Primo from New Aurora by Michael Sarian
Dedicated to his cousin Nick, Primo (cousin in Spanish), is arguably the most ‘straight-ahead’ track of the album. The idea for the composition came after getting a copy of Nicolas Slonimsky’s book Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns. A true procrastinator, Sarian based the composition on a scale found on just the second page, in the ‘Interpolation of Two Notes’ in the Tritone Progression section. With the flat two, major third, sharp fourth, perfect fifth, and flat seventh, the scale has an altered blues feel to it, which was perfect for Sarian’s primo since he has an affinity for the genre. The marking at the top of the chart is
fast + gritty swing, with no chords to be found, just the scale the tune is based on.
Tracklist
| 4. | Primo | 5:34 |
Credits
Michael Sarian – Flugelhorn/Composition
Santiago Leibson – Piano
Marty Kenney – Bass
Dayeon Seok – Drums
Produced by Michael Sarian and Luis Bacque
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Luis Bacque at Bacque Recording Engineering Studios in Roselle, New Jersey (Luis Bacque uses Sonoris Software)
Artwork: Jamie Breiwick @ B Side Graphics (www.bsidegraphics.net)
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"Sarian's trumpet literally speaks." Karl Ackermann, AAJ
Born in Canada, raised in Argentina, Michael Sarian is a trumpeter and composer praised for his "unique compositional and instrumental voice... reminiscent of [his] lyrical contemporaries such as Ralph Alessi, Ambrose Akinmusire or Avishai Cohen...certainly deserving of a large audience and much recognition." (Friedrich Kunzmann, AAJ)