JAZZ ORCHESTRA

 

APOLLO 11 2019

Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington FHSS Grant

     1. Apollo 11

     2. Before This Decade Is Out

     3. No Strife, No Prejudice

     4. Columbia and the LM

     5. The Eagle Has Wings

     6. Sixty Six

     7. Tranquility Base

     8. Magnificent Desolation

     9. Rendezvous

     10. Ignition

     11. Epilogue

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BYRDLIKE (arrangement) 2003

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Luis Bonilla, Gary Valente, Howard Lamb, and Max Seigel

 

Revision in 2024 for UM SCJO US tour and performances with Delfeayo Marsalis at the

Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival   

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BLUE MOON (arrangement) 2005

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Rick Culver

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BOXING DAY (arrangement) 2013 2015

Commissioned by the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra, Sydney Australia for their Australia/New Zealand tour with Darcy James Argue, Sean Wayland, and Maria Schneider

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CHRISTOPH WALTZ 2003

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their 2003 performances with Bill Mays

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THE CLOWN (arrangement) 2001

Commissioned by River East Collegiate Jazz Ensemble

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COMING THROUGH SLAUGHTER - THE BOLDEN LEGEND (69 min.) 2010

Winner of the 2010 Christchurch Big Band Festival International Composition and Arranging Competition (Open Category: Composition)

     1. ComingThrough Slaughter

     2. Cricket Noises and Cricket Music

     3. The Drawings of Audubon

     4. Whistling in the Way of Bolden

     5. Auditorium of Enemies

     6. The Horror of Noise

     7. Suicide of the Hands

     8. In Exile

     9. The Parade - Part 1

     10. The Parade - Part 2

     11. Epilogue: Bleach Out to Grey

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DEADPOOL'S BLUES 2023

Commissioned by the University of Regina Jazz Orchestra (Canada)

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GROVER WORKED AND UNDERPAID (arrangement) 2005

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Kirk Whalum

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HILLARY STEP 2021

Commissioned by the Endeavour Jazz Orchestra New Zealand

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ISAB-JIOOT-QUÉ JUBILEE (Eee-sob Jee-oot Kay)

Commissioned by the University of Mary Jazz Ensemble 

for the 50th Annual University of Mary Jazz Festival

 

METROPOLIS 2021

Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington URF Grant

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MC SHOOTING JACKET 1998 (rev. 2023)

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MORE MUSIC, LESS CIRCUS 2013

Commissioned by Anthony Williams and Cedar Rapids Washington High School Jazz Band

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MY BROTHA (arrangement) 2004

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Carl Allen

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NOT TENNESSEE WALTZ (8 min.) 2005

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra

 

ORIGIN OF SPECIES 2023

Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington URF Grant

     1. Origin of Species

     2. Effects of Habit

     3. Individual Differences

     4. Struggle for Existence

     5. Natural Selection

     6. Of Flight and of Vision

     7. Instinct

     8. Hybridism

     9. The Lapse of Time

  

PUCELETE - JE LANGUIS - DOMINO 2005

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Paul Hanson

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RAFF RIFF (arrangement, 7 min.) 2015

Commissioned by the Rodger Fox Big Band and Michael Houstoun

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RECORDAME (arrangement) 2003

For Luis Bonilla and the University of Memphis Jazz Band II

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RITUAL DANCE (arrangement) 2004

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Carl Allen

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SKADOOSH! 2023

 

SONG FOR BARRY (arrangement) 1997

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SOON (arrangement) 2010

Winner of the 2010 Christchurch Big Band Festival International Composition and Arranging Competition  (Open Category: Arrangement)

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SPEAK LOW (arrangement) 2003

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Marvin Stamm and Bill Mays

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STATLER AND WALDORF (8 min.) 2010

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their January, 2011 performances at the Jazz Education Network Conference, New Orleans

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TY'S FIRST JORDANS 2005

Commissioned by the University of Memphis Southern Comfort Jazz Orchestra for their performances with Kirk Whalum

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WALKABOUT  - A PLACE FOR VISIONS

Commissioned, recorded, and premiered by the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra,

Sydney Australia

     1. Walkabout - "A Place for Visions"

     2. The Children  - "Tomorrow was also a day"

     3. Random Fireflies - "Their nightlights flickering like sparklets"

     4. Worumgala, Worum Mwa - "Where do you come from? Where are you going?"

     5. Intro to Ebony and Moonlight

     6. Ebony and Moonlight - "Hour after hour he stood there, a shadow carved"

     7. Walking Alone - "The proving of manhood in his tribal timetable"

     8. The Medicine Man - "  Those whom the spirit wants, he takes"

     9. Intro to Ritual Dance

     10. Ritual Dance - "Harness the elements, the fire was made"

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THE WALL (At 300 North 12th Street)

Commissioned by the University of Mary Alumni Jazz Ensemble 

for the 50th Annual University of Mary Jazz Festival

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SMALLER JAZZ ENSEMBLES

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BONNIE AND CLYDE (61 min.) 2016

