Asphalt Cocktail
(2009)
John Mackey
arranged for saxophone and percussion ensemble
by Matt Evans for the Eastman Saxophone Project
Originally commissioned by Howard J. Gourwitz as a gift to Dr. Kevin L. Sedatole and the Michigan State University Wind Symphony
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Instrumentation
4 soprano saxophones 4 alto saxophones 3 tenor saxophones 3 baritone saxophones 1 bass saxophone
These are minimums required. In the event that an ensemble has more than 15 players available, parts should be doubled in this order: Baritone 3/Bass Tenor 2 Tenor 3 Baritone 2 Baritone 1 Tenor 1 Alto 3 Alto 4
Beyond this, it is recommended to triple the lower parts before doubling any of the soprano parts or alto 1/2.
Percussion (7 players) Player 1: Timpani (4 drums, 5 if desired) Player 2: Xylophone, Marimba, Whip Player 3: Tambourine; metal cocktail shaker with nuts, etc. inside; small metal trash can filled with metal, taped shut (will be slammed to floor, sounding like a controlled crash of chains) Player 4: Hi-hat; China cymbal; upside-down 14" mini-China with 13" Trash Splash cymbal stacked inside Player 5: 4 Tom-Toms; field drum with Kevlar head; whip; metal cocktail shaker with nuts, etc. inside Player 6: 4 Cymbals: crash, Zildjian 16" ZHT EFX (or comparable), China, Splash Player 7: Bass Drum
Percussion 3 ÷ ¿ œ cocktail shaker tambourine small metal– trash can
Percussion 4 ¿ — ÷ ¿ hi-hat¿ (foot) hi-hat (sticks) China (or second EFX cymbal) China with Trash Splash inside
Percussion 5 œ ¿ ÷ œ œ œ ¿ œ field drum with Kevlar head 4 tom-toms whip cocktail shaker Percussion 6 ¿ ¿ ÷ ¿ ¿ crash cymbal EFX cymbal China Splash
Note: All trills are 1/2-step trills. All glisses last entire duration notated. Program Note
Several years ago, when I was living in Manhattan, I was walking down Columbus Avenue with my good friend (and fellow composer) Jonathan Newman. Somehow, the topic of titles for pieces came up, and Newman said a title that stopped me in my tracks there on the sidewalk: “Asphalt Cocktail.”
I begged him to let me use the title. “That title screams Napoleonic Testosterone Music. I was born to write that!” I pleaded. “No,” was his initial response. I asked regularly over the next few years, and the answer was always the same: “No. It’s mine.” In May 2008, I asked him once again, begging more pathetically than I had before, and his answer this time surprised me: “Fine,” he said, “but I’ll be needing your first-born child.” This was easily agreeable to me, as I don’t like kids.
“Asphalt Cocktail” is a five-minute opener, designed to shout, from the opening measure, “We’re here.” With biting trombones, blaring trumpets, and percussion dominated by cross-rhythms and back beats, it aims to capture the grit and aggression that I associate with the time I lived in New York. Picture the scariest NYC taxi ride you can imagine, with the cab skidding around turns as trucks bear down from all sides.
Serve on the rocks.
The saxophone version of the piece was arranged by Matt Evans for the Eastman Saxophone Project, and premiered by that ensemble on April 7, 2014.
