Lighter Fare by Vanessa McClintock

Music of a somewhat "artzy" and somewhat "pop" and "jazzy" nature
Maybe a little bit of both?

Small Settings

Ensembles

  • Sun, Rise
    – for full (stage) jazz band

  • Summer Nights 
    – for small jazz ensemble
    – with fondness for Chick Corea

  • Batch of Sax
    – for saxophone quintet
    and jazz rhythm section

  • Street Smartzy
    -– for alto saxophone and
    jazz rhythm ensemble
    inspired by Boyd Phelps

Vocal 

  • Farewell
    (...it's been so long)
    – More of an art-song, but with a quiet,
    plaintive jazzy flavor

  • One in a Million
    – Plaintive love-sick, love forlorn
    – More of an art-song, but with a pop flavor

  • Overture for a Runner
    – Very pop-like, fast moving

  • Hawaiian Love
    – Male and female soloists, with piano.
    – Aloha has many meanings.
    – A love song.

  • Visions
    – Pop-like in nature.
    – Upbeat, with women's chorus.

  • I Wanna Climb that Mountain
    – Of a slave crossing into freedom
    – Later used in PORTRAITS

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Date/time: 2023_1019 / 1:28am

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