Archie Shepp and Jimmy Sizzle - Tribute-Twelve Tone Blues Concerto #1 (2012)

This "twelve tone blues" concerto was inspired by years of close study with Archie Shepp and Yusef Lateef. It is from them that Jimmy learned and further developed the "twelve tone blues".
Produced by Archie Shepp and Jimmy Sizzle - Composed and Arranged by Jimmy Sizzle
Featuring Archie Shepp on tenor sax, Avery Sharpe on bass, Jeff Holmes on trumpet, Kevin Sharpe on drums, Brian Bender on trombone, and Jimmy Connors, a.k.a. Jimmy Sizzle on guitar and piano.

This is the first concerto written by Jimmy Connors. The First Movement is a "Twelve Tone Blues" with a 33 bar form. The Harmonic Structure is Twelve Tone. The second movement is an Afro Cuban Andante. The third movement is a return to the 33 bar form.  Archie Shepp (tenor sax), Jeff Holmes (trumpet), Brian Bender (trombone)
Recorded January 11, 2010  (CDBABY)