Randolph Lee's latest recording project is an international collaborative effort featuring new music for trumpet from living South American composers. Teaming up with Colombian composer/pianist Mauricio Arias, the University of Florida Symphonic Band under the direction of Jay Watkins, a brass ensemble, a full studio orchestra, and influential Brazilian guitarist Ulisses Rocha, the album includes a wide variety of sounds and genres. Having the privilege of giving the world premieres of four of the six tracks on the album, Randolph Lee decided after a recital in Bogota, Colombia that it was time to get these pieces recorded. It also represents his belief that the trumpet, with it's well-established high and loud characteristics and virtuosic displays, also possesses an intimate voice-like quality which, in the right hands, is capable of telling a convincing story. The term CamaleÃ³nica (chameleonic) refers to the changes of "color" (timbre), tempo, and motives within the piece, Rapsodia CamaleÃ³nica. The term is borrowed and applied in a broader sense to describe what the trumpet does over the entire album, La Trompeta CamaleÃ³nica.

Tracklist:

Pajarillo (Joropo Venezolano)
Variaciones Fantásticas Sobre "La Guaneña"
A La Memoria De 21 Ángeles
Entrada, O Salida Concertante
Rapsodia Camaleónica
Rumores (Arr. For Guitar & Trumpet)

UPC: 7103965433920
Label: Mark Records
Release Date: 1.3.20
Format: CD

Arias / Lee - Trompeta Camaleonica (CD)