     Trumpet and Piano

     1. Kourke and Spock

     2. Henson and Oz

     3. Porgy and Bess

     4. Arwen and Aragorn

     5. Bonnie and Clyde

     6. Antony and Cleopatra

     7. Samneric

     8. Fred and Ginger

     9. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

     10. Holmes and Watson

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BONO IN THE TEMPLE (61 min.) 2007

     Trumpet, Saxophones, Piano, Bass, Drums

     1. Q School

     2. Norman Park

     3. Au chien qui fume

     4. Dinner at Phil's

     5. Toronto Transit Commission

     6. Georgia on My Mind (reharmonization)

     7. Table 51

     8. Dr. Pepper Belt Buckle

     9. Bono in the Temple

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HITCH / SLAP (66 min.) 2020

    Tenor Saxophones, Trombone, Bass, Drums

     1. Infinity War Depression

     2. 72 Virginians

     3. Archie's Bunker

     4. Astro Cat Blues

     5. Hitch / Slap

     6. Priest Strangler's Cousin

     7. Chieftain Weapons Inspector

     8. J.P.L. Tourguide

     9. L. Ron Hubbard's Cupboard

  

HURRICANE OPHELIA (65 min.) 2009

     Trumpet, Saxophones, Electric Piano, Bass, Drums

     1. Wolf My Blitzer

     2. Brass and Shapes

     3. Trio Improvisation One

     4. Graceland (arrangement)

     5. Trio Improvisation Two

     6. Coup D'Etat

     7. Self-Imposed Exile

     8. Trio Improvisation Three

     9. I Left My Shiv at Home

     10. Hurricane Ophelia

     

JOUST (60 min.) 2020

     Trumpet and Piano

     1. Christoph Waltz

     2. Table 51

     3. Neil and Buzz

     4. Poking the Bear

     5. Interlude 1

     6. Mingus Men in London

     7. Hashtag Post Hatie Post

     8. Interlude 2

     9. Joust

     10. Interlude 3

     11. Mingus Men in London 2

     12. Fanfare

     13. Kinda Like a Car Salesman

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MACHAUT MAN AND A SUPERMAN HAT (69 min.) 2014

    Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums

     1. Steal Bryan's Laptop

     2. Machaut Man and a Superman Hat

     3. Au chien qui fume

     4. (You Can't Always Get a) Wet Chihuahua

     5. Hooptie on the 405

     6. Georgia on my Mind (reharmonization)

     7. The Disgruntled Plagiarist

     8. Katafuzees

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NEMESIS (60 min.) 2022

     Trumpet and Piano

     1. Nemesis

     2. Deadpool's Blues

     3. Turing

     4. Brass and Shapes

     5. Martyrology

     6. Mingus Men in Manhattan

     7. Out Cho

     8. Apocalotimist

     9. Drink Light

     10. WenDELL

   

RELATIVITY (67 min.) 2017

Recipient of a Victoria University of Wellington URF Grant

    Trumpet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums, Vocals

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     1. Relativity

     2. Propagation of Light

     3. Space and Time

     4. Simultaneity

     5. Clocks in Motion

     6. Addition of Velocity

     7. Difficult Cosmos

     8. Spacetime

     9. Unbounded

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WATCH (60 min.) 2022

     Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Bass, Drums

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CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL

CHAMBER MUSIC

 

AIR-TRIGGERED 2025

      Two Trumpets and Bass Trombones

Commissioned by LUDIE: Sergei Nakariakov, Alex Sipiagin, and Dave Taylor

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FANFARE/PROCESSIONAL, SCENE, AND RECESSIONAL 1997

     Brass Quintet

 

QUARTET I 1995

     Saxophone Quartet

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QUINTET I 1997

     Brass Quintet

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QUINTET II 2005

     Brass Quintet

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QUINTET III 2020

     Brass Quintet

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JANUS 1994

     Alto Saxophone, Piano 1997

     (Second Alto Saxophone in Movement II)

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KAUA E MATE WHEKE MATE URUROA 2018

     Solo Clarinet

     

MARQUE 1993

      Solo Piano 

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ONUS 1996

      Solo Flute 

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PRÉVOYANCE 1996

      Trumpet, Piano

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ROTTERDAM EVENING 2004

      Solo Trumpet

Premiered March 9, 2005, by Dr. David Spencer and Lu Jin Jin at the

Shanghai Conservatory of Music

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SONATA 2021

      Trumpet, Piano

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SONATA 2021

      Violin, Piano

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TRIUMVIRAL FANFARE 2025

      Two Trumpets and Bass Trombones

Commissioned by LUDIE: Sergei Nakariakov, Alex Sipiagin, and Dave Taylor

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WEDDING MUSIC FOR A PENDER ISLAND CEREMONY 2023

      Woodwing Quintet, Brass Quintet, String Quintet, Piano, Harp, Percussion

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ZAGREB 1994

      Solo Piano 

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