B flat blues, fast tempo

In the manner of Bud Powell.

"Shinjitsu" (真実), by Keiko Jones.

Requiem.

Yours truly at Margaret Elliott's celebration of life gathering, August 2, 2025.

 Venue is the Foothills Congregational Church Fellowship Hall in Los Altos, California.

Margaret was 103 years young, a master violist, and among my very best teachers. For decades, she performed in regional symphonic orchestras and in string quartets.

From master, to disciple.

"Beijing Girl". Original 2002 composition.

“Bonsho”, by Gary Peacock and Masabumi Kikuchi.

Thematic study, July 17.

Two for One, by Conrad Yeatis (Sonny) Clark

Chromatic etudes based on works by Ferruccio Busoni.

Minor League, by Duke Pearson.

Variations on Nikko, Tochigi-ken.

Applied musicianship -- dominant seventh, plus 9 chords, and their harmonic implications.

Chromatic blues centered in B flat.

Thematic study, in progress. The unmistakable influence of Emmanuel Chabrier.

Continuing rhythmic / harmonic experiments.

“Little Abi” by Masabumi Kikuchi, revisited.

Variations on “Forbidden Land”, by McCoy Tyner.

Discussion and analysis: "Contemporary Focus", by Alfred McCoy Tyner.

Discussion and analysis: “Thomas Studies Photos”, by Herbert J. Hancock.

“Ashes”, by Andrew Hill.

Expanded form — Ellington: “La Plus Belle Africaine”.

“Solid”, by Sonny Rollins.

A brief warm-up on a modal groove.

Variations on the standard, “There is no Greater Love”.

Contrasting rhythmic schemes in pantonal form.

Ostinato in D flat.

Frank's Tune by Frank Strozier, with interpolations.

Frank's Tune, by Frank Strozier.

Blues Inn by Sonny Clark. A Sunday morning warm-up.

Fantasy and adagio on Duke Ellington's "La Plus Belle Africaine".

Variations on "Blues Inn", by Sonny Clark.

Variations on "Passion Dance", by Alfred McCoy Tyner.

Orchestral transcription: "La Plus Belle Africaine", by Edward Kennedy Ellington.

Moanin’, by Bobby Timmons.

Variations on motives by Messrs. Debussy and Messiaen.

Variations on authentic Bartók harmonies. Fast tempo, and in contrary motion.

Tunji, by John Coltrane.

Obsequious by Larry Young. Paraphrase.