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I have just added 6 new songs for you to hear. I just got them from the studio in a format I could share here. (1) Like Children - was considered for use as the theme for the Atlanta Summer Olympics; but, alas, it came in second in the selection process. The Olympic theme that year was highlighting "the child in all of us." I wrote this song for my two daughters who were very young at this time, from watching them everyday play and enteract with others. It was recorded… Continue

I added some new tunes to the top of my play list. I had some cassette tapes transfered to mp-3 thanks to Shane Porter, but admit the tapes haven't aged well and sound like they are as old as they are. So I apologize. I wanted to put up some sampling of big band writing that had been published. I used to be a staff writer for Kendor Music, Inc., which used to be one of the major educational big band publishers in the country. I assume they still are but don't know any more. I was the writer o

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#1 Love I Can See is a cut from the legendary rock and roll hall of fame group the Temptations's 59th CD entitled Awesome. It starts with the original recording done by the Temptations in 1963,before they even had their first hit. They rerecorded this version for the Awesome CD and I wrote the horn arrangement for this recording and played trumpet on the recording as well, with my friends the Tuscaloosa Horns.

#2 Long Time No See is an R&B singel from a yet to be

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