Roots, Water, and Sunlight

“Potential to be” by Kevin Harris
Trumpet Jason Palmer
Tenor Sax Gregory Groover
Acoustic Bass Max Ridley
Drums Tyson Jackson
Piano Kevin Harris

First movement: Reality Dissipating

Comfortingly harmonious, Harris’ first movement slowly transports the listener from a feeling
of familiarity to one of ambiguous sense of not knowing what will occur next. As the more
pleasant harmonies (reality) dissipate, one can hear Baldwin softly whispering to the observer
"who will you become as the stars above you (your reality) change position or fall from the

Sky?"

Second movement: The Uphill Quest for Fragility, Courage, and Curiosity

The second movement strives to represent the listener’s struggle to wrestle with his or her
ever changing reality. “When stretched” Harris asks, “what new shape can we develop/evolve
into”? Harris wishes to remind the listener that just like water, we have the unquestionable
ability to masterfully adapt to a society of different social classes, ethnicities, genders, and so
forth.

Third movement: Horizon of an Unknown Star

The closing movement is an encouragement to embrace change, leverage one’s creativity
and boldness, and go beyond one’s own limitations. Harris’ statement that “perhaps one of
life's greatest rewards is coming to embrace change after having resisted it for so long"” is the
source of inspiration for this final movement. His concluding thought is that collectively, we
can improve our society in wondrous ways we have yet to know.