Remember Me from Vol. Two by Constellation Big Band

I arranged Remember Me as a special request, and I’m very glad that I did. Many standards in the Jazz repertoire come from popular films and musicals, and I believe that if Coco (the film for which this song was written) was released during the time when that repertoire was being solidified, Remember Me would have become a favorite of the genre. It is a beautiful and versatile song about love and grief. My goal with this arrangement was to honor the spirit of the song with a beautiful orchestration, stretching my harmonic capabilities in the process. (Studying Bob Brookmeyer’s writing helped a lot in that end). I also wanted to write more thoughtfully and deliberately for our bass trombone chair. When the whole band is playing the melody, our bass trombone player Jack Grimm plays these lines expertly!

- Jared