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WWW.OSTIMUSIC.COM Score Asphalt Cocktail John Mackey sax ensemble arrangement by Matt Evans = 174 # œ > # œ > ä # œ # œ œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ # œ # œ œ œ #œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ œ Soprano 1 q bœ bœ & 42 ∑ 78 Œ Œ. 4 Ó 78 Œ Œ. 4 Œ. 78 Œ Œ. ƒ #>œ ˘ ˘ #>˙ œ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ Soprano 2 œ bœ . . œ bœ . . ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ #œ œ œ œ bœ . . 2 ∑ 7 J #œ œ œbœ #œ œ 4 œ. ‰ 7 ‰#œ œ œbœ #œ œ 4 œ œ œ œ ‰ J 7 ‰#œ œ œ bœ #œ œ & 4 8 4 J 8 4 8 ß #>œ #˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ #>œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ #˘œ ˘œ ˘œ #äœ Soprano 3 ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ & 42 78 Œ Œ. 4 Ó 78 Œ Œ. 4 ‰ J ‰ J 78 Œ Œ. ƒ b>œ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ b>œ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ bäœ Soprano 4 ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ bœ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ & 42 78 Œ Œ. 4 Ó 78 Œ Œ. 4 ‰ J ‰ J 78 Œ Œ. ƒ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˘ > œ ˘ > ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘ Alto 1 2 7 J ˘œ œ . 4 j #˙ 7 ˘œ œ . 4 j #œ 7 ˘œ œ . & 4 8 #œ œ œbœ #œ œ. 4 œ ‰ 8 ‰#œ œ œbœ #œ œ. 4 œ ‰ 8 ‰#œ œ œ bœ #œ œ. ƒ ß fl ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ >œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ >œ > ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ä Alto 2 2 7 4 7 4 œ œ œ œ œ 7 œ & 4 8 Œ Œ. 4 Ó 8 Œ Œ. 4 Œ 8 Œ Œ. ƒ >œ >œ > ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ˘œ ä Alto 3 2 7 4 7 4 #œ 7 #œ & 4 ∑ 8 Œ Œ. 4 ∑ 8 Œ Œ. 4 Œ 8 Œ Œ. ƒ ˘ > œ ˘ > ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ä Alto 4 2 7 ˘œ œ . 4 j #˙ 7 ˘œ œ . 4 j œ œ œ œ œ 7 œ & 4 ∑ 8 ‰ #œ œ œbœ #œ œ. 4 œ ‰ 8 ‰#œ œ œbœ #œ œ. 4 œ ‰ 8 Œ Œ. ß fl > > > ä Tenor 1 ~~œ œ œ ˘ > > bœ œ 2 Œ ~~~ 7 Œ Œ. 4 ∑ 7 Œ Œ. 4 #œ ‰nœ œ 7 Œ Œ. & 4 8 4 8 4 J 8 ƒ
~œ > > > ä Tenor 2 2 ~~ 7 œ 4 7 œ 4 > > #œ 7 œ & 4 Œ ~~ 8 Œ Œ. 4 ∑ 8 Œ Œ. 4 j‰ œ œ 8 Œ Œ. #œ ƒ fl
Tenor 3 2 7 #>œ 4 #>˙ œ 7 4 >œ > >œ 7 & 4 ∑ 8 œ bœ #œ 4 j‰ 8 ‰ œ bœ #œ 4 j‰ œ 8 ‰ œ bœ #œ J #œ œfl œbœ fl . œ. œ #œ œfl œbœ fl . œ. œ #œ œ fl œ bœ fl . œ. ƒ fl > > ä Bari 1 œ > j j #>œ œ œ #œ 2 Œ 7 œ Œ Œ. 4 ‰bœ nœ 7 Œ Œ. 4 œ ‰ 7 Œ Œ. & 4 æ 8 4 #œ. #œ#œ œ . 8 œ 4 8 f > . > . œ. > fl > . . ˘ > > Bari 2 bœ #œ . #>œ œ. nœ > œ #œ nœ >œ ä 2 ∑ 7 Œ Œ. 4 ‰ J #œ œ. 7 œ Œ Œ. 4 J ‰ 7 œ Œ Œ. & 4 8 œ 4 8 4 8 > ƒ Bari 3 œ > j 2 Œ 7 œ Œ Œ. 4 ‰bœ nœ 7 Œ Œ. 4 ‰ 7 Œ Œ. & 4 æ 8 4 #œ. #œ#œ œ . 8 œ 4 j #œ nœ œ 8 œ > . > . œ > œ > > > â f . fl Bass 2 7 4 7 4 7 & 4 ∑ 8 œ Œ Œ. 4 j‰ Œ Œ j ‰ 8 œ Œ Œ. 4 j‰ 8 œ Œ Œ. > œ œ > œ #œ nœ bœ â ƒ fl . fl > > > very hard mallets Timpani œ bœ œ œ >œ ? 