Selected Compositions and Arrangements
12 Preludes and Fugues for Saxophone Quartet: Score and parts available.
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| Downloadable PDF Jazz Compositions | ||
| Burn it Forward | Fast bebop | |
Is Waiting For You - listen  |
3/4 - 4/4 meter changes | |
| A Promise to a Child - listen |
5/4 Third Stream | |
| Trio Etude - listen |
Post-bop | |
| To Billy Strayhorn | "Ellinghorn" ballad | |
| Recent Works | ||
Twelve Preludes & Fugues |
Saxophone Quartet | |
| Burn It Forward | Jazz Ensemble *5/4/4/4 | |
| Erie Ballad | Jazz Ensemble 5/5/4/4 | |
| Intro, Theme and Swing | Jazz Ensemble 5/4/4/4 | |
| Charts for Jazz Ensemble | ||
| Canción | 5/4/4/4 Latin; piano solo | |
| Crazy Man's Game listen |
5/4/4/4 swing, 12-tone | |
Essential Trivia |
5/5/4/4 medium-up swing | |
| Julie's Jump | 5/5/4/4 swing, difficult | |
| Lyric Interlude listen |
/5/5/4 bossa, flügel feature; a cappella brass | |
| More Than a Friend | 5/4/4/4 contemporary ballad | |
| Never Let Me Go (Evans/Livingston) | 5/4/4/4 ballad tenor feature | |
Over the Rainbow (Arlen) |
5/5/4/4 medium, solos for trumpet/bone/drums | |
Pag's Groove |
5/4/4/4 tribute to Bags’ Groove | |
Song Is You, The (Kern) |
5/4/4/4 vocal feature | |
Superior Attitude |
5/4/4/4 a cappella sections | |
Tacitus Plus listen |
5/5/5/4 sax soli feature | |
Waltz for a Bad Hair Day |
5/4/4/4 soprano/flügel feature | |
We’re Almost There listen |
5/4/4/4 7/4 meter, optional 5th trpt. and 5th trbn. | |
| *saxes/trumpets/trombones/rhythm | ||
| Charts for Jazz Combo | ||
| Just in Tune (Abercrombie) | trumpet, guitar, rhythm | |
| Chimere (Pieranunzi) | trumpet, guitar, rhythm | |
| Yesterdays (Kern) | trumpet, alto, tenor, trbn, rhythm | |
| To Billy Strayhorn | trumpet, alto, tenor, trbn, rhythm | |
| Consolation (Kenny Wheeler) | trumpet, tenor, trbn, rhythm | |
| Song for Kenny (Brookmeyer) | trumpet, tenor, trbn, rhythm | |
| Show-Type Tune (Bill Evans) | trumpet, tenor, trbn, rhythm | |
| Peace (Horace Silver) | trumpet, tenor, trbn, rhythm | |
| Wait Till You See Her (Rodgers, Hart) | alto, tenor, vibes, rhythm | |
| I Will Say Goodbye (M. LeGrand) | alto, tenor, vibes, rhythm | |
| Eiderdown (Steve Swallow) 2006 | trumpet, tenor, rhythm | |
| Where Do We Go From Here (Wheeler) | trumpet, tenor, rhythm | |
| Ornithardy (Clare Fischer) | trumpet, tenor, rhythm | |
Pavane (Maurice Ravel) |
flügelhorn, vibes, rhythm | |
| Whisper Not (B. Golson) | trumpet, flügelhorn, tenor, trbn,, rhythm | |
| A Child is Born (Thad Jones) | flute, flügelhorn, rhythm | |
| Christmas Song , The (Mel Tormé) | trumpet, tenor, rhythm | |
| Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Martin) | trumpet, tenor, rhythm | |
| Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Cahn/Styne) | trumpet, tenor, rhythm | |
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/So What (Trad., Davis) | trumpet, tenor, rhythm | |
| I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Gannon, Kent) | vocalist, trumpet, tenor, rhythm | |
| Coventry Carol (Trad.) | trumpet, flügelhorn, tenor, rhythm | |
| Swing Study No.1 | five guitars, bass, drums | |
| Works for Vibraphone and Piano Available from Dutch Music Partners (www.dutchmusicpartners.com) |
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Adagio (Bach BWV 916) |
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| Binary Tune 2007 | ||
| Dear Old Stockholm (Traditional) | ||
| Duo Etude | ||
| Hopeless Romantic listen |
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Intermezzo Op. 119 no. 1 (Brahms) |
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| Pavane (Fauré) | ||
| Prelude, Op. 11 no. 4 (Scriabine) | ||
Superior Attitude |
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Theme and Variations (Pat Pace) |
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| Vocal Jazz Arrangements | ||
| Angel Eyes (Denis/Adair) | SATB, rhythm | |
| Astrud (Basia Trzetrzelewska) | SATB, rhythm & optional bari sax | |
| Easy to Love (Cole Porter) | SATB, rhythm | |
| On A Clear Day (Lerner/Lane) | SATB, rhythm | |
| Ornithardy (Clare Fischer) | SSATB, rhythm | |
| Promise to a Child, A (Pagán) | SATB, rhythm | |
| Stompin' at the Savoy (Goodman/Webb) | SATB, rhythm | |
| There Will Never Be Another You (Warren/Gordon) | SAATBB w/ rhythm | |
| Time for Love, A (Mandel/Mercer) | SSATB a cappella | |
| We'll Be Together Again (Fischer/Laine) | SSATB a cappella | |
| Choral Works | ||
| Lamb of God | SATB a cappella | |
| Let Everything with Breath Praise the Lord | SATB, piano | |
| Keyboard Works | ||
| Fugue on a Theme by Enrique Granados 2008 | Organ | |
| Untitled Piece (1989) | Piano | |
| Little Dittie | Piano | |
| Nocturne in C sharp | Piano | |
| March | Piano | |
| Nocturne | Piano | |
| Movement Blue | Piano four-hands | |
| Chamber Works | ||
| Variations 2006 | Tenor Saxophone and Piano | |
| Fanfare | Double Wind Quintet | |
| Four Pieces | Brass Quintet | |
| Definitive Solutions | Clarinet and Piano | |
| Angela Francine | Guitar Trio | |
| Aria, Interlude, and Variation | Brass Quartet | |
| Savannah Suite for (four movements) | Two Cellos | |
| Impromptu, Chorale, and Fugue | Woodwind Quintet | |
| Three Songs About the Seasons | Soprano and Chamber Ensemble | |
| Summer Spent | Soprano and mixed Chamber Ensemble | |
| String Quartet (two movements) | ||
| Music for Double Bass and Piano (three movements) | ||
| Earlier Works | ||
| Capriccio Concertante | Piano Sextet and Wind Ensemble | |
| Cuyahoga Rhapsody | Orchestra | |
| voces cum metalla lignaque | Two-channel Tape | |
| Theme Music: Chicago Amateur Showcase | WLS-TV Channel 7, Chicago, IL | |