{"id":2744,"date":"2012-01-18T05:33:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T10:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilktone.com\/?p=2744"},"modified":"2023-03-29T08:36:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T12:36:18","slug":"gil-evans-voicings-and-autumn-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/?p=2744","title":{"rendered":"Gil Evans Voicings and Autumn Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve just finished another arrangement for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lenoirsax.org\/\">Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble<\/a>, my &nbsp;fifth arrangement for them. &nbsp;This time I wrote a chart on the standard <em>Autumn Leaves<\/em>. &nbsp;Here&#8217;s a MIDI realization if you&#8217;d like to hear my treatment of this tune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Autumn-Leaves.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"362\" data-attachment-id=\"8091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/?attachment_id=8091\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wilktone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/evans-voicing.jpg?fit=263%2C362&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"263,362\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"evans-voicing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wilktone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/evans-voicing.jpg?fit=263%2C362&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wilktone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/evans-voicing.jpg?resize=263%2C362&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8091\" title=\"evans voicing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wilktone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/evans-voicing.jpg?w=263&amp;ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wilktone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/evans-voicing.jpg?resize=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to give this chart a different flavor from the previous ones I&#8217;ve written for the Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble I decided to play around with a voicing technique that Gil Evans, one of my favorite composer\/arrangers, used frequently. &nbsp;Evans was fond of voicing out chords in such a way that would put at least two parts together a second apart. In my arrangement I used this idea throughout. &nbsp;Here&#8217;s one example, which can be heard in my arrangement just at the end of the rubato opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Normally I wouldn&#8217;t put a half step between the top two voices like this, as it obscures the sound of the highest pitch a bit. &nbsp;In this particular case, however, it works pretty well because the melody is in the bari sax. &nbsp;With this particular chord voicing the major 7th between the bari and tenor also help give it a dissonant grinding quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather than listen to my MIDI realization (a pale imitation of real instrumentalists anyway), you should check out how Evans used these very tight voicings to great effect. &nbsp;Here&#8217;s an example, Evan&#8217;s composition <em>The Time of the Barracudas<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"656\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JGoFjl_8Pbw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just finished another arrangement for the Lenoir Saxophone Ensemble, my &nbsp;fifth arrangement for them. &nbsp;This time I wrote a chart on the standard Autumn Leaves. &nbsp;Here&#8217;s a MIDI realization if you&#8217;d like to hear my treatment of this tune. In order to give this chart a different flavor from the previous ones I&#8217;ve written &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/?p=2744\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gil Evans Voicings and Autumn Leaves<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15350306,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1364,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-composition","category-jazz"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peFHCc-Ig","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15350306"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2744"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8093,"href":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2744\/revisions\/8093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilktone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}