For a couple of years, I would receive the occasional phone call from the British bass trombone soloist, Jonathan Warburton, during which time we would have spicy discussions about my music (which he apparently liked), and also the possibilities of my writing a new work for him. After about five of these such phone calls, we decided upon an unaccompanied solo as a project, and that he would gather an additional 5 or 6 players to help him fund the piece. It was in just a few days that he returned...