COMPOSER/ARRANGER
Alan's love for contemporary jazz band music began in high school, developed in college, and blossomed as a young man playing gigs as a bass trombonist with various groups in New York City. He has always adored the innovative arrangements of Thad Jones and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, among many others. Since the 1990s, Alan has composed and arranged numerous jazz band scores suitable for both college and professional groups.
Parkway South - 60s pop
You Are What You Is - jazz funk
Stick Around - swing jazz
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Full Count - jazz funk
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Soon Next Year - up-tempo latin
Syracuse - jazz ballad
All I Ask of You - pop ballad
Groundwire - jazz shuffle
Strollin' On the Boardwalk - swing jazz with vocal
Jive at Three-Oh-Five - jazz funk
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Love Will Lead You Back - rock ballad
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Anthropology - bebop jazz
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