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Sketches on Star Wars | 
 enlarge | Artist: Trotter Trio
Label: Varese Sarabande
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 344375
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 030206579420
EAN: 0030206579420
ASIN: B00000150S
Release Date: February 11, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Star Wars (Main Title) | | • | Yoda's Theme | | • | Princess Leia's Theme | | • | Ewok Celebration | | • | The Imperial March | | • | Han Solo And the Princess | | • | Jabba The Blues (Han Solo At The Court Of Jabba The Hut) | | • | Luke And Leia | | • | Cantina Band | | • | May The Force Be With You |
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 Interesting.... August 7, 2005
One World (Denver, CO USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had to test-play a copy of this cd to check for any problems so it afforded me a chance to listen to these jazz renditions of some Classic Star Wars theme music.
Well there WAS a disco version by Meco which I absolutely loved as a kid, not too long after the first movie came out. In just under 16 minutes this disco anthem boogied it's way through the entire movie's storyline. The Bar Scene was my favorite part.
Ok, I got a little side-tracked there. Anyway, I have to agree with a previous reviewer that the musical pieces are hard to tell that they are Star Wars' immediately. Of course the signature sound is not here as the Orchestral element is absent but some of the melodies are just, perhaps too different. Now on the disco rendition, you could still tell what was what in pretty much a few seconds.
Aside from that, this is pretty good. It is cute as a rendition from another genre. Just like songs get "remixed" from one genre to another, with convincing results - most of the time - here we have music getting "rendered" from one genre to another and that is convincing - most of the time... and sometimes it's just....interesting.
 Trotter is a genious! November 16, 2004
Erik Whitehill (Tempe, Arizona)
I have been a fan of the Trotter Trio for several years. I have all of his CDs that are jazz arrangements of the music of Stephen Sondheim. I love them all.
I have to admit that I was skeptical when I saw that he had taken on John Williams' most famous scores and made jazz from them...but to my pleasant surprise... I found this album to be fantastic.
Trotter uses his immense arranging skills to craft very fun, and at times very clever, settings of the tunes. If you are a Star Wars fan, listen the samples on this page. You will be hooked, I promise.
Piano Jazz meets John Williams. Result: interesting June 25, 2003
Mech-E_Jedi (Central Time Zone)
Of William's music, certainly some of the themes lend themselves much better to jazz than others. I would say that the ballades, i.e. the slower themes, work well with a jazz interpretation.Kudos to Trotter for actually pulling it off, although the "average" Star Wars / Williams fan will not appreciate this stuff nor will the "average" jazz enthusiast. Trotter's mistake was to use a saxophone; overdone, almost a cliche'. Think brass. That said, this album has merit and is worth a listen . . . if you like piano/trio jazz and if you like Star Wars.
 Um... this IS 'Star Wars' music, right? August 4, 2000
Zagnorch (Terra, Sol System)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've found the Trotter Trio's 'Sketches on Star Wars' to be a rather mellow and abstract take on the famous John Williams Star Wars trilogy scores. The problem is, except for a few notes here and there, it's hard to recognize many of these tunes as being jazz versions of various notable 'Star Wars' background pieces. It's pretty difficult to pick out the score from the genre it's couched in.Otherwise, it's a pretty good CD of classic-style jazz tracks. Something to relax to after marathon viewings of your bootleg tape of the "Star Wars Holiday Special"... 'Late
Good Attempt But This Music Wasn't Meant This Way June 18, 2000
William M. Rand (Ann Arbor, MI)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a decent attempt to transcribe John Williams original work to the jazz setting and though it succeeds somewhat it always seems to be missing something. I think that has to do with the fact that an integral part of the Star Wars music is the large orchestra sound that it has. When it gets switched to a small jazz orchestra it just loses all of the feeling and power that the original music contains. Maybe this music would have been nice if I had never heard the original music but having heard it I always feel like it should be more powerful. All of that being said, this is still a must for any Star Wars fan, and is still a worthy piece of jazz.
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