Recordings

Sustainable Jazz has given birth to a recording, and it's a sweetheart. Each tune has its own special feel, from ballad to bounce, tango to swing. These are the original tunes Phil and I have been performing at parties and concerts, recorded in a studio with a gorgeous piano sound. Cover photos are of my own taking, with bubbles trapped in ice on the cover, and the liquid mysteries of a vernal pool on the inside.

The tunes are available on iTunes and Amazon for download, and can also be listened to on this youtube playlist. Here are the descriptions as they appear inside the CD:




In the Company of Friends

What we feel for our audience.

Crying It Out (At the Bawl)
Memories of midwestern dance halls from a distant era.

Princetonian Thoroughfare
Street life, with a touch of Bud Powell's Parisian Thoroughfare

Lejos de Aqui (Far From Here)
Long distance love--some know it well.

Ruum To Rumba
Life is better if there's ruum to rumba.

Cheery in Theory
A musical account of a pretty flower that starts taking over the garden.

Where Did You Go?
Anyone who has lost someone dear without warning will know this feeling.

Until I Find the Words
A tango. "Until I find the words, I'll play this melody, this simple melody, to tell you of my love."

Funky River
This river gets funky in a good way.

Fed Up
An unusual, driving groove that waited decades for its melody to come along.


OTHER RECORDINGS

Some past recordings of Steve's composings from Ann Arbor, Michigan days can be found online at these two links:

Scroll down to these 1986 recordings by the 9-piece Ann Arbor-based Lunar Glee Club of

Caged Bird Swings
Sock Shadow Soup
Lefty Gets the Go

Scroll down to these 1994 recordings by the Lunar Octet.

Toote Suite
All In a Day's Dream
Yes!Yes!Yes!
Flugel Tune
Bird of Paradox