Movement I: Allegro alla Swing
Movement II: Jazz Ballad
Movement III: Jazz Waltz
Movement IV: Jazz Fugue Fantasia
Symphony #3 in D Minor: Enigmatic Perfections (identity 63)
Movement I: Dance of Live (Sonata in Jazz waltz style)
Movement II: View from a Precipice (Jazz Lament, dedicated to the memory of Milt Jckson)
Movement III: Our Legacy (alla Ragtime/Trio)
Movement IV: Jazz Fugue Fantasia (On With the Chase)
Symphony #4 in F Major: Juneteenth (identity 34.1)
Movement I: Allegro alla Rag
Movement II: Adagio alla Spiritual
Movement III: Sankofa (8:08)
Movement IV: Finale alla Introduction and Fugue
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Symphony #5 in G Minor: Homage to Swing (Identity 158)
The American Prize Competition , Orchestral Music
Judges Citation: Special Orchestral Accomplishment in Jazz
Global Music Award Gold Medal 2018
Movement I: Classic Swing (Sonato Allegro Design)
Movement II: Multi-Cultural Fugue
Movement III: Allegro alla Swing (Jazz Waltz)
Movement IV: Sonato Rondo alla Swing
Note: The premiere of Homage to Swing took place at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music's Schoenberg Auditorium on February 5, 2017, as part of the "Swinging to a World of Strings" concert, Maestro Neal Stulberg, conducting. The concert can be found on the following link:
https://vimeo.com/211702649/567a2e5535
(performance begins at the 1:34 mark)
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Symphony #6 in A Flat Major Homage to Ragtime (116F)
Movement I: Allegro Alla Rag (11:43)
Movement II: (9:25)
Movement III: Ragtem Intermezzo (9:09)
Movement IV: Fugue alla Rag (6:00)
Symphony #7 in A Major (identity 133)
Movement I: Sonato Allegro alla Swing
Movement II: Jazz Ballad (Obscure Vision)
Movement III: Jazz Waltz
Movement IV: Jazz Fugue
Symphony #8: Echoes from a Simpler Time (identity 159)
Movement I: Lullaby and Jazz Fugue
Movement II: Doo-Wop Nocturne
Movement III: Jazz Waltz
Movement IV: Allegro alla Swing
Symphony #9: Symphony of Prayers
(Poet and Orchestra)
Movement I: Spiritual Choral Fugue
Movement II: Jazz Ballad (Mr. Leaf)
Movement III: Rag (Homage to God Rag)
Movement IV: Spiritual (Steal Away)
Movement V: Jazz Fugue (The Gift)
Symphony #10
Movement I: Allegro alla Swing
Movement II: Jazz Ballad
Movement III: Modern Rag
Movement IV: Fuge in G Major alla Ngoma
Symphony #11
Movement I: Allegro alla Swing
Movement II: Elegie
Movement III: Canonic Swing
Movement IV: Jazz Fugue at the Second
Symphony #12: Bebop Remenicense (identity 168)
Movement I: Jazz Fugue alla Bebop
Movement II: Jazz Ballad
Movement III: Canonic Swing
Movement IV: Jazz Fugue in A Minor
Symphony #15: New Beginning (identity 173)
Movement I: Quadruple Jazz Fugue
Movement II: Jazz Ballad
Movement III: Canonic Swing/ Second Line
Movement IV: Fugue in E Minor
Al-Inkishafi (Identity 14)
(Symphony Orchestra and Chorus)
This beautiful and meditative oratorio is a choral/symphonic setting of an East African poem. The premiere performance was on April 21, 1984, at the University of Texas Performing Arts Center Grande Concert Hall, featuring Ms. Barbara Conrad of the Metropolitan Opera (Mezzo-Soprano Soloist), actor Moses Gunn (English Narrator), John “Mtembezi” Inniss (Kiswahili Narrator), Chuck Davis of the New York based Chuck Davis Dance Company (Choreographer), the Southern University Chorus of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Maestro Sung Kwak and the Austin Symphony Orchestra. Note: This work is in the artist's manuscript.
Featuring:
Mezzo-Soprano Soloist
English Narrator
Kiswahili Narrator
Ballet
Publisher: Universit Microfilms International, 1981
Chrismons
(Jazz Cantata)
Movement I: Overture
Movement II: O Joseph, Son of David
Movement III: From you O' Bethelehem
Movement IV: Take the Child and His Mother
Movement V: Lamb of God Movement VI: He who Follows Him
Movement VII: I am the Alpha and the Omega
Genesis (identity 175)
(Jazz-Choral Symphonic Poem)
Movement I: Day One - Darkness and the Spirit of God
Movement II: Day Two - Firmament
Movement III: Day Three - Creation of the Earth
Movement IV: Day Four - Greater and Lesser Lights
Movement V: Day Five - Creatures of the Sea
Movement VI: Day six - Creatures of the Earth
Movement VII: Day Seven - Blessed Day of Rest VII
Elegy for Mr. Alvin Batiste (identity 121)
(featuring flute soloist)
CD: From the Heart 2007
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Elton's Nocturne (identity 51.3)
(featuring flute soloist)
CD: From the Heart 2007
Corsica (Identity 45.2)
(featuring viola soloist)
CD: From the Heart 2007
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Three Charts (identity 19.2)
(featuring flute soloist)
Three vernacular melodies:
Asante Sana Sana (identity 18.2)
(featuring flute soloist)
Kiswahili for 'Thank You Very Much'. The composer dedicated this work to Oprah Winfrey upon hearing of the work she did in Africa.
