An original hymn with words by Victoria Farnsworth and music by Joshua Peeks.
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Check out this cool remix by Jordan Elgie, “Roses,” of “I’m in the Mood for Love” recorded by Erroll Garner in 1951.
Here you listen to the original.
Check out the Red Hots! combo play my arrangement of “Misty” live for the Jazz Spotlight. Thanks to Times West Studios for help with the mix.
“Misty” Arrangement PDF
Check this performance of my song “Influency” for 3 horns performed by the Red Hots! live on September 30th, 2015.
Here is my interpretation of Hymn. No 301 in a gospel style using my new Hammond SK1 Digital Organ.
Here is a free copy of the reharm only (melody and lyrics excluded).
Here’s a link to the original hymn.
Here is an original composition written in the style of Thelonious Monk (1817-1982).
Link to joshuapeeksmusic.wordpress.com for a free PDF of the Monk inspired piano arrangement as shown in the video.
I decided to make this a midi project instead of just providing a recorded performance. First I started with the midi data created from the notated Sibelius file. The midi data exported at almost all the same velocity, or in other words there was no human or expressive quality to the “performance.” Through editing I wanted to give the illusion of a performed piece. Additionally, I placed it in a pre digital era by adding the sound of a dragging needle in vinyl. My intention was not to make the midi sound as if Monk had played it. However, I did increase the general velocity to about a consistent f (forte) and included an occasional ff crushed chord. The composition and arrangement is really the focus of Monk’s Style.
The song is a “standard” AABA song form in G – Major .
“The Drunk Monk” alludes to a central key center (written in G – Major), but uses modal mixture, chromaticism, and chord substitutions to obscure the notated key center.
The solo piano arrangement is in the bebop style with some stride, shell, and guide tone voicings. The piece is harmonically dense in some areas with up to two altered extensions on some dominant chords. Additional “Monk-isms” are the descending whole-tone run (m.28) and prominent tenor moving line (m.5 and 23).
Above all “The Drunk Monk” tries to capture the playfulness and humor of Monk’s compositional and playing (arranging) style.
Enjoy!
Here is my interpretation of a transcription I did of Donald Byrd’s solo on “Hank’s Tune,” by Hank Mobley. You can find the original recording on the album Silver’s Blue, originally recorded in 1956.
Here is a PDF of the Transcription:
Donald Byrd (Transcription) – “Hank’s Tune”
Additionally, the backing track was created using iReal Pro:
iReal Pro
In a recent study, music therapy was shown to have positive benefits for premature babies. Check out this New York Times article.
Live Music’s Charms, Soothing Premature Hearts
What is music therapy and how can it be used? Check out this short video.
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