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Roadmap to the Suite on the Five Chinese Elements It is also possible he could perform the Suite as a visiting artist in collaboration with appropriate local musicians if that is preferred (exact performing instrumentation can also be flexible). This program is best offered as a jazz trio concert, but Michael Arnowitt has performed excerpts from the suite by himself piano solo in Düsseldorf, Germany Delft, the Netherlands Moscow, Russia and at the 29th Prague International Jazz Festival, as well as in Colorado and Vermont in the United States. The Five Chinese Elements presents more fluid structures that develop much as water or wood do in nature. Listeners may hear references to jazz form ideas, such as call-and-response, vamps, standard swing form, and spirituals, although the emphasis of the evening is on creating more free-flowing music, uninhibited by the traditional forms of jazz history. Other sections of the suite are based on elements of music such as an emphasis on a particular shape of line (for example ascending, descending, circular), rhythmic riffs, a general outline of harmonic tonal centers, or a sequence of textures or unusual instrumental techniques. The scales chosen for the component parts range in origin from ancient Greek and medieval modes to scales from 20th century classical and jazz music, as well as some that are completely original. These hybrid scales were devised by taking the bottom half (usually four notes) of a certain scale, optionally altering a single note of the four slightly, and then combining this lower half with the top half of another scale. In some sections, new hybrid scales created by Michael Arnowitt are used by the performers as collections of notes from which melodic lines and specific harmony chords are drawn for improvisation. Some shop talk: more detail about the music The musical material specified in the printed pages of the composition varies greatly from traditional classical music scores or even standard jazz lead sheets. The performance also features non-standard instrumental techniques such as the bass tapping and stroking the wood of the instrument, or the piano striking a chord and then fluttering the pedal quickly up and down to create a sound reminiscent of radiating waves in a pond. Many of the innovative melodies and harmonies in the suite stem from new “hybrid scales” developed by Michael Arnowitt. Premiered in March of 2004, The Five Chinese Elements is performed by Michael Arnowitt on piano, Anthony Santor on upright bass, and Steve Wienert on drums and a colorful variety of percussion instruments. This suite is a full-concert length composition of approximately one and a half hours. The performance of this new composition, in a free-jazz spirit, is inspired by these traditional Chinese associations from thousands of years ago in combination with the trio’s own personal feelings in the present for each of these five natural elements. The ancient Chinese believed that each of the five elements had a particular color, sense, flavor, cardinal direction, time of year, type of weather, and animal associated with it. The earliest written material about the five Chinese elements dates from the third century B.C., although the traditions no doubt date from an even earlier time. The Five Chinese Elements is a suite for jazz trio composed by Michael Arnowitt and Anthony Santor on the theme of the five Chinese elements: earth, water, wood, metal, and fire. Michael Arnowitt performs jazz under his own name, or sometimes under names such as the ImproVisions Jazz Quartet or the Take One Trio. Link to Descriptions of my original jazz tunes Link to Jazz Tunelist of Michael Arnowitt: my favorite tunes Link to Jazz Biography of Michael Arnowitt Improvisation with the Spoken Word #3: Live with David Budbill, poet Improvisation with the Spoken Word #2: Sylvia Plath Improvisation with the Spoken Word #1: Langston Hughes Transcription Project #2: Tribute to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

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Bill evans autumn in new york transcription