Compositions, Transcriptions, and Audio Clips

Original Music

Refraction

A Civilized People

(Both pieces copyrighted to Ben Roberts)

Standards

Meditation from Thais, opening
El Choclo
with Lara Garner, piano

Beatrice
with James Armstrong, piano

Black Orpheus
with Chris Craig, Guitar
and Betsy Stern, Bass

Fiddle Tunes

Little Rabbit - Bluegrass

Collier's Reel - Irish

a bit of... Devil Went Down to Georgia

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"

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