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Home CD

Home is a virtuosic hybrid of jazz, rock, and classical styles that invites repeated listenings. Home features guest artists The Turtle Island String Quartet. Hear excerpts at cdbaby.com/cd/taylortom2

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The Crossing CD

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The Crossing showcases some of my compositions along with my contrapuntal arrangement of Greensleeves. The CD features guest performances by the Kronos Quartet and David Grisman.

This instrumental CD crosses the boundaries between jazz, bluegrass, rock, and classical. A colleague described it as Frank Zappa meets Stravinsky. Well, who knows? But when such diverse musicians as Joe Satriani (commenting on Aubade, "straight 10's!") and conductor emeritus of the San Antonio Symphony, Christopher Wilkins (commenting on Big Basin Breakdown, "an amazing piece!") express their enthusiasm for my music, perhaps I'm on to something.

Song list/credits

See sample pages from the scores for some of the tracks: (The Crossing, Aubade, Big Basin Breakdown, Greensleeves, Pasque March). Listen to sound clips and read short descriptions: (The Crossing, Aubade, Big Basin Breakdown, Greensleeves, Pasque March).

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Big Basin Breakdown Score and Parts

Score and parts available for rental. Contact me (fugueboy@earthlink.net) for pricing.

See a sample page from the score. Listen to a sound clip (and read a short description).

Length 5:00
Instrumentation:

1  piccolo
2  flutes
2  oboes
2  B-flat clarinets
2  bassoons
4  horns
3  B-flat trumpets
2  trombones
1  bass trombone
1  tuba

timpani
xylophone
drum set
optional acoustic
   steel-string guitar
1st violins
2nd violins
violas
cellos
basses


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Greensleeves Score and Parts

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Greensleeves is a contrapuntal arrangement for four guitars or for string quartet.

Score and parts available for sale ($10). Contact me (fugueboy@earthlink.net) to order.

See a sample page from the score. Listen to a sound clip (and read a short description).

Length 1:30



 

Ishi Sings Score and Parts

Imagine the last Yahi, a man born around 1860, singing with a twenty-first century chamber orchestra. (More about Ishi)

Score and parts available for rental. Contact me (fugueboy@earthlink.net) for pricing.

See a sample page from the score. Listen to a sound clip (and read a short description).

Length 17:00
Instrumentation:

Ishi CD*
2  oboes
1  bassoon
2  horns in F

4  1st violins
3   2nd violins
3  violas
2  'cellos
1  bass

*1912-1914 digitally enhanced recordings of Ishi singing.

This piece will also work quite will with a typical medium-sized orchestra. Excepting the obvious solo passages, the winds and horns may be doubled at the conductor's discretion to balance with a larger complement of strings.


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Ode to Joy Blues Score and Parts

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Sax Quartet in E-Flat
String Quartet/String Orchestra in D.

Contact Southern Music:
www.southernmusic.com
Phone 800-284-5443
Fax 210-223-4537
info@southernmusic.com.

See a sample page from the score. Listen to a sound clip (and read a short description).

Length 5:30