Here, you can listen to some of my music that hasn't been issued.
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Double Helix is the first part of a suite for jazz orchestra entitled
"3 Jazz Spirals", performed here by the Brooklyn Jazz Composers Orchestra,
wiith Jeff Lederer is the tenor sax soloist.
I'm conducting!
Smoke and Mirrors is part two of "3 Jazz Spirals".
Jeff Lederer is the clarinet soloist. Jason Forsythe
handles the trombone duties.
Take the Time is part three of "3 Jazz Spirals".
Dave Bindman is the tenor soloist,
while George Petropolis is the trumpet soloist.
Birdbrain is performed by the sme band, Pete Yellin is the alto sax soloist, and I'm on guitar (and conducting).
Here's a live recording of the BMI/New York jazz orchestra
performing at Merkin Concert Hall in NYC. Seconds Out features Tom Christianson on tenor sax, yours truly, again, conducting.
A Crazy Time is a jazz mambo, performed here by the
BMI/New York jazz orchestra during a rehearsal.
I'm conducting, Mark Patterson is the trombone soloist,
the drummer is Terry Clarke.
Rabbit's Foot was composed and recorded in 1997. This quartet
is comprised of myself on guitar, Jeff Marder on piano,
Ron Velosky on bass, and Rob Romeo on drums.
Same quartet as above,
Sweet Pea Soup is my tribute to Billy Strayhorn
"Mambrino's Helmet"...Written in 1988, this recording is from the same year, featuring
myself (on a nylon string guitar), Eric Wagner on keyboard,
Paul Sabatini on bass, Mel Gasman on drums, and Jerry Jacobi
on percussion.
From my solo guitar CD " A Guitar is like a Woman".
Nuages is written by the great
Belgian Gypsy guitarist,
Django Reinhardt.
And my guitar arrangement of the great Ellington ballad, "Prelude to. Kiss".
My first string quartet, "Long Shadows into Light",
is a work in three movements, here performed by the Halcyon Quartet.
.....As the Crow Flies is a work for saxophone quartet,
here performed by the Philadelphia Quartet at its
premier in October of 2001.
Written for percussion ensemble, "The Missing Link",
is performed here by the College of New Jersey Percussion Ensemble,
conducted by Bill Trigg. Recorded at its premier, 12/1/01.
Episodic Ruminations is a work for solo piano.
The pianist on this recording is Jeff Marder.
Five Symphonic Variations is a 5 movement work
for full symphony orchestra. These recordings are MIDI
realizations, recorded in the GarageBand program.
Links to score PDFs:
A Bone Alone for Solo Bass Trombone
...As the Crow Flies. for Saxophone Quartet
A Cycle Built for Two (Guitar and Piano)
The Anarchy of Atoms (Violin and Cello)
...As if Real (Solo Cello)
A Walk in the Park (Brass Quintet)
Tangled Streams (woodwind quintet)
Here is a link to Ensemble Music Publications, publisher of some of my brass music: