A Conductor’s and Performer’s Guide to Steven Bryant’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone - Chester Jenkins

33 Measure 22 reintroduces the chord progression, this time filling out the chords with help from the clarinets, trumpets and trombones. These voicings give us a fuller picture of the chord progression. Measure 22 begins with a G minor chord, followed by Gb major in measure 25. Measure 27 introduces the third chord of the progression, Ab major. Figure 20. Concerto for Alto Saxophone 2 nd movement, measures 22-27. Solace chord progression used: G minor in measure 22, Gb Major in measure 25, Ab major in measure 27. The time, marked by the slowly passing ostinato Bb present in the treble voice of the piano, is finally interrupted by a “bop-ish” 38 solo alto line at measure 18 that is dropped on top of the slow music that continues at the original tempo underneath. Saxophone soloist and double bass are in time with each other (marked quarter note = 126-132) at measure 36, but out of time with the ensemble, which is still at half-note = 45. The 38 “bop-ish” is defined in this case as the jazz style performed by jazz musicians such as Charlie Parker or Sonny Stitt.