2 ∑ 7 Œ Œ. 4 Ó Œ œ 7 Œ Œ. 4 7 Œ Œ. 4 8 œ 4 8 œ 4 8 œ > > > ƒ P ƒ > > œ >œ >œ >œ >œ œ >œ œ œ œ Xylophone œ bœ bœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ j & 42 ∑ 78 œ œ œbœ J ‰ ‰ 4 Ó 78 œ œ œbœ J ‰ ‰ 4 Œ. j 78 bœ ‰ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ bœ Tambourine ƒ Percussion 3 œ œ œ œ >œ >œ 2 7 ^ . 4 7 . 4 . yyyy 7 y . ÷ 4 ∑ 8 Œ Œ 4 æ 8 Œ Œ 4 Ó 8 Œ Œ ƒ F ƒ >1 y y y y >y y y y y y y y y Percussion 4 2 7 y 4 7 >y 4 7 ÷ 4 ∑ 8 Œ Œ. 4 ‰ J 8 Œ Œ. 4 8 y Œ Œ. ƒ > Tom-Toms œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Percussion 5 2 7 4 7 4 j 7 ÷ 4 ∑ 8 œ Œ Œ. 4 Ó. 8 œ Œ Œ. 4 ‰ œ œ œ ‰ J 8 œ Œ Œ. > choke F choke ƒ choke choke y ˘y y y. ˘y y Percussion 6 2 7 4 7 4 7 ˘ ÷ 4 ∑ 8 y Œ Œ. 4 ∑ 8 J ‰ Œ Œ. 4 ‰ J J ‰ Œ J ‰ 8 J ‰ Œ Œ. ƒ
Bass Drum 2 7 œ Œ Œ. 4 7 œ Œ Œ. 4 œ œ œ œ 7 œ Œ Œ. ã 4 ∑ 8 > 4 ∑ 8 > 4 8 > ƒ ƒ P ƒ Copyright © 2016 Osti Music, Inc. WWW.OSTIMUSIC.COM 2
S1
S2
S3
S4
A1 A2 A3 A4 T1
T2
T3 B1
B2 B3
Bs
Timp. To Whip Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 deadstroke r.s. Perc. 5 choke choke let ring Perc. 6 B. Dr. 7 3 A S1 S2 S3 S4 A1
A2
A3
A4 T1 T2 T3 B1 B2
B3 Bs Timp. Whip
Xyl. Perc. 3 choke choke Perc. 4 Perc. 5 choke choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. 14 4
S1 6 S2 6 S3 S4 A1 A2
A3 A4 T1 T2 T3 B1
B2
B3
Bs Timp. Xylophone
Xyl.
Perc. 3
Perc. 4 r.s. Perc. 5
choke choke choke choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. 21 5
6 S1 6 6 6 S2 6 6 S3 S4 5 6 A1 6 6 A2 A3 5 A4 T1 T2
T3 cresc. B1 cresc.
B2 cresc. B3 cresc.
Bs cresc.
Timp.
Xyl.
Perc. 3 cresc. Perc. 4 Perc. 5 choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. cresc. 26 6
S1
S2 . S3 S4 . A1
A2 A3 A4 T1 T2 T3 B1 B2 B3 Bs Timp.
Whip Xylophone Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 deadstroke Perc. 5 choke choke choke choke choke choke choke choke Perc. 6 B. Dr. 31 7 B S1 S2 S3 S4 A1 A2 A3 A4 T1 T2 T3 B1
B2 B3
Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 choke choke Perc. 4 r.s. Perc. 5 choke choke Perc. 6 B. Dr. 38 8
S1
S2 S3 S4
A1
A2
A3 6
A4 6 T1
T2 T3 B1
B2 B3 Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 r.s. Perc. 5
choke choke choke choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. 46 9
6 S1 6 6 S2 3 S3 6 S4 6 6 A1 3 6 A2 6 6 A3 A4 T1 3 T2 3
T3 cresc. 3 B1 3 cresc.
B2 3 cresc. B3 cresc.
Bs cresc. Timp. 3 cresc. Xyl. Perc. 3 cresc. Perc. 4 cresc. Perc. 5 choke choke choke choke Perc. 6 cresc. B. Dr. 51 10
S1
S2
S3
S4
A1 A2 A3
A4 T1 T2 T3 B1 B2 B3
Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 deadstroke Perc. 5 cresc. choke choke choke choke choke choke Perc. 6 B. Dr. 56 11 C
S1 S2 S3 S4 A1 A2 A3 A4 T1 3 T2 T3 B1
B2
B3 Bs Timp. Marimba To Marimba 5 Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 To Whip
Perc. 5 scrape Perc. 6 B. Dr. 63 12
S1 5 5 3 S2 S3 S4
A1
A2
A3
A4
T1
T2
T3 B1
B2 B3
Bs
Timp.
