Selected Compositions and Arrangements
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12 Preludes & Fugues For Sax Quartet Available In Print.
VOCAL JAZZ ARRANGEMENTS All SATB/rhythm (piano/bass/drums) unless otherwise indicated |
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Air from Orchestral Suite 3 (Bach) Angel Eyes (Denis/Adair) Astrud (Trzetrzelewska) Billie's Bounce (Parker) Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson/Dixon) C Jam Blues (Ellington) Centerpiece (Edison/Hendricks) Close Enough For Love (Mandel/Williams) SSATBB/rhythm Desifinado (Jobim/Lees) SSATB/rhythm/soloist Easy to Love (Cole Porter) Estate (Brighetti) SATB/rhythm +Flute, Clarinet, Flugel, Tenor, Sax, Trombone Italian lyricsGeorgia On My Mind (Carmichael) SATB/soloist/rhythm Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Martin/Blane) SSAATTBB/rhythm How Insensitive (Jobim/Gimble) SSATB/rhythm+ flute & stringsJust Friends (Klenner/Lewis) Little Sunflower (Hubbard/Jarreau) SSATB/ rhythm Look For the Silver Lining (Kern/DeSilva) Lord Bless You and Keep You, The (Rutter) Bossa Lullaby of Birdland (Shearing/Weiss) TTBB/rhythm Mr. P.C. (Coltrane/Hendricks) add lyrics by Pagan My Funny Valentine (Rodgers/Hart) On A Clear Day (Lerner/Lane) One Day I’ll Fly Away (Sample/Jennings) SSAATTBB/rhythm Ornithardy (Fischer/Rich) SSATB/rhythm Passarim (Jobim) Promise to a Child, A (Pagán) S’ Wonderful (Gershwin) SATB rhythm w/soloist Stompin' at the Savoy (Goodman/Webb) Take the "A" Train (Ellington/Strayhorn) Tenor Madness (Rollins) There Will Never Be Another You (Warren) SAATBB/ rhythm Time for Love, A (Mandel/Mercer) SSATB a cappella What Game Shall We Play Today? (Corea/Potter) SSATB What Child Is This (Traditional) SATBB/rhythm 5/4 We'll Be Together Again (Fischer) SSATB a cappella (dedicated to Phil Mattson) With a Song In My Heart (Rodgers/Hart) You Are So Beautiful (Preston/Fisher) SSSAA You Don't Know What Love Is (DePaul/Raye) fast |
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| JAZZ ENSEMBLE CHARTS | ||
| Canción | 5/4/4/4 Latin; piano solo | |
Crazy Man's Game listen  |
5/4/4/4 swing, 12-tone | |
Deep In My Soul Erie Ballad Essential Trivia |
5/4/4/4 bossa alto featur 5/5/4/4 ballad 5/5/4/4 medium-up swing |
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Hustlin' I Contrafact on You If You Have To Ask (You'll Never Know) Intro, theme and Swing Julie's Jump |
5/4/4/4 up swing 5/5/4/4 medium-up swing bari feature 5/5/4/4 shuffle 5/4/4/4 swing, advanced 5/5/4/4 swing, advanced |
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| Lyric Interlude listen |
5/5/5/4 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 | |
Remembering The Rain Song Is You, The (Kern) |
5/4/5/4 ballad flugel feature 5/4/4/4 vocal feature |
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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 | ||
| JAZZ COMBO ARRANGEMENTS | ||
| 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 |
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Adagio (Bach BWV 916) |
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| Binary Tune listen & view full score | ||
| Dear Old Stockholm (Traditional) | ||
| Duo Etude listen & view full score | ||
| 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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| CHORAL WORKS | ||
| Lamb of God | SATB a cappella | |
| Let Everything with Breath Praise the Lord | SATB, optional piano acc. | |
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CHAMBER WORKS |
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12 Preludes & Fugues Variations |
Saxophone Quartet Tenor Saxophone and Piano |
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| 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 (in 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 | |