Written and dedicated to my son, Jack, and the nights we stayed up "hanging out" while he learned to sleep.  This tune is inspired by my good pal Count Basie and tunes like Corner

Medium level swing chart with a nice sax section soli. The solos are open as desired.

Bass trombone feature.  Dedicated to bass trombonist Jay Roberts and Brigham Young University Synthesis Jazz Band, Ray Smith, director.

Garapan is a Javanese word meaning "the working out of the music."  In the Javanese gamelan tradition, musical compositions are mere skeletons of ideas that have a flexible structure.  This allows

A dirty, greasy, minor blues funk with the possibility of slap bass guitar.

Commissioned by Brigham Young University Synthesis and Ray Smith and winner of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award.  A clever nod to the tune "Loch Lomond"set with a 7/8 shuffle funk second-line new

Dedicated to Brent Wallarab and the Indiana University Jazz Ensemble.

Vocal feature commissioned by Ray Smith and the Brigham Young University Synthesis Jazz Band.