Pop/Rock/Beyond

Part of the jazz tradition has been its relationship with popular music of its era.  Vocal jazz school programs very often feature pop repertoire as a supplement to their set for good practical and educational reasons.  Many of the most interesting and exciting commissions I've had the fortune to write over the last ten years have been arrangements of pop tunes, and I always try to push the envelope as much as possible, bringing in lots of jazz harmonic and rhythmic flavors, sometimes totally recreating the song.  With that in mind, give these pop tunes a chance, even if your ears lean toward the traditional sounds.  I'm also including the few traditional, religious or folk tunes in this category, for convenience of browsing. On this section, I'm including the artist or artists that were the source of inspiration for the arrangements (may not be the original artist or composer in each case).

Hide and Seek - (IV) (Imogen Heap)

Selfless, Cold and Composed - (V) (Ben Folds)

Thriller - (IV) (Michael Jackson)

Uninvited - (IV) (Alanis Morisette)

Virtual Insanity - (III) (Jamiroquai)

Headlock - (IV) (Imogen Heap)

Angel - (IV) (Sarah McLachlan)

Carol of the Bells - (III) (Bird and the Bee)

My Better Half - (IV)

Compared to What - (IV) (Al Jarreau/Les McCann)

Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing - (II) (Stevie Wonder)

Because (II)

Fragile - (IV) (Sting)

His Eye is On the Sparrow - (IV) (Traditional)

Home - (III) (Zero 7)

How to Disappear Completely - (III) (Radiohead)

I Want You Back - (IV) (Jackson 5)

In Your Eyes - (V) (Peter Gabriel/Dianne Reeves)

It's You - (II) (Kitty Margolis)

Just For Now - (III) (Imogen Heap)

Love Dance - (III) (Dianne Schuur)

love is more thicker than forget - (IV) (Jonatha Brooke)

Ngiculela-Es Una Historia-I Am Singing - (II)

Mind Trick - (III) (Jamie Cullum)

More Than Words - (IV) (Extreme)

Ordinary World - (III) (Duran Duran/Dianne Schuur)

Please Come Back (To Stay) - (III) (Tower of Power)

Sakura - (II) (Traditional Japanese)

Scarborough Fair - (IV) (Folk Song/Simon and Garfunkel)

Silent Night - (V)

Slow Me Down - (III) (Emmy Rossum)

Someday My Prince Will Come (SSAA) - (III) (Snow White)

Star Spangled Banner - (III)

Thinkin' About Your Body - (III) (Bobby McFerrin)

Brand New Day - (III)

Three Blind Mice - (IV)

Walk With Me, Lord - (IV) (Liz Wright)

West Point - (III) (Jonatha Brooke)

Where I Belong - (III) (Kurt Elling)

Ain't Too Proud to Beg - (IV) (Temptations)

Sun Goddess - (II)

Bohemian Rhapsody - (IV) (Queen)

Always - (III)

Copacabana - (III)