CD: From the Heart, 2007
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Swing for Violin and Orchestra (identity 136)
(featuring violin)
Three Rag Offerings (identity 7)
(in three movements)
Rag and Fugue (identity 73)
String Quartet in G Minor (Identity 162)
(for viola and violoncello)
Movement I: Allegro alla Swing
Movement II: Blues Fugue in A Minor
Movement III: The Portal (Identity 122)
Movement IV: Spiritual alla Swing
Songs Softspoken (Identity 113)
Rhythm Sonata (1-13)
Rhythm Sonata No. 1: flute, drum set, harp, viola,violoncello(Publisher: American Composers Alliance)
Rhythm Sonata No. 2 - 13: vibraphone, harpsicord, cello, drum set
Three Rags (identity 164)
(for flute and piano)
A. Rag in C Minor
B. Rag in E Major
C. Solemn Rag
Blues Invention No. 2
(for flute and harp)
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Identity 37d)
This arrangement of Duke Ellington's masterpiece is scored for jazz orchestra and tenor vocalist - though the arrangement is equally suitable for soprano vocalist. It is essentially true to Ellington's original harmonic and lyrical conception, but offers in addition new orchestrational and accompanimental features. Some reharmonization of the lyric is also featured. Key of C.
Instrumentation: Jazz Orchestra (7 brass)
Featuring: Tenor Vocalist (though the arrangement is equally suitable for Soprano Vocalist)
Publisher: Greeley, Colorado: The University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press
Round Midnight (Identity 37b)
(alto flute, harp, strings)
Presenting an arrangement of a Thelonius Monk composition scored for Alto Flute, Harp and String Orchestra. The tempo and harmonic structure of the original preserved, but embellished and enriched by countermelodies, reharmonization and a softer, more symphonic orchestration. The tempo accelerates at the start of the improvisational section, providing an effective dramatic contrast to the opening and closing statements of the theme. This work is ideal for both jazz and classical chamber groups that feature the appropriate instrumental resources. It can also be performed by contralto or mezzo-soprano soloist substituting for,or singing along with, the alto flute in all but the improvisation section.
Publisher: Greeley, Colorado: The University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press, 1999
Double Fugue on the Theme by Duke Ellington
Jazz Passacaglia
(Parts I and II)
Tribute to Duke, Count Jimmy, Quincy, Tadd, and Thadd for Piano and Orchestra
Blues Prelude and Fugue
Maple Leaf Rag (Identity 66:3a)
This is one of five Joplin arrangements written for small jazz chamber ensemble
Publisher: Greenly, Colorado: The University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press
Publisher: Greeley, Colorado: The University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press
The Chrysanthemum (Identity 66:3c)
This is one of five Joplin arrangements written for small jazz chamber ensemble
Publisher: Greeley, Colorado: The University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press
The Strenuous Life (Identity 66:3e)
This is one of five Joplin arrangements written for small jazz chamber ensemble
Publisher: Greeley, Colorado: The University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press
Song for Annell (Identity 11)
A classic blues fantasy performed in Boston, New York, and Santa Barbara.
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Preludes for the Young Pianist (Identity 5)
Afro-Inventions Book 1 (Identity 38.1)
Twelve Inventions in African-derived styles.
1. Swing
DVD: Eclectic Musings, 2006
2. Rag
3. Ngoma
4. New Orleans
5. Traditional Calypso
6. Afro-Latin
7. Neo-Salsa
DVD: Eclectic Musings 2006
8. Afro-Latin
9. Neo Funk
DVD: Eclectic Musings, 2006
10. Swing
11. Neo-New Orleans
12. Neo-Bop
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Classic Rags Book One
Amazing Grace
(flute and piano OR flute harp and strings)
CD: From the Heart, 2007
Publisher: American Composers Alliance
Festive Rag (Identity 147)
A Glimpse Into Another World Rag (Identity 150)
Birthday Rag (Identity 91.1)
A Night in Chicago Rag (Identity 94)
In a Meeting Rag (Identity 104)
Joplin Lives (Identity 108)
My Neah Rag (Identity 89)
Beauty in Darkness Rag
The Budding Rose Rag (Identity 1)
Afro Fugues in Three Parts
(Volume I)
Afro Fugues: Extraordinary Fugues in Three Voices