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Works

Compositions for acoustic instruments

  • Turhan’s Torture 1990
  • Frances Danses 1995
  • Swingwenzki 1994
  • Snowqualmie 1995
  • Flow Dou 1997
  • Turner Land 1998
  • For Kenny 1998
  • Homage 1999
  • 2kizzyBluizzy 2000
  • Aziel Danse 2001
  • 145 Blues 2004
  • Wheels Keep Rollin 2006
  • Especiale 2006
  • Luscious 2006
  • Shimmy Pop 2006
  • i got Got Blues 2006
  • I gotch-u 2006
  • Spiritual 2006           
  • El Soul 2004
  • Ali Got Rhythm 2008
  • Ajax Blues 2008
  • Praise 2011
  • Open Strings ( for Carlos Henriquez) 2010
  • Ancestral Spirits 2016
  • Purple Blues 2016
  • Times for Dimes 2016
  • Sancion 2018
  • Déjà vu d’où 2018 
  • Danses de France:  Algerié 2018
  • Danses de France: Maróc 2018
  • Danses de France: Cameroon 2018
  • Danses de France: Côte d’Ivoire 2018
  • Danses de Fance: Reunion 2018
  • Groove Du jour 2018
  • Claqué 2018
  • Escaliér 2018
  • Blue Bounce Duke University Jazz (commission) premiere November 2018
  • Heart is Free 2020
  • Lovecycle 2020
  • Uprize 2020
  • Unrest 2020
  • At the Drive Thru 2020
  • Trying 2020
  • Kleptocrat (sax, bass, drums) 2020
  • fiv-in (sax, bass, drums) 2020
  • Judy and Mike 2019
  • Life Change 2019

 

Spring Sings Suite

  • Steadfast 2013
  • MmmHmm 2013
  • Spring Sings 2013

Beats of NYC with Ali Jackson

  • Dambalah 2009
  • Bottomline Blues 2009
  • Batala Blues 2009
  • Hi-Hat 2009
  • Made It (w David Jefferson Jr.) 2009

Paradigm Suite for WMQuintet

  • Blossom in the Weeds 2013
  • A Yard of Pocket 2013
  • Play in Time 2013

Watching go By the Day (Ballet) with Hope Boykin 2011

(Commissioned by North Carolina Performing Arts premiered with Philadanco Dance Company and Ali Jackson Quintet @ Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill, NC September 23, 2011)

  • Movement I
  • Movement II
  • Movement III 
  • Movement IV
  • Movement V
  • Movement VI

r-Evolution, Dream (Ballet) with Hope Boykin

(commissioned by AAAT Hope Boykin premiered December 2016 City Center, New York, NY)

  • Catching Up
  • Up with Jones’
  • Marching On
  • Caste of Characters
  • Run Boy Run/ Fight Man Fight
  • Gentrified

Living Grooves: A World of Rhythm 2017 

(commissioned by JALC for Buddy Rich centennial, world premiere April 7, 2017)

  • Rainforest Riff  
  • Brothers Batucada
  • Choro Changes
  • Quite Quick
  • Eastern Eclipse
  • Moraito March
  • Original Optimism

Drum Set and Cello Quartet

  • 6 Movements

Music for Film and Television compositions

  • Balkanization 2002
  • the Maestro 2003
  • Message in a Bubble 2001
  • On the Lines 2018