"Dead-Line" was one of my first, comprehensive works for jazz orchestra. When assembling a portfolio for graduate school applications in Jazz Composition, I kind of left this one to the last second and gave myself only ten days to write it (which, at the time, was a very quick turnaround for me). Needless to say, an intense and high-velocity modal form drive the composition, with all-too-frequent hiccups and interruptions in the flow of the overall music.