1) The document summarizes a 5 day brass crossover project between jazz and classical music. On the first day, the group learned three pieces under the guidance of their tutor and worked to relax their playing. 2) On the second day, the group split into two opposing bands to work on "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" with one band playing sweetly and another interrupting with a louder jazz version. 3) The third day focused on "Little Sunflower" with improvised solos, coaching on improvisation, and deciding soloists. 4) The fourth day was relaxed to rest lips before the concert. 5) The final performance day went smoothly, with

1. Jazz Classical
Brass Crossover
Daniel Crouch

2. DAY 1
• We started out on day one by learning the pieces, which
our tutor, Malcolm Earl-Smith, thought would work well
with the task at hand. We spent the morning, with
approximately an hour on each piece, which were 'Funkin It
Up', ’Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen', and 'Little
Sunflower'. We began with ‘Funkin It Up’ as it was the
longest and trickiest piece we had been asked to learn, and
started out by listening to it and the getting the Tuba
players, Andy Johnson and Joe Palmer, to play along with
the track. This helped us understand the groove. The
Trumpet players then began to learn the melody, whilst the
Trombone section worked on some stabs. We the later
performed this to Malcolm, who thought it was to uptight,
so we then worked on relaxing and feeling the groove.

3. Here is the first day in pictures.
You can see the music come to
life as we learnt ‘Funkin It Up’
in sections. First with the
Bassline (top left) then the
melody (top right) and then
with backings (left).

4. DAY 2
• On our second day we began to work on the program
opener, ‘Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen’. We decided
it would be a great idea to have two opposing bands play
this piece. This was because Malcolm had imformed us,
that this was a musical trend on the streets of New Orleans.
We split the Band into two sections, a smaller one which
consisted of 2 Trumpets, a Trombone and a Tuba. This band
started the piece by playing the melody much like the
original, in a sweet and tender fashion. At the end of the
first verse the second band then interupts the melody with
a second version, which was far louder, raspy and jazzy. This
second band consisted of 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones and a
Tuba, all using plunger mutes. This the continued until the
last verse, when all came together.

5. On the left here, you can see the first
band which started of our concert.
Here on the right is a
picture of the layout
which we used for
‘Nobody Knows The
Trouble I’ve Seen’

6. Day 3
• On the third day of COLAB the Classical Jazz Brass Crossover began
work on the third piece which was ‘Little Sunflower’. This was
personally my favorite out of the three pieces we embarked on. We
started with free fall slow long notes floating around the whole
band. The tune was then played in the Trombone section, then
progressoing to a Flugel horn solo, played by James O’Docherty.
This piece was a great opportunity for improvised solos, so Malcolm
went around the group listening to each of us play a 16 bar solo, he
then gave of some coaching on improvisation. He talked at length
about you have to shape the solos, and played them with a groovy
rhythm and not so much worrying about the notes and letting them
come after. This was brilliant for the group as the majority were
classical musicians and rarely get the chance to embark on jazz
improvising, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. We then decided
on the soloists and were they were going to solo. Once we had
done so we performed the piece to Malcolm.

7. DAY 4
• On day 4, Malcolm said that we could decide how we spent the
day ourselves. As we had already done everything we needed to
do for the concert, we thought it best to have a relaxed day, as to
not over do our lips so the were in perfect condition for the
conert. We played through the program, ironing out any mistakes,
and then had a little jam session. We then went for a group
bonding session at the local pub for lunch.

8. DAY 5
Friday, the last day of our COLAB project, was performance
day. We were given a slot of half and hour in Butlers café,
starting at 1 o'clock. We met up at 11 o'clock to run through
things for one last time before the concert, just to make sure
everything was running smoothley. We decided it would be a
great idea to have half the band hiding behind the vending
machines, whilst the other half began ‘Nobody Believes The
Trouble I’ve Seen’, interupting the melody with loud jazz rifs,
and walked on whilst one of the trombone players, Phil
Entwistle played the melody. This was received splendidly, and
got the audience geared up. We then performed little
sunflower, in which I had a improvised solo which I really
enjoyed. Then came our finale, ‘Funkin It Up’ which was the
highlight of my week.