“I was stopped cold by its contents…This guy is definitely not just another piano player.” – Terry Buchacher, Tributary Magazine
“Full of original, creative surprises that restore faith in the existence of musicians courageous enough to speak with their own voice.” – CD Baby review
Unreleased Tracks
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The Hero With A Thousand Faces (excerpt) – The rhythm is from Bali. The harmony is Gershwin’s “I’ve Got Rhythm” slowed way down, and the improvisation is a Japanese lute. This one actually is released, on the Animal Dreams CD. |
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No Tengo La Menor Idea – My take on the Argentine tango style. Written in 1999 just before going to Argentina to study tango dance, where I was clueless and “had no idea”. |
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Lilies Of The Field (traditional) – played at 1/4 speed and re-harmonized. As in the jazz tradition, the melody is first played, then improvised upon by both sax and piano. With Chad Langford, bass, and Jake Fleming, soprano sax. We called the last chord the ‘For Carl’ chord because it sounds like the ending to the movie ‘Contact’ where the dedication to Carl Sagan – ‘For Carl’ – appears. |
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Katia’s Waltz – My first birth date song and the origin of the idea, done for a lovely member of a delegation from Brazil that was visiting Yellowstone Park near where I lived. Written based on the date 23/01/72, which becomes the scale tones 2-3-1-7-2 of the C scale. |
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Donkey Dance – All the percussion in this 30-second ditty is produced by or on the human body: slaps, sighs, thumps. |
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Feeding The River (excerpt) – a commission for Earth Day by Ophir Elementary School Choir, Big Sky, Montana. Featuring Al Cantrell, violin. |
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Wolves of Lamar While driving through Yellowstone Park’s wide, expansive Lamar Valley one winter to hole up in a remote hotel for songwriting, I by chance happened upon a group of horse-drawn sleds on the side of the road loaded with ventilated animal carriers: the first re-introduction of wild wolves in the lower 48 states. Much later I wrote this orchestral theme for a film student’s documentary about the event. |
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School Marm – named after a real-life school teacher in the tiny, picturesque town of Willow Creek, Montana. My friend and I both had secret crushes on her. We never called her by her name; she was always ‘school marm’. |
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Hi Ron, so enjoyed Wolves of Lamar, orchestral version. So evocative of the vast space, infinite sky, tranquility that I associate with a glorious morning in Yellowstone. And so happy that you are sharing your wonderful talent with the world. Wishing you all the best. Rishi
Wolves of Lamar is a fine piece of music that evokes the grandeur of
Yellowstone