wow fascinating and shocking arrangement! A departure, but a nice one! Again, I can see the dancers!

nice to listen to you again Bruce, as always, worderful work my friend. Bravo!!

Your stuff is always a pleasure to hear man!  So well composed man; I also dig your quotes!

Brilliant adaptation of Django's classic. Smitten right out of the box.

Love it! Ya' gotta put the accordian in there!

A very cheerful piece. I love the pieces bei Reinhardt/Grappelli and you masterfully use the different timbres of the various instruments. A pleasure to listen to 😊

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens - Minor Swing
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Based on Minor Swing the 1937 piece by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli
Duration: 2:10
Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) premiers two contemporary ballets June 3-4. Inspired by the relationships architects and dancers share with gravity, “In A Dialogue with Gravity” explores the connection between architecture, dance, and its people. In the second act, “Matisse’s Gardens,” the forms, colors, and space of Matisse’s famed cutouts forms the foundation for this contemporary ballet.
Cover design by Maire-Jose Payannet
For strings, piano, accordion and percussion

In a Dialogue with Gravity and Matisse's Gardens - Minor Swing

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Bruce Klepper is a Colorado based composer with thousands of listeners worldwide. Klepper studied music composition in the 1970's and received a degree in music composition and theory.  After writing music for many years and starting a tech company based in Colorado, Klepper retired in 2014 from business so he could devote myself to his true passion, composing music. Klepper's music premiered in Carnegie Hall, September 2022.  Klepper writes music in a number of different styles, including contemporary classical music, jazz, soundscapes using field recordings, ambient music, and ballet music.  Klepper has been composing music for Danse Etoile Ballet (www.danseetoile.org) since 2016. Klepper has been collaborating with Parlando School of Musical Arts (www.parlando.org) faculty Britta De Groot and Sergei Govorov for over a year now, composing and arranging new music for the dynamic piano and saxophone duo to premier around the United States. Klepper's music can be heard on all major streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and SoundCloud. 

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