Opus In Turquoise – Gene Roland
Melodic phrases with counter melodies notated in the C lead sheet.
- Recording: Stan Kenton - Contemporary Concepts
- Recorded on: February 8, 1956
- Label: Capitol (Cap 3243)
- Concert Key: D-flat
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Alto Sax - Lennie Niehaus
- Tenor Sax - Bill Perkins, Spencer Sinatra
- Baritone Sax - Jack Nimitz
- Trumpet - Ed Leddy, Sam Noto
- Trumpet - Lee Katzman, Vinnie Tano, Phil Gilbert
- Trombone - Bob Fitzpatrick, Carl Fontana,
- Trombone - Kent Larsen
- Bass Trombone - Don Kelly
- French Horn - Irving Rosenthal, Fred Fox
- Tuba - Jay McAllister
- Piano - Stan Kenton
- Guitar - Ralph Blaze
- Bass - Curtis Counce
- Drums - Mel Lewis
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Video
- Eric Bierke and his Ebbtide Orchestra on TV in Hermosa Beach, California, 1993.
The audio excerpt start at the top of the track with the melody. Composer Gene Roland demonstrates his mastery of ensemble orchestration with a simple melodic idea stated by the saxes, which he then develops. This time he centers the melody around either the fifth or the sharp fifth of the chords.
Stan Kenton started the color opus idea himself by composing and first recording Opus in Pastels in 1940. On July 22, 1955, Gene Roland's classic Opus In Chartreuse (also available at jazzleadsheets.com) was first recorded by the Kenton Orchestra. Early the next year Kenton added Opus In Turquoise to the book. At the end of that year, he finished his color scheme with Roland's Opus in Beige.
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Gene Roland
September 15, 1921 – August 11, 1982
The only composer with the distinction of working for Stan Kenton for all four decades of Kenton’s band’s existence, Gene Roland was born in Dallas, Texas, and began studying the piano at age eleven. Over the course of his career, he mastered many instruments, from trombone to trumpet to mellophonium to drums, but his real success came through his talent as an arranger and composer. Read more...