Check out my full 2009 album, Moments, on YouTube. Featuring Matt Davis on guitar and Rob Brosh on drums.
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Soliloquy, Remembrance, and Celebration
for soprano sax, alto sax, flute, clarinet, and bass clarinet |
Bossa Misteriosa for tenor sax, bari sax, sopranino sax, piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute, Eb clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, and contrabass clarinet
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Elegy for saxophone ensemble
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Blocked Out for flute, clarinet, alto sax, and sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, and bass recorders
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Plus One for big band saxophone section plus alto soloist
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Safety Razor for alto, tenor, bari, and soprano saxes, piccolo, flute, 3 clarinets, and bass clarinet
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My arrangement of the great standard, All of Me
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Air Show, original tune inspired by the Atlantic City Air Show
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The Pencil Song, inspired by the pencils that I wrote the song with. (A quality pencil is a beautiful thing!)
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In(per)sistence for bass clarinet/clarinet and soprano saxophone/alto saxophone, featuring my wonderful friend and colleague, Marianne Gythfeldt
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Elated from Three Movements for saxophone quartet
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Two Hangers and a Blue Bucket from Delaware Jazz Suite for saxophone quartet
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Chickpea for flute, alto flute, bass flute, and rhythm section, featuring alto flute solo
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Scenic Seascape for bass clarinet, bari sax, melodica, and rhythm section
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I Kicked A Rat (accidentally), a blues for bass flute, contrabass flute, flute, piccolo, alto flute, and rhythm
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Hazy Glass, my original tune, with my friends and colleagues in the UD Faculty Jazz Ensemble
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Looming on the Horizon for woodwind doubling quartet, featuring Dave Noland, Mark Thrasher, and Giuseppe Fusco.
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Someone Else - a tune I wrote on the chord changes of the standard Like Someone In Love
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Just a morsel - a 3/4 tune I wrote that is a great vehicle for some jazz clarinet
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The Classroom - A samba tune I wrote to feature some jazz flute
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C It To Believe It! - a tune I wrote to feature the C melody saxophone!
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Introducing... - a blues I wrote to introduce my soprillo saxophone. The soprillo (piccolo saxophone) is in the key of Bb, one octave above the soprano saxophone!
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Bitologist, an original tune on Bird (bebop) blues chords. I decided to play some jazz piccolo for this one.
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All of You - my reharmonization of this great Cole Porter tune. Played on my old Conn baritone sax.
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Lunar, my tune on the chords of the Miles Davis classic, Solar. Jazz bass clarinet.
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Half Nelson by Miles Davis. The lights went out just before I hit record!
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My reharmonization of the jazz standard, Beautiful Love. Performed here on Contra-alto clarinet (Contrabass clarinet in Eb).
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Postcard with muted pastels, my original tune paying homage to European jazz. Soprano sax and keyboard.
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Flying High, original tune featuring sopranino saxophone and keyboard.
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Waft, original tune featuring jazz contrabass clarinet in Bb and melodica.
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Maximum Dosage, my original tune written for a high energy gig with a high energy group.
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Open File, original tune written to celebrate the opening of my office filing cabinet, that I accidentally locked myself out of for a few weeks.
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Baby Steps, my tune written on the chords of Coltrane's Giant Steps
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Nassau, featuring jazz alto clarinet
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Winds on the Horizon, original tune, played on my old transitional Conn tenor
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Users of this Room: Do NOT Touch the Harp! - a tune I wrote as a chase scene that may ensue if one were to violate the stern warning of this sign in my office. (There was no harp in the room.)
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Evening Stroll, a relaxing original tune to play and solo on
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Over The City - an original tune in a more electronic style, performed on the EWI - electronic wind instrument
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My sax quartet arrangement of I Hear A Rhapsody, with my friends and NJCU colleagues, Dave Noland (alto), Giuseppe Fusco (tenor), and Mark Thrasher (baritone)
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My reharmonization of the great standard, There Is No Greater Love
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Another reharmonization, There Will Never Be Another You
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My original tune Chipology, celebrating my love of chips! Featuring soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, and keyboard.
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E-chord friendly, written as a play on words for the "eco-friendly" pencil I used to write it. The melody is diatonic in the key of E, but there are no actual E chords.
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I was honored to be asked to record Walkin' New York to New Orleans, composed by Phillip Namanworth and orchestrated by Charles Yassky. I had a great time working on this collaborative project!
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My reharmonization of the great standard, The Song Is You, featuring jazz flute
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Cherry Key, my original tune on the chord changes of Cherokee. Tenor sax and Hammond organ. Starts in Bb but moves to B major for the end of the solo.
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La Gustea is my original tune written in and for the wonderful La Gustea Hotel & Cucina in Sarteano, Italy.
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Memories Fading, my original, moddy jazz ballad
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Song for a Home, original tune dedicated to my Mom and the warmth of the home that I grew up in.
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Respite, original tune featuring bass flute and piano.
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Pictures, original tune inspired by Chick Corea and Bob Berg
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Stella by Starlight, my arrangement of this classic tune in the style of a pop ballad.
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Coltrane's Mr PC, my arrangement for tenor sax and bass clarinet duo.
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Jobim's Corcovado, my arrangement for bari sax and contra-alto clarinet
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Reflect, my original jazz ballad, inspired by European jazz and reminding myself to slow down and reflect sometimes.
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100 Years, original jazz waltz. My first video featuring a mouthpiece that I worked on.
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HK Bossa, original tune dedicated to Hell's Kitchen, NYC. Contrabass clarinet and Eb clarinet!
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Stumbling
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The great jazz standard, You Don't Know What Love Is
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Scrunchie, my original blues tune, played on an old Conn bass saxophone
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My reharmonization of All the Things You Are. Jazz flute!
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Ponder, my composition for solo (classical) saxophone
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Jazz Chinese flute (dizi)! My reharmonization of Alice In Wonderland
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My reharmonization of Cole Porter's Easy to Love
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My reharmonization of Jobim's How Insensitive. Jazz bossa nova bass clarinet.