Basically a minor blues in 6/8, it is perhaps more accurately felt in a lilting triplet divided 4/4—with the dotted quarter receiving the pulse of a quarter note. The bass line changes its underlying pulse more frequently than in an ordinary Latin setting. Instrumentation: big band

The first movement simply spins out a five-note shape in an improvisatory fashion. The second movement attempts to offer a poignant introspection to the outside movements. The third movement is a microtonally compressed treatment of the original five-note shape of the first movement. Instrumentation: 4 saxophones (SATBar)