This is quite possibly the most important string work ever composed for and recorded by a jazz musician. Eddie Sauter’sscore defies all categorization.

Similar to Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, each movement presents a unique mood ready to transport the listener to a fairytale scene. Unlike other commerical and jazz soloist with string compositions, this piece features almost no written part for the soloist. While there are guidelines and cues for the soloist (and sporadic written melodies) this piece requires the soloist to blend with the orchestra and imagine (through improvisation) the “missing” part.