An alto saxophone concerto that I wrote as a sophomore in high school, back in 2007.........

Saxophone Groovetimez 5,000

Composed by Scott Ninmer

From the Downbeat award-winning album "High & Mighty" by the Cal State Long Beach Concert Jazz Orchestra

Afterthought

Music and Lyrics by Derrek Wayne, Aug 2014
syrupy stride piano blues

Int. The perks of working a fancy hotel
are gastronomically speaking quite swell, and though I have eaten some excellent art, my true desire is one of the heart.
And if she were here tonight,
I’d tell her why she is my only delight:
1. This restaurant boats an excellent roast with cabernet reduction jus
        but satisfy it will not I
        ‘cuz it’s not as sweet as you.
2. The scotch wiskey’s old, and rare I am told
        and has a lovely amber hue.
        But this fancy hotel is just an old well
        cuz it’s not as sweet as you.
Br. Well, it’s not that I’m fed up on fancy and I will be home before long
        It’s just that no one understands me
        when I sing your favorite song:
        Look at me, I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree,
        alright well,
3. I am maxed out on Guinness stout
        on California Korbel too.
        The grapes and the hops, they pulled out the stops
        but they’re not as sweet as you.
4. And I’ve had my fill, of chocolate spilled on crispy taffy cherry goo
        and every confection of human invention
but they’re not as sweet as you! Oh,
Out. Your kisses are candy, your lips are like wine! Your body’s a berry from straight off the vine.
        Your love is the sugar I crave all the time!
        Yes! There’s nothing in this world as sweet as you.


For Emma by Bon Iver (Cover by Keith, Trey, and me)

Jake Tickner

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