Noose

A handful of cues I wrote for the upcoming feature documentary 'Rhapsody', the story of Leo Spellman, composer, pianist and holocaust survivor whose magnum opus and secret wartime diaries remain hidden for over fifty years.

He Wouldn't Like To Talk About The War

I started writing this piece late in December 2021. I feel like Ive been surrounded by madness for so long, sometimes I get lucky and things settle down when I play. If I silence the noise for long enough I might write something beautiful. 

Recorded on my felted upright piano January 23rd

Lost In Fog

A cover and re-arrangement/ reinterpretation of the song For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti by Sufjan Stevens. 

(cover) For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti - Sufjan Stevens

Three Mikros - Well, what if that sort of thing was played on fretted stringed instruments? Here are some piano improvisations in the spirit of Bartok’s Mikrokosmos to which I added mandolin, acoustic guitar and bass, with a bit of ebow thrown in for #2. Three pieces totaling three minutes, trying to keep that modal, enigmatic, off-balance feeling that is so…fascinating.

Jerry

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