Color Shift

Genre: JAZZ
Composed by Zachary Bornheimer (2014)

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Instrumentation

Tenor Saxophone
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums


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About The Piece

I wrote this piece going through an experimentation with writing around synesthetic principals. I wanted to capture different colors with music. Finalist for the 2015 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Competition. Selected for Presentation at the 2017 International Jazz Composers Symposium.

Jazz saxophonist, composer, and GRAMMY® Award Winning Album Associate Producer Zachary Bornheimer has developed an international reputation for forward-looking, lyrical, and dynamic works. Bornheimer and projects he’s worked on have been recognized with and by:

A GRAMMY® Award (2021, Data Lords, Associate Producer).
ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award (2023 “A New Chapter Unfolds” – Honorable Mention, 2015 “Color Shift” – Finalist, )
2x Owen Prize (2017 “Elegy”, 2015 “Henry”)
David Baker Prize (2017 “Haunted Lullaby of the Forgotten”)
Y2K Fellowship at the University of South Florida (2015-2017)
RSMI Program for Jazz Fellowship (2017)
VSA International Young Soloists Competition (2018 Finalist)