Glacier Blue - Concerto for Violin and Big Band is described by composer Evan Solot as a celebration of "the wonderful diversity of Alaska, the natural beauty, rugged challenges of the landscape, the down-to-earth folks and the sense of other-worldliness. I wanted to capture these disparate elements in this hybrid piece, pitting a lone virtuoso classical violinist against a big jazz band. The melodic development is in the classical tradition and there is plenty of groove-based theme and variations. The band and the soloist support one another, wrestle, tease and dance."