Title: Hoe Down
Composer: Lachlan Davidson
Instrumentation: Clarinet & Piano
Catalogue: RM358
ISMN: M-720071-09-1
Year: 2000
Duration: 4
Level: D
Price (inc tax): AUD$27.99

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Also available for Alto sax solo with Big-band A jazz band with a violin solo, a sax quartet featuring Soprano Sax, a big band featuring violin or marimba have all performed “Hoe Down”. It does have a strong Funk element and is built around the pentatonic scale but also contains jazz and blues licks around primary triads (I, IV and V). My recorded tempo is at the upper limit but it does work very nicely at slower tempos, but not too slow. The jazz articulations at various times in the piece are hard not to swing but try to keep the even semi-quavers going and the energy up.