STORMLore: The USAF Band commissioned “A Walk in Jurassic Park.” The work was retitled as “In the Beginning” for the Chapter 3 recording with Maurice Hamers & The Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

When I visited Colonel Richard Shelton, Lt. Larry Lang, and the USAF Band in Dayton, Ohio, the Musicians had difficulty relating to some of the ideas presented in the concert piece. That night, knowing there was a Jazz Band rehearsal the next day, I wrote, “Jurassic Blues, or Just When You Thought it was Safe to Leave the Park.”

That was the ice-breaker. The jazz musicians, now smiling at full tilt, made up a large portion of the concert band. They quickly understood the game… the Message… that of “passing paradigms.”

To learn more, discover “In the Beginning” at the STORMSite. It’s a part of STORMWORKS Chapter 3: Wait of the World. And if you already know the Chapter 3 recording, you’ll get a real kick out of “Jurassic Blues.”

Everything was scanned from the original Air Force Band of Flight manuscript paper used while on the base.