Compositions

I was recently given the amazing opportunity to both play in as well as arrange a and adapt 3 selections for the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra's "Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Wayne Shorter" Concert, featuring Ingrid Jensen and Melissa Aldana! This arrangement is of a tune off of Wayne's 1965 album "Etcetera." The piece is scored for standard jazz big band instrumentation, is conducted by Jim Saltzman and features Ingrid Jensen on trumpet and Christian Holm-Svendsen on tenor sax.

I was recently given the amazing opportunity to both play in as well as arrange a and adapt 3 selections for the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra's "Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Wayne Shorter" Concert, featuring Ingrid Jensen and Melissa Aldana! This arrangement is of a tune off of Wayne's 1985 album "Atlantis." The piece is scored for standard jazz big band instrumentation with 2 optional F Horn parts, is conducted by Jim Saltzman and features soprano saxophone, played by Samuel Priven.

I was given the amazing opportunity to both play in as well as arrange a student composition for the Manhattan School of Music Hugh Masekela scholars South African jazz orchestra, featuring Jaleel Shaw! This arrangement is of a student student composition "Kemet" composed by Nhlanhla Mahlangu, which title roughly translates to "land of the black" or "the black land." The piece is scored for standard jazz big band instrumentation, is conducted by myself and features solos by Chris Ramirez on bass, Jaleel Shaw on alto sax and Danno Peterson on drums. I hope you enjoy!

This September I was given the amazing opportunity to co-arrange Billy Taylor's "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" (popularized by Nina Simone) with Amanda Addleman for the first Manhattan School of Music jazz ensemble concert! The tune is arranged for full rhythm section, 3 horns, and 5 voices.

Big Band Arrangement of "I Know You Know" by Esperanza Spalding. Performed at the JMU Jazz Band's final concert in spring 2019. Recording and mixing done by Tom Carr, and JMU's in house sound personnel.