3
Xyl. Perc. 3
Perc. 4 Whip Perc. 5
Perc. 6
B. Dr. 70 13
Solo D S1 S2 S3 S4 6 A1 A2
A3 A4 T1
T2 T3 6 B1 B2 B3
Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4
Perc. 5 choke choke choke choke choke mallet Perc. 6
B. Dr. 76 14
S1 S2
S3 S4
A1
A2
A3
A4 T1
T2
3 T3 B1
B2
B3
Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 Perc. 5
Perc. 6
B. Dr. 82 15
S1 S2 S3 S4 6 A1 A2
A3
A4
T1 T2 T3 6 B1 B2 B3
Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4
Perc. 5
choke choke choke choke mallet scrape
Perc. 6
B. Dr. 88 16 E
S1 cresc. 3 S2 6 6 S3 S4 A1 A2
A3 A4 cresc. soft, "doppler effect"
T1
T2 T3 cresc. 3 B1 3 B2 B3 3 Bs tune F to G, C to D Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3
Perc. 4
Perc. 5
choke mallet Perc. 6
B. Dr. 94 17
S1 3 3 3 S2 S3 3 3 3 S4 A1 A2 A3 3 3 3
A4 3 3 3 T1 T2 T3 B1 3 B2 B3 3 Bs Tune G to F Timp. Xylophone Xyl.
Perc. 3 Perc. 4
Perc. 5
choke choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. 99 18
S1 . S2 . S3 . S4 A1 A2 A3 . A4 . T1 T2 . T3 B1 B2 B3 Bs Tune F to G Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4
Perc. 5 Perc. 6
B. Dr. 104 19
S1 S2 S3 S4 A1 A2 A3 A4 T1 T2 T3 B1 B2 B3
Bs Timp. Xyl.
Perc. 3
Perc. 4
Perc. 5 Perc. 6
B. Dr. 110 20 F S1 6 6 S2 6 S3 6 S4 A1 6 6 A2 A3 A4 6 6 T1
T2 T3 B1 B2 B3 Bs Timp. Xyl. gliss from approx. pitch Perc. 3 choke Perc. 4
Perc. 5 choke choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. 115 21
S1
S2 6 6 S3 6 6 6 S4 6 A1
A2 6 6 A3 6
A4 T1
T2
T3 B1 B2 B3
Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3
choke Perc. 4 Perc. 5 choke choke Perc. 6 B. Dr. 120 22
S1 6 6 S2 6 S3 6
S4 . .. A1 6 6 ... A2 6
A3
A4
T1 ... T2 T3 B1 B2
B3 Bs
Timp. Xyl.
Perc. 3
Perc. 4
Perc. 5
Perc. 6 B. Dr. 126 23
S1 3 cresc. S2 cresc. 3 S3 cresc. 3 S4 6 cresc. A1 6 cresc. A2 A3 3 A4 cresc. T1 cresc. T2 cresc. 3 T3 cresc. B1 cresc. B2 cresc. B3 cresc. Bs cresc. Timp. Xyl. cresc.
Perc. 3 cresc. Perc. 4 cresc. Perc. 5 Perc. 6 cresc. B. Dr. cresc. 133 24
G S1 5 5 S2 S3
S4
A1
5 A2 5 almost inaudible, slow quarter tone vibrato; SOFT! A3
almost inaudible, slow quarter tone vibrato; SOFT! A4 T1
almost inaudible, slow quarter tone vibrato; SOFT! T2
almost inaudible, slow quarter tone vibrato; SOFT! T3 B1 B2
B3
Bs Timp. To Marimba Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 deadstroke Perc. 5 choke choke choke Perc. 6 B. Dr. 140 25
S1 5 5 S2
S3
S4
A1 5 A2 5
A3 A4 T1 T2 T3
B1
B2
B3
Bs
Timp. Marimba very articulate mallets Xyl.
Perc. 3
Perc. 4
Perc. 5 5 Perc. 6
B. Dr. 146 26
S1 5 5
S2
S3
S4
A1 5 A2 5
A3
A4 T1
T2
T3 B1
B2
B3
Bs Timp. D G C A Xyl.
