May 2026 update / music research and development continues

A tremendous amount of recording is being done in my home studio -- good examples of the current research here.    You can listen to recent performances on YouTube  --  James Armstrong Music

Thanks as always for your support.

Variations on Erdu by LaMont Johnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jjwtFrU5Ts

Continued studies in rhythm: “Reaching Fourth”, by McCoy Tyner

https://youtu.be/qHs9q3A46OM?si=iahwHLnjgxc7DINI

A paraphrase on Paul Bley: Sideways in Mexico

Variations — rubato and in three

Warm-up on compound intervals

First variations — prayer and meditation

A prayer and meditation

Free / open improvisation in contrasting tempi

Continued harmonic studies, slow tempo.

Harold Mabern: “I Can’t Understand What I See in You”.

Improvisation, slow tempo — continued

Improvisation, slow tempo

Pulse studies in contrasting rhythms and levels of attack

Warm-up on fast tempo chromatic variations

Open improvisation, in three

Improvisation on open intervals

Variations on Lonely Woman by Horace Silver, and Cherry Blossom by Ronnell Bright

Hank’s Other Bag by Hank Mobley

Thematic Studies / Artists Recording Collective ARC-6694 is now available on Bandcamp.

Thematic Studies / ARC-6694