Bill Stevens

ALBUMS and PUBLISHING...

AS A LEADER:

NEW ALBUM RELEASE - lema sabachthani (2012 - NYC) - Now available from CD Baby, iTunes and Amazon.

Announcing the new publication of The New Standards, volume 6 - featuring the 15 published compositions to the album lema sabachthani (Selim Music Publishing). Information below in the publishing section.

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Full Circle (2005 - NYC) - Bill Stevens Quintet

Midnight Sun (2004 - NYC) - Bill Stevens Quintet

Dedication (2003 - NYC) - Bill Stevens

Flip of the Coin (1988 - Seattle, WA) - Bill Stevens

Coast to Coast (1987 - Seattle, WA) - Bill Stevens

Suite for Jazz Quintet (1986 - Seattle, WA) - Bill Stevens

San Remo (1983 - Syracuse, NY) - Bill Stevens

Snapshot 1973 - 1989 (Syracuse, Miami & Seattle) - Bill Stevens

COLLABORATIONS:

Bill Stevens, Rich Russo, Gary Fogel Trio (2007 - NYC)

Standard Time (2006 - NYC)

BIG BAND ALBUMS:

The Jazz Police (1989 - Seattle, WA)

Touching the Past (1988 - Miami & Seattle) - Bill Stevens

BILL & The BELLTONES (Syracuse, NY):

Pumping Tape (1985)

Belltones Hitz (1984)

Basement Tapes (1983)

AS A SIDEMAN:

George Usher - Yours and Not Yours (2009 - NYC)

Howard Shanzer - Journey to the Interior (1988 - Seattle, WA)

Kentucky (1974 - Syracuse, NY) 

Selim Music Publishing
a subsidiary of milessmiles productions

The New Standards, Volume 1

Features 13 leadsheet compositions in concert pitch. The compositions are flexible and can be performed by any instrumentation. These charts have medium to difficult melodies and chord changes and are excellent for advanced high school and college combos. 

Compositions include:

Circles
Don't get Me Started
For You 
The Gift 
If You Know What I Mean
Line for Joe
Little Piggy
Reverse on the Way Out
Searching For a Diner Breakfast 
Sweet Tender Peas 
Untitled Ballad