Smaller Group Charts

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Those Feelings (2010) A song in the style of Stevie Wonder.

A Funk for the Bunk (2010) An original inspired by the character from "The Wire". A funk tune with some tricks up its sleeve.

Armando's Grand Illusion (2003) An original chart in the style of Chick Corea.  With interesting chord changes and a catchy melody.  Recorded live by Jazz Northwest.

Cold Duck Time (2004) The classic Les McCann tune arranged for a small group.  Straight-ahead arrangement, with room for solo.  Recorded live by WSU Crimson Revue.

Bird Calls (2004) An arrangement of the Mingus tune for two trumpets and tenor sax.  Soli and everything.  Recorded live by the Hartt School Jazz Combo.

There Will Never Be Another You (2004) This arrangement pulls all the tricks.  Even goes into three at the end.  Recorded live by the Hartt School Jazz Combo.

Dancin' at the Dime (2004) An original latin tune that starts out in 5/4 before going to a bridge that is nothing but mixed meter.  Recorded live by the Hartt School Jazz Combo.

Fall, 2012: Joseph Abad will premiere a new Saxophone Sonata.

Fall, 2012: Jordan Jacobson will perform fragments and memories in CT.

Spring-Summer, 2012: Jeux pour Jumeaux will be performed in San Francisco, CA.

Spring, 2012: Bobby Watson and the UMKC Big Band will premiere Rhapsody for Dean Moriarty in Kansas City, MO.

Spring, 2012: Ashly Evans will premiere Birdsongs in Houston, TX.

Spring, 2012: BA(da)SS will be performed by Ryan Ford in West Hartford, CT.

Spring, 2012: Jordan Jacobson will perform fragments and memories in CT.

Spring, 2012: Not Death, but Love will be premiered by Ineo Saxophone Quartet.

Spring, 2012: David Tayloe will perform A Page Out of Zen in CT.

May, 2012: The Invisible, Magic, Soccer Phone will be premiered in Middlefield, CT.

April, 2012: The UMKC Opera Dept. will perform portions of Songs from Behind the Curtain.

April, 2012: David Tayloe will premiere A Page Out of Zen in NY.

Feb. 17th, 2012: The 016 Ensemble will be perform Romanza for Alto Saxophone and Violin in Manchester, CT.

Dec. 3rd, 2011: Ryan defends his dessertation, Songs from Behind the Curtain at UMKC.

July 17th, 21st, 24th, 2011: Music Faculty from the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival will perform ...and those seven dwarfs in a series of concerts in Western Maine.

June 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th, 2011:Orphée Redux will be performed by Rhymes With Opera on their East Coast Tour (NYC, Baltimore, Hartford, Boston).

June 12th, 2011:Selection from Songs from Behind the Curtain will be performed at the John Duffy Composers Institute in Norfolk, VA.

May 13th, 2011: The Ineo Quartet will perform the 1st movement of Not Death, but Love on their Fischoff Competition program in South Bend, Indiana.

March 19th, 2011: The Ineo Saxophone Quartet will perform ...and love is fire... from Not Death, but Love at the NASA conference in West Point, NY.

Feb. 25th, 2011: I. Jest will be premiered by Robert Olson and the UMKC Orchestra in Kansas City, MO.

Feb. 14th, 2011: Hebdomas Squatinae will be performed at the Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival.

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