SYMPHONIC JAZZ SUITE

Bencriscutto The Symphonic Jazz Suite is a composition for jazz soloists, jazz-rock combo and concert band. It integrates the intimacy and improvisational possibilities of the small ensemble with the coloristic variety and bigger sound of large group. Originally commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra to feature trumpeter Clark Terry and the composer on alto saxophone as duo soloist, it was adapted for concert band performance fro the 1973 MENC Regional Convention in Milwaukee.