CD featuring eight original compositions and three arrangements. 2007

Excerpts on www.cdbaby.com/cd/earllouisstewart

1.  "Asante Sana Sana" (Thank You Very Much) (3:19)
2.  "Elton's Nocturne" (4:56)
3.  "Tenderly" (6:09)
4.  "Katrina Lament" (5:10)
5.  "Elegy For Mr. Alvin Batiste" (4:02)
6.  "Corsica" (4:51)
7.  "Amazing Grace" (6:08)
8.  "My Funny Valentine" (5:40)
9.  "Undulation" (5:36)
10.  "Elegy For Mr. Alvin Batiste" (Reprise) (3:57)
11.  "Nakupenda" (I Love You) (3:29)

3rd Annual Nakupenda Valentine's Concert
UCTV 4315     •     2-14-2006     •     1 hour 23 minutes
 

The Afro Inventions featured in this program were inspired by the jazz baroque experimentations of the Modern Jazz Quartet, the contrapuntal stylings of jazz pianist Billy Taylor and, of course, the inventions of Johann Sebastian Bach.  The first six inventions are derived from Earl Stewart's Afro Inventions Book One (Identity 18.1) a book of 12 inventions composed in 1995.  The last two are derived from Afro Inventions (Identity 18.1) composed in 1988.  The poetry and short story featured on the program were composed in the mid 1990s and are meant to express the author's political and spiritual thoughts.  Sponsored by the University of California Santa Barbara, including the Department of Black Studies, the Multicultural Center, the College of Creative Studies and the Center for Black Studies.

Afro Inventions Book One

(Identity 38.1)

     a)  "Swing in A Minor"

          i.  Neo-Funk

          g.  Neo-Salsa

"Mr. Leaf" and "Irreverence"

Poetry by Earl Louis Stewart

Featuring Donald Bakeer

"Preludes for the Young Pianist"

(Identity 5)

Jeremy Haladyna, Pianist

"Art Now in the Dust"

Poetry by Earl Louis Stewart

Featuring Donald Bakeer

"The Tour Guide and the Visitor"

Poetry by Earl Louis Stewart

Featuring Donald Bakeer

"Tanguliza Kabla Ya Insha Kuu"

(Identity 13)

Richard Thompson, Pianist

Featuring Donald Bakeer with a reading of Earl Louis Stewart's short story "Now Do You Understand?"

"Afro Inventions" (Identity 18.1)

     a)  Swing

     b)  Afro Latin

Richard Thompson, Pianist

"Song for Annell" (Identity 11)

Richard Thompson, Pianist

4th Annual Nakupenda Concert
4-03-2008     •     1 hour 28 minutes

 
Sponsored by the The University of California Santa Barbara, including the Department of Black Studies, the Multicultural Center, and the Center for Black Studies.

"Baching the Blues" (a Blues Chachonne) (Identity 123)

Suzanne Duffy, Flute

Jennifer Sayre, Harp

"Inventions Sacred and Profane"

(Identity 117)

Laura Hackstein, Violin

Claudia Kiser, Cello

"Blues Invention No. 1"

(Identity 124.1)

Kirsten Monke, Viola

Claudia Kiser, Cello

"Blues Invention No. 2"

(Identity 124.2)

Suzanne Duffy, Flute

Jennifer Sayre, Harp

"Trio Sonata"

(Identity 116)

Movement 1:  Swing

Movement 2:  Canonic Rag

Movement 3:  Ngoma

Movement 4:  Jazz Waltz

Suzanne Duffy, Flute

Kirsten Monke, Viola

Claudia Kiser Cello

Jennifer Sayre, Harp

"The Portal" (Identity 122)

Laura Hackstein, Violin

Kirsten Monke, Viola

Claudia Kiser, Cello

Brendan Statom, Double Bass

"Prelude and Fugue alla Blues"

(Identity 24)

Suzanne Duffy, Flute

Laura Hackstein, Violin I

Lisa Weinstein, Violin II

Kirsten Monke, Viola

Claudia Kiser, Cello

Brendan Statom, Double Bass

Jennifer Sayre, Harp

Austin Beatty, Drums

"Prelude and Fugue alla Rag"

(Identity 73)

Jennifer Sayre, Harp

Laura Hackstein, Violin I

Lisa Weinstein, Violin II

Kirsten Monke, Viola

Claudia Kiser, Cello

BrendanStatom, Double Bass

"Mr. Leaf"

(Identity 113d)

Jennifer Sayre, Harp

Laura Hackstein, Violin I

Lisa Weinstein, Violin II

Kirsten Monke, Viola

Claudia Kiser, Cello

Brendan Statom, Double Bass

Austin Beatty, Drums

"From the Heart" 

(Identity 113c)

Jennifer Sayre, Harp

Laura Hackstein, Violin I

Lisa Weinstein, Violin II

Kirsten Monke, Viola

Claudia Kiser, Cello

Brendan Statom, Double Bass

Austin Beatty, Drums

"Resolution"

(Identity 113f)

Jennifer Sayre, Harp

Laura Hackstein, Violin I

Lisa Weinstein, Violin II

Kirsten Monke, Viola

Claudia Kiser, Cello

Brendan Statom, Double Bass

Austin Beatty, Drums