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DR8-0.51 dB-10.58 dB6:23Afro 6/8 Minor Blues (Modern jazz musicians are at home in Afro 6/8 time. I was inspired by Coltrane’s version of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue".)
DR10-0.51 dB-13.05 dB7:04High Wall (First jazz recording of composer Bronislaw Kaper gem from film noir High Wall. He also wrote Invitation and Green Dolphin St.)
DR9-0.51 dB-11.60 dB6:12Ow! (A tribute to the early '50s bebop era in San Francisco where I was lucky to hear live Dizzy, Miles, Bud performances.)
DR9-0.51 dB-10.96 dB5:49Put It Where You Want It (Jazz-funk-boogaloo rhythms with strong blues overtones were popular from the '60s onward, led by Joe Sample and the Crusaders.)
DR11-0.51 dB-13.86 dB6:44View from Telegraph Hill (Written for film noir festival, featuring House on Telegraph Hill, this ballad evokes beauty and mystery of '50s San Franciscio.)
DR9-0.51 dB-12.01 dB5:25Gypsy Roma Mambo (My arrangement of Dark Eyes, a trad. Russian gypsy song, with hot mambo rhythms & bebop lines, opening with percussive sounds.)
DR9-0.51 dB-11.87 dB4:38Lolita (This lively piece evokes the authentic bebop rhythms of its composer & my mentor, bebop master Barry Harris.)
DR9-0.51 dB-12.07 dB5:48What's This? (This is a melodic, contemporary, swinging, edgy piece based on What is this Thing Called Love chord changes.)
DR10-0.51 dB-13.66 dB6:04Concierto de Aranjuez (Solemn rubato opening moves into a lively 6/8 improvised rhythm with flamenco scales and fiery rhythmic exchanges.)
DR11-1.12 dB-15.47 dB4:20A Handful of Stars (This solo ballad evokes the melodic, harmonic, and lyrical beauty of the ‘30s and ‘40s,)
DR10-0.51 dB-13.84 dB8:01Lester's Minor Blues (Live bonus track from The Bach, a spirited tribute to Lester Young.)
DR9-0.51 dB-12.55 dB7:56Locomotion (Bonus live track from The Bach. I first heard this Coltrane song on his Blue Train LP; it has a blues pattern with added bridge.)