Title
| Date Completed
| Link | Description |
Untitled Bulerias
| Work in Progress
| N/A | |
Bebop Aflamencada
| July-October 2010
| N/A | This piece was, as the title indicates, inspired by both bebop and flamenco. In particular, I take the former form's fast tempos and melodies and combine them with the latter's guitar techniques.
|
| Jazzpania | July 2010 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifOl-SB8Fsw | A piece in the tangos flamenco form (although some may argue it is also
reminiscent of 'colombianas') with, as they title indicates, jazz
influences. |
The Lonely Tulip
| May 2010
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a41hC3cLL6s
| A jazz piece with mixed rhythms, textures, and untraditional harmonies. |
Forgotten Murder
| April 2010
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaEyxvkg9Bk | The
centerpiece of my noir suite, this will be a guitar/voice duet.
The video, however, is a solo guitar arrangement, which doesn't differ too
much from the accompaniment in duo format. |
| Ghost | March 2010
| N/A
| The fourth part of my noir jazz suite, this will be a guitar/voice duet with lyrics by Nataliya Ishkova. |
Abandoned City
| March 2010
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_rNsd9jyC0
| A waltz, this is the 7th and last part of my upcoming noir jazz suite. |
The Arrival, Gertrude, The Pursuit
| January-February 2010
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teVmuzMI54Q
| These
are the first three parts of my upcoming noir jazz suite, "Forgotten
Murder in an Abandoned City", which will follow a narrative inspired by film noir. These pieces
will be performed in quintet format (guitar, sax, flute, bass, drums). |
For A Harpist
| December 2009
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_CV_Bg6HmI | Composed
for and dedicated to a friend of mine, no part of this piece was
thought out in advance... it was a musical "stream of consciousness". |
Buleria de la Muerte
| December 2009
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmtp4pNbiG0 | Written
for a performance as part of the 3rd Annual Flamenco Guitarathon, this
is an amalgamation of certain compositional aspects of tango --
specifically, those pioneered by Astor Piazzolla -- and flamenco. |
What Key Is This?
| December 2009
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBr__AOwJRA | The
result of a jam session with my brother, during which we started
discussing tonics, chord resolutions, and other essential -- or not --
aspects of music. |
Sunday Morning
| August 2009, March 2010
| N/A
| Conceptualized
sometime during summer 2009 and finished the following year, this will
be the fourth piece in my noir suite. It is for a guitar, flute, bass,
and drums quartet. |
| Silhouette | June 2009
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_ebkqVev8k | Inspired
by a new-found love for "noir jazz" (thanks in part to Paul
Motian's "Tribute" and Bohren & der Club of Gore's "Sunset
Mission), this two-guitar composition was originally meant for a
guitar, sax, bass, and drums quartet.
|
St. Augustine
| June 2009
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGSKzNWzc4w
| Composed during a vacation in St. Augustine, FL, this is a jazz-waltz inspired by the beautiful city and its rich history. |
Bulerias in D
| June 2009
| Recorded on "Silhouette"
| Having experimented briefly with free-form flamenco palos,
I tried my hand at more rhythmic flamenco. This piece doesn't really
work as a solo composition, but is pretty effective with a bass. |
Silent Sounds - For Miles
| May 2009
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGeZ89bsZwI | May 2009
was a great month for me, musically -- as well as discovering Estrella Morente,
I also start listening to jazz great Miles Davis. This tune was inspired by his
seminal jazz fusion record, "In a Silent Way". |
Para Estrella
| May 2009
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N33BQO-kjaw
| Upon
discovering Estrella Morente, flamenco's most promising young
singer, I was inspired to write a tune dedicated to her. The
opening melody in B-flat minor is based on a song from her second
album, while the rest is original.
|
| Rondena/Bulerias | April 2009
| Recorded on "Silhouette"
| A
second attempt at free-form flamenco composition, but this time with a
rhythmic closer (which was added during the recording of Silhouette some months later). |
Rumba de Janeiro
| March 2009
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3pji-ClpBA
| A
"cante chico" composition that happened to enter my working repertoire
and has since become one of my favorite tunes to play with my brother
Adrian (who plays flute on the Silhouette recording). |
| Tarantas | 2008 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAMvSAqZMuQ | My first attempt at writing a flamenco tune in one of the "free-form" palos. |
| Longing | 2008 | Recorded on "Watercolors of the World" | The first tune I ever wrote, "Longing" is a ballad with a Russian sensibility. |