Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions. The publisher's website shares the following notes about "A Simple Caprise: Variants on a Theme of…
Black composer Billy Strayhorn composed "Suite for the Duo" in 1966. As described on a website dedicated to the composer's life and work, "Originally a distinctive representation of jazz with the French horn, piano and string bass, Billy Strayhorn…
Black composer Dororthy Rudd Moore's "Dream and Variations" for solo piano was composed in September 1974. As written in an article by Anastasia Pavlenko:"Dream and Variations is a substantial work for solo piano written by D. Moore in September…
Black composer Dororthy Rudd Moore's "Night Fantasy" for clarinet and piano was described on Musicweb International as:"Night Fantasy for clarinet and piano is a wonderfully evocative work conjuring up the spirit world. The clarinet first weaves a…
Black composer Freddie Bryant's "Fantasia on a Theme by Charlie Haden": 'For Turiya' was originally recorded in 1996. As indicated in linernotes on the composer's website, "It is a through-composed piece using the theme from Charlie Haden’s beautiful…
Black composer Frederick C. Tillis's "Spiritual Fantasy No. 4" for piano was composed in 1981 on commission from Vivian Taylor. Taylor premiered the work in Boston Massachusetts. The description for the work from the American Composers Alliance…
Black composer Gary Nash composed "Deformation V" for bassoon and piano. As described on the composer's website: "Deformation V, a six minute, single movement composition for bassoon and piano, completed February 6, 1993 was composed for Barrick…
