A genre-blending interpretation of this (mostly improvised) Sanders tune. Not just a song, but an 8-minute journey.

Originally composed and recorded by Pharaoh Sanders, on the album titled Thembi, one of the four records he put out that year alone.

Recorded by the Oneota Quartet, in the Noble Recital Hall at Luther College.

Thembi (composed By Pharaoh Sanders)

Composed by yours truly. Simplicity reigns supreme.

Recorded by the Oneota Quartet in the Noble Recital Hall at Luther College.

Slow Fall

Unnamed Waltz

Sonatica Take 2

Recorded at the McNally Smith College of Music. A hybrid of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker's respective versions of Bebop - with Dizzy's intro, but with Charlie's swing.
Piano - Will Kjeer
Bass - Michael Callen (Mickeydeeze)
Drums - Tyler Edwards

Bebop (Unmastered)

Recorded at the McNally Smith College of Music. Impromptu rendition of the classic bebop tune - nothing special.
Piano - Will Kjeer
Bass - Michael Callen
Drums - Tyler Edwards

Confirmation

Recorded at the McNally Smith College of Music. Written by Robert Glasper, certainly one of the most moving pieces of its kind.
Piano - Will Kjeer
Bass - Michael Callen
Drums - Tyler Edwards

Yes, I'm Country (And That's Okay)

Recorded at Hamline University. My take on the jazz standard made famous by Bill Evans, solo piano. Improvised pretty much the whole thing, although I've played this song many times so I do have a good amount of vocabulary with it.

Beautiful Love

Latin take on Stella, from the jam session at Walker West Music Academy. Again, rough cut, little to no editing.
Soprano Sax - Felix James
Piano - Michael Callen
Drums - Tyler Edwards

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