Wolfgang: Mr. Z.
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- Composer: Gernot Wolfgang (1957-)
- Instrumentation: Piano, Wind Quintet (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon)
- Work: Mr. Z. (2009)
- Binding: Spiral Bound
- Size: 8.5 x 10.8 inches
Description
Mr. Z. for woodwind quintet and piano (flute doubles alto flute, oboe doubles English horn, clarinet doubles bass clarinet) by Gernot Wolfgang (b. 1957) - Austrian composer
Mr. Z. was commissioned by the Los Angeles based concert series Chamber Music Palisades. The composition, which is 16 minutes in length, is dedicated to the memory of Austrian keyboardist/composer Josef Zawinul, co-founder of the hugely influential jazz fusion group Weather Report. There are no direct quotes from Zawinul's compositions in Mr. Z., but the piece contains "translations" of some of his compositional, orchestrational, and performance techniques into a harmonically expanded chamber music setting, such as:
- Zawinul's stacking of synthesizer sounds. Many of the sounds that he used for his soloing were combinations of two or more synthesizer/sampler sounds, each of them in a different octave. This technique translated very easily into the chamber music idiom by giving multi-octave unison runs to the wind instruments. Color changes were achieved through phrase-by-phrase switching of the instrument and octave configurations.
- Filler-gestures on the piano that were typical for Zawinul's performance style.
- Massive ensemble climaxes in multi-octave unisons.
- Episodic compositional structures with sometimes abrupt transitions between individual sections.
I also wanted to pay homage to the other members of Weather Report by writing (written-out) solos inspired by the improvisationl styles of saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Jaco Pastorius, and Joe Zawinul himself. Weather Report-influenced fusion grooves, in which bass clarinet, bassoon, and piano act as a rhythm section, serve as accompaniment for these solos.
-Gernot Wolfgang
Los Angeles, May 2017
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Wolfgang: Mr. Z.
