Check out my full 2009 album, Moments, on YouTube. Featuring Matt Davis on guitar and Rob Brosh on drums.
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.