soloist and composer
Track Listing
Girl (Lennon, arr. Barnett; SONY/ATV Tunes LLC/Beatles)
For Someone
Bartók Blues
Mikrokosmos #75: “Triplets” (Bartók, arr. Barnett)
What Do You Think of Me?
Cloak and Dagger (Pollard/Barnett)
I Don’t Know What To Do…
Sunday Morning Blues
Esther’s Dance
“Struggles” the Clown
All songs composed and arranged by Taylor Barnett (NETWORTH, ASCAP) except as noted.
Performers
Taylor Barnett – trumpet, flügelhorn, piccolo trumpet
Trey Pollard – guitar
Randall Pharr – bass
Brian Jones – drums and cymbals
Jason Scott – tenor saxophone
John Winn – clarinet, bass clarinet
Bryan Hooten – trombone
Reginald Chapman – bass trombone
Rob Quallich – trumpet, piccolo trumpet
Ryan Corbitt – piano
Venessa López – flute
Liner Notes
I believe that above all else, a piece of music should have a definitive character and display a clear concept both within and beyond the idiomatic musical language; these are the attributes that I desire most in my playing and writing. I received, fully formed, the character and concept for each piece on this album before I put pencil to staff paper. With these characters and concepts in the fore of my mind, I used the musical techniques at my disposal to try to craft each piece to be true to itself.
I write this not to boast in the quality of my music or to say that this album is somehow objectively better than music that is commercially motivated; but rather to say that this music is my most sincere effort at expressing something meaningful and concrete. That you would hear and appreciate this sincerity is my wish.
Thanks for listening
