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R.B. & Friends

R.B. & Friends

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1.1 / Rtm.

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"Conviction" is the first track of "R.B. & Friends," a large-scale, multi-ensemble collection of student jazz compositions/arrangements in an informal but high-level collaboration between a NY-based jazz composer and his peers at Manhattan School of Music. All music written and self-recorded within three days.

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Conviction

for alto & tenor sax & rhythm section

MSM Philharmonia Orchestra

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Mar 2019

6min 28sec

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"Song For You (Some Other Tune)" is the first track of "R.B. & Friends," a large-scale, multi-ensemble collection of student jazz compositions/arrangements in an informal but high-level collaboration between a NY-based jazz composer and his peers at Manhattan School of Music. All music written and self-recorded within three days.

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Song For You (Some Other Tune)

lead sheet (for piano trio / rhythm section)

MSM Philharmonia Orchestra

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Mar 2019

4min 50sec

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1.1 / Rtm.

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"H.N.J." is the third track of "R.B. & Friends," a large-scale, multi-ensemble collection of student jazz compositions/arrangements in an informal but high-level collaboration between a NY-based jazz composer and his peers at Manhattan School of Music. All music written and self-recorded within three days.

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H.N.J.

lead sheet (for alto & tenor sax & rhythm section)

MSM Philharmonia Orchestra

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Mar 2019

6min 45sec

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"How Great Thou Art" (Boberg, Arr. RB) is the fourth track of "R.B. & Friends," a large-scale, multi-ensemble collection of student jazz compositions/arrangements in an informal but high-level collaboration between a NY-based jazz composer and his peers at Manhattan School of Music. All music written and self-recorded within three days.

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How Great Thou Art (Carl Gustav Boberg, Arr. R. Buonaspina)

lead sheet (for piano trio / rhythm section)

MSM Philharmonia Orchestra

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Mar 2019

4min 52sec

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vox. / 2(I=sop) / rtm. (opt. MIDI str. dbl pno)

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"My Favorite Things" (Rogers & Hammerstein, Arr. RB) is the fifth track of "R.B. & Friends," a large-scale, multi-ensemble collection of student jazz compositions/arrangements in an informal but high-level collaboration between a NY-based jazz composer and his peers at Manhattan School of Music. All music written and self-recorded within three days.

This is the first version of my arrangement of My Favorite Things that saw the light of day; it has since been expanded in duration and orchestration to several versions, notably "My Favorite Things" (Third Edition) for Big Band.

This version, in addition to the notated instruments, contains expanded virtual instruments that I added in a sequencer, namely MIDI strings and overdubbed horns — all derived out of the piano part.

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My Favorite Things (Rogers & Hammerstein, Arr. R. Buonaspina)

for voice, soprano sax, alto sax, & rhythm section

MSM Philharmonia Orchestra

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Mar 2019

12min

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vox. / 1(I=sop) / pno.

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"Blue Hour" is the sixth and final track of "R.B. & Friends," a large-scale, multi-ensemble collection of student jazz compositions/arrangements in an informal but high-level collaboration between a NY-based jazz composer and his peers at Manhattan School of Music. All music written and self-recorded within three days.

This melody came to me when I knew I wanted to capture, in some way, the serene moment of July sunsets in New York.

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Blue Hour

lead sheet (for vox/soprano sax & piano)

MSM Philharmonia Orchestra

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Mar 2019

8min

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