Title	Great Northern Express
Article no.	3145760
Category	Big band/jazz ensemble
Subcategory	(work not yet assigned)
Instrumentation	JE (jazz ensemble)
Instrumentation/info	standard jazz ensemble
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Series title	Jazz Summit
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Composer	Sturm, Fred
Difficulty level	4
Duration	6:00
Additional info/contents	Fast Swing Commissioned by the Northern Michigan University Jazz Ensemble, this jubilant tone poem portrays the Great Northern Railway that ran for a century from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean. Beginning quietly in the distance, the chart builds steadily through a series of colorful variations and roars by at full throttle five minutes later. The fast swing 'train' groove drops a beat every four measures (4-4-4-3) from start to finish. This is truly a marvel of modern jazz ensemble writing for proficient groups by one of the nation's most innovative composers.
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