Perc. 3
Perc. 4 Perc. 5 choke scrape Perc. 6 B. Dr. 153 27
S1 S2
S3
S4
A1 .
A2 . A3
A4 T1 T2
T3 B1
B2 B3
Bs
Timp.
Xyl. poco a poco cresc.
Perc. 3 poco a poco cresc. Perc. 4 poco a poco cresc.
Perc. 5 poco a poco cresc.
Perc. 6
B. Dr. poco a poco cresc. 161 28 H S1
S2
S3
S4 A1 A2 A3 A4 T1 T2 T3 B1 B2 B3
Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 Perc. 5 3 3 choke choke choke choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. 170 29
S1 S2 S3 S4 6 A1
A2 A3 A4 T1 T2 T3 6 B1 B2
B3
Bs Timp.
Xylophone Xyl. Perc. 3
Perc. 4
Perc. 5 choke choke choke choke choke choke choke Perc. 6 B. Dr. 177 30 S1 S2 S3 S4 A1
A2
A3 A4
T1
T2 T3
B1
B2
B3
Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4
Perc. 5 choke choke choke choke choke choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. 184 31 S1 S2 S3 S4 A1 A2
A3 A4 T1 T2 T3 B1 B2
B3
Bs 5 Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3
5 Perc. 4 Perc. 5 5 choke choke choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. 191 32 I S1 5 5 5 5 6 S2 6 S3
S4 almost inaudible, slow quarter tone vibrato; SOFT! A1 almost inaudible, slow quarter tone vibrato; SOFT! A2 5 5 6 A3 5 5 6 A4 T1
almost inaudible, slow quarter tone vibrato; SOFT! T2 6 almost inaudible, slow quarter tone vibrato; SOFT! T3 6 B1 B2 B3
Bs
Timp. random upward run, any pitches To Marimba Marimba Xyl.
Perc. 3 Perc. 4 5 Perc. 5 5 choke
Perc. 6 5 B. Dr. 198 33 J
S1
S2
S3
S4 A1
A2
A3 A4
T1
T2 T3
B1 Soft, pointed, no slap but you can add it in as it gets louder! B2 Soft, pointed, no slap but you can add it in as it gets louder! B3
Bs
Timp. D A E B
Xyl. poco a poco cresc. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 poco a poco cresc.
Perc. 5 poco a poco cresc. choke choke choke choke Perc. 6 poco a poco cresc.
B. Dr. 204 34
S1 S2 S3 S4
A1
A2
A3 A4 T1
T2
T3 B1
B2
B3
Bs
Timp. poco a poco cresc. Xyl.
Perc. 3 poco a poco cresc. Perc. 4
Perc. 5 choke choke choke choke choke choke choke choke choke choke choke choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. 213 35
S1 S2 S3 6 S4 6 A1 A2 A3 6 A4 6
T1 T2 6 T3 6 B1 B2
B3 Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 cresc. Perc. 4
Perc. 5 choke choke Perc. 6 B. Dr. poco a poco cresc. 222 36
S1 3 6 S2 3 6 S3 S4 A1 A2 3 6
A3 A4 T1
T2
T3 B1
B2
B3
Bs Timp. Xylophone Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 5 Perc. 5 5 choke choke choke Perc. 6 B. Dr. 229 K 37 S1
S2 S3 3 6 3 6 6
S4 A1 A2 3 6 3 6 6 A3 A4 T1
T2 T3 B1 B2 B3
Bs
Timp. F C G B Xyl. Trash Can Perc. 3
sizzle open Perc. 4 5
Perc. 5 5 5 Perc. 6 B. Dr. 235 38 L S1 6 S2 6
S3 S4 6 A1
A2
A3
A4
T1 T2 T3 B1 B2 B3
Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4
Perc. 5 choke choke Perc. 6
B. Dr. 241 39 S1
S2 S3 S4 A1
5 A2 5
A3 A4 T1 T2 T3 B1 B2
B3
Bs
Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4 Perc. 5 Perc. 6
B. Dr. 247 40
S1 . S2
S3 S4 A1 A2
A3 A4 T1 T2 T3 B1 B2
B3 Bs Timp. Xyl. Perc. 3 Perc. 4
Perc. 5 choke Perc. 6 B. Dr. 251