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This anthology consists of original compositions and arrangements as well as adaptations, arrangements and orchestrations of pre-existing compositions of Ron Westray, to date.
The stylistic considerations of jazz improvisation and composition require an extensive and working knowledge of jazz theory and mastery of diatonic, bitonal, poly-tonal and atonal theoretical maximums and processes. This anthology presents compositional references supporting historical maxims in jazz and modern composition.
"As a fan and scholar of jazz who is not a musician, I find this collection of meticulously detailed manuscripts to reveal the methodical genius that makes jazz feel nothing less than magical when performed with honesty and skill. Here, Westray documents how jazz musicians draw upon the full resources of music theory in moments of performance that seem to reach beyond human capacity." —Gregory Clark, author of Civic Jazz (University of Chicago Press, 2015)
A Child’s Sweet Pt. 1; A Child’s Sweet Pt. 2; A Night in Tunisia (from Suite for Odd Ensemble); A Tone Parallel to Harlem; All The Things You Are (from Suite for Odd Ensemble); April In Paris (from Ballad Medley); Baa Baa Black Sheep (from A Child’s Sweet Pt. 1); Baby Walks; Bachelor Sampson (from Chivalrous Misdemeanors Pt. 1); Ballad Medley; Barataria (Sancho’s Island) (from Chivalrous Misdemeanors Pt. 2); Better Get Hit In Yo’ Soul; BINGO (from A Child’s Sweet Pt. 1); Bird Schtick; Blues For Oretha; Blues to Bechet (from Coltrane Plays the Blues); Blues to Elvin (from Coltrane Plays the Blues); Boedo; Brahms’ Lullaby; Bumpsie’s Got It (from Medical Cures); But Beautiful (from Ballad Medley); Chivalrous Misdemeanors Pt. 1; Chivalrous Misdemeanors Pt. 2; Code Switching; Coltrane Plays The Blues; Come and Play (from A Child’s Sweet Pt. 1); DeadSon (from The Liberian Suite); Dizzy Moods (from Mexican Moods); Don’t Be Afraid, The Clown’s Afraid, Too; Dulcinea, My Dear (from Chivalrous Misdemeanors Pt. 2); Easy Green; Edomi; Esoteric Advent; Exile; Fanfare (from The Goutelas Suite); Feel the Pressure (from Medical Cures); Flamingo (from Mexican Moods); Forgiveness (from The Liberian Suite); Fuzzy Dice (from Medical Cures); Garments; Get With-It-Ness (from The Goutelas Suite); Gines de Pasamonte (Mr. Whatchamajigum) (from Chivalrous Misdemeanors Pt. 1); Goodbye Porkpie Hat; Goutelas (from The Goutelas Suite); Greensleeves (from Yuletide Medley); Having At It (from The Goutelas Suite); Hickory Dickory Dock (from A Child’s Sweet Pt. 1); Humpty Dumpty; Hush Little Baby (from A Child’s Sweet Pt. 1); I Get Caught Up on You (from Chivalrous Misdemeanors Pt. 1); I’m You (from Medical Cures); In A Sentimental Mood (from Standard Suite for Odd Ensemble); It’s Just a Matter of Time (from Chivalrous Misdemeanors); It’s Only a Paper Moon (from Ballad Medley); Joy to the World (from Yuletide Medley); Knight to Squire Blues (from Chivalrous Misdemeanors Pt. 2); Leaving Home Again; Lonely Woman; Loop de Loop (from Medical Cures); Mexican Moods; Monk’s Mood; Mr. Knight (from Coltrane Plays the Blues); Mr. Syms (from Coltrane Plays the Blues); My Funny Valentine (from Standard Suite for Odd Ensemble); Prelude and Overture (from Chivalrous Misdemeanors Pt. 1); Scenes In The City; Standard Suite for Odd Ensemble; Summertime (from Standard Suite for Odd Ensemble); The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Pt. 1 & Pt. 2; The Liberian Suite; The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers; Upper Manhattan Jump; Yuletide Medley; Zip Ah Dee Doo Dah (from A Child’s Sweet Pt. 1); David Lidov, Three Tunes for Ron Westray; Westray’s Interstellar Ergonomic Stationary Bi-Cycle; Westray’s Ergonomic Stationary Blue Bi-Cycle; Westray’s Polycarbonate Ergonomic Stationary Bi-Cycle; Dimech Transcriptions from Coltrane Plays the; Blues to Bechet; Blues to Elvin; Mr. Knight; Mr. Syms