BQE (from the CD Pop-Culture Blues recorded by the Michael Treni Big Band) is a lively shuffle-time blues (inspired by the bumps in the road of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in New York

Blues for Charlie (from the CD Turnaround recorded by the Michael Treni Big Band) is a blues chart written in 12/8 time with open spaces to feature your accomplished soloists punctuated by

Funky Blues (from the CD Pop-Culture Blues recorded by the Michael Treni Big Band) is a 12-bar, high energy flunk blues with a dense harmonic palate.

Minor Blues (from the CD Pop-Culture Blues recorded by the Micheal Treni Big Band) is a 12-bar blues in a minor key. Its chord structure employs a number of secondary-dominant

More Than 12 Blues (from the CD Pop-Culture Blues recorded by Michael Treni Big Band) is written in the style of "West Coast Jazz" and reflects thematic and harmonic treatment of the "Cool

One for Duke (from the CD Pop-Culture Blues recorded by the Michael Treni Big Band) is a 12-bar atonal blues. Its theme is presented throughout in four (or more) keys simultaneously while

Phoenix Rising (from the CD Detour! recorded by the Jazz Composers Workshop Orchestra) is an up-tempo minor blues with open spaces to feature soloists interspersed with "barn burning"

Pop-Culture Blues (from the CD Pop-Culture Blues recorded by the Michael Treni Big Band) is a composition that, though not in the blues form, clearly evokes the feeling of the blues. The

Summer Blues (from the CD Pop-Culture Blues recorded by the Michael Treni Big Band) is a composition that, though not in the blues form, clearly evokes the feeling of the blues. The form