Dreams was a composition I wrote in 2000. I'm playing vibes, piano, and assorted percussion. It appeared on my album "Welcome to the Open Door" in 2001.

Dreams

Fall Changes was completed in 2014. Robin Meiksins, a fine flute player from Chicago, graciously agreed to record the first three movements and feature them as part of her 365 days of flute project. Really honored that she performed the first three movements (of six). Each of these can be performed as a miniature as well.

Fall Changes: Movements 1-3

The live performance of Stained Glass from March 2017 at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. This piece won the 2016 360 Jazz Composers Initiative. 

The 360ᵒ Jazz Initiative Ensemble is:
Aaron Hill - saxophones
Renee McGee - trumpet
Scott Sawyer - guitar
Juan Alamo - vibraphone, percussion
Stephen Anderson - piano
Jason Foureman - bass
Dan Davis - drums

Stained Glass 2017 360 JI (Live Performance)

A live performance of Groove Nuance from the 2017 New Music at the Bayou Festival.

Groove Nuance for Alto and Tenor Saxophone (Live Performance)

This is a jazz ballad influenced by Wayne Shorter's composition called "Teru", from his 1966 album Adam's Apple. I originally wrote the piece in 2000 and it sat idle for 17 years. I composed some string parts for the piece and the recording will appear on a forthcoming album of mine in 2018. 

Ensemble:  
Daniel Walzer: Piano, Vibes, Drums, Composer, String Arrangements
Carl Richardson: Fretless Bass
Tony Rogers: Cello 
Andrew Noble: Violin and Viola 

Recorded and mixed by Matt Parmenter at the Ice Cream Factory Studio in Austin , TX.  

Produced by Daniel Walzer and Matt Parmenter

Digame Tranquilo

Daniel Walzer is a contemporary composer and an Assistant Professor of Music and Arts Technology at Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis.