Johannes Aengenvoort

Nyman's 2011 The Prologue to 'Dido and Aeneas' is a prologue to Henry Purcell's opera on a libretto by Nahum Tate. The libretto is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recounts the love of Dido, Qu...

Arranger/composer Bob Mintzer adds brand new life to this dynamic jazz swing tune, as recorded on his recent Grammy winning CD Homage to Count Basie. The bossa nova treatment serves as a perfect blend...

Arranger/composer Bob Mintzer adds brand new life to this dynamic jazz swing tune, as recorded on his recent Grammy winning CD Homage to Count Basie. The bossa nova treatment serves as a perfect blend...

Commissioned by the U.S.Air Force Airmen Of Note,this contemporary sambawith a breezy groove features lots of tutti writing and a solo section for tenor sax that can be expanded at the director's disc...

A straight ahead up-tempo swinger by well known saxophonist and band leader Bob Mintzer. A perfect swing tune to get the show started and the audience in the groove.

This spirited chart, originally recorded in a small group setting on the CD I Remember Jaco (BMG-Novus), is playable at a variety of brighter tempos but should ultimately be performed fast. A solid rh...

As recorded by the Bob Mintzer Big Band on the Incredible Journey CD, this tune features the drummer in a series of short cameo fills that eventually culminate in an unaccompanied, expandable solo jus...

These four ostinatos, composed by Michael Nyman (entitled Bird List Song, Drawing II: days 4 and 5, Mouth to Mouth and Melody Lists) amount to over 20 minutes of music.

For Solo Bass Clarinet Eos commissioned Nyman to write a score for the 10-minute silent film Manhatta, a Jazz Age piece lacing together images of inter-way Manhattan with the (projected) words of Walt...

This piece was commissioned in 1991 by Graham Ashton for his album 'The Contemporary Trumpet'. Quoting Graham Ashton: Michael Nyman wrote Flugel and Piano for me during a period when I felt his approa...

Written for saxophone quartet, this work was first performed by Saxofourte in 2004.

Written for saxophone quartet, this work was first performed by Saxofourte in 2004.

Arranged for saxophone quartet.

Arranged for saxophone quartet.

Written for three soprano saxophones and a tenor saxophone.

Written for three soprano saxophones and a tenor saxophone.

Written for saxophone quartet.

Written for two amplified violins.

For violin, cello and piano 'The title 'Time Will Pronounce'is taken from the last lines of Joseph Brodsky's poem 'Bosnia Tune' which deals with the horror of the unnecessary, unacceptable daily death...

This work was written in June 2002 for the Ahn Trio at their request. It is derived from some harmonies of 'Come Unto These Yellow Sands' from 'Ariel Songs (Prospero's Books)'.