Compositions, Transcriptions, and Audio Clips
Original Music
Refraction
A Civilized People
(Both pieces copyrighted to Ben Roberts)
Standards
with Lara Garner, piano
Meditation from Thais , opening
El Choclo
Spring Melody, by Vivaldi
All I Ask of You
with Lara Garner, harp
Jasmine Flower
Dodi Li
with James Armstrong, piano
Beatrice
with Chris Craig, Guitar
and Betsy Stern, Bass
Black Orpheus
Fiddle Tunes
Little Rabbit - Bluegrass
Collier's Reel - Irish
a bit of... Devil Went Down to Georgia
(with Greg Jones, guitar)
Bog Savages: Album Clips
Lament at Dawn - Original, fiddle
London's Derry - solo section, Cajun Feel (:15)
Ride On - solo section, Rock Feel(1:30)
Music for Short Films
Last Fall
A trio for piano, violin and clarinet.
Written to accompany a short film by Eric Yang.
Cemetery Stroll depicts a brief dream about a cemetery at night.
Sunday Sundae is a fun tune writen for the film
Sundae Special, by Anay Tarnekar.
Walking (Introspection) was inspired by walks along the San Francisco Bay at night.
Walking:Introspection , Part I
A piece along similar lines is
Nocturne for I-880 ,
which was inspired by a park in Oakland, California that is next to the I-880 freeway.
This is a piece for keyboard organ, flute,
violin, and clarinet.
Transcriptions of Two Miles Davis Solos (pdf files)
Transcription of Miles Davis Solo - "Flamenco Sketches"
Transcription of Miles Davis Solo - "Blue In Green"