在這首作品中，格雷厄姆勞埃德使用了孟德爾頌的原始低音線、旋律線和對位，但賦予它們搖擺感。如果孟德爾頌晚一百年出生，他可能會成為大樂隊的靈魂人物也說不定！

The Andante from the first movement of Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony (often nicknamed Pilgrims’ March) contains the most beautifully haunting melody supported by the simplest of bass lines and counterpoint figures. As a young musician, Graham Lloyd was so fascinated by this music he bought the orchestral score to study the notes, which at the time made little sense to him. However, he did notice that the bass line was similar to a““walking bass line” in a standard swing tune.

In this composition Graham Lloyd uses Mendelssohn’s original bass line, melodic line and counterpoint figures but gives them a swing feel. Who knows, maybe if Mendelssohn had been born a hundred years later, he could have become one of our big band leaders!