"City Sun" grew out of a theme in that occurred to me while riding a bus on a sunny Los Angeles day in the 1970's. This piece was written for the rock band I was in, Palm 'O Granite, comprising Brian Vessa on keyboards, Mike Osborne on guitar, me on bass, and a talented young drummer named Curtis. The theme sounds like 5/4, but is in an 11/4 context, and I play around with 5 against 11. The intro was an earlier short solo guitar doodle; being in 11/4, it fit nicely and provide a contrasting sound.
I recently rearranged the piece for the MCCF concert "Musical Landscapes", 2011 Oct 23 at Hidden Valley, where it was performed by:
Steve Ettinger, violin
Samson van Loon, cello
Rick Yramatagui, piano
See the scoreÂ
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