David Nathaniel Baker Jr. (December 21, 1931 – March 26, 2016) was an American jazz composer, conductor, and musician from Indianapolis, as well as a professor of jazz studies at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Baker is best known as…
Black composer Brian Raphael Nabors wrote this "Theme and Variations for Alto Flute" in 2018. As written on sheetmusicplus.com, "Written for the wonderful flutist, Lizzy Darling, the Theme and Variations for alto flute explores all the interesting…
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 on Theme and Variations "Draw the Sacred Circle":…
Venezuelan composer Diana Arismendi composed "They Claim" for solo double bass. Dedicated to Edicson Ruiz, They Claim is a one movement work, a challenging piece with political undertones.
Black composer Joyce Solomon Moorman's "Three Pieces for Flute" was written in 1980.The score and recordings are available in the sources. See her Soundcloud profile for more music: https://soundcloud.com/jsm-13.
Black composer Zenobia Powell Perry wrote her "Three Pieces for Horn and Piano" between 1973 and 1983.According to the composer's biographer Dr. Jeannie Gayle Pool: "It seems that Zenobia Perry wrote these pieces for performance by Central State…
Black composer Jeffrey Mumford's "Three Short Duos for Violin and Harp" was commissioned by a consortium consisting of Pamela Johnson, Philip Berlin, Otho Eskin. Eve Sandberg and Mika Hornyak. It was premiered by violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins and…
Black composer William Grant Still (known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers") wrote the "Three Visions" suite in 1935 for solo piano. As written in the Wikipedia article on this work, the composer's daughter Judith Anne Still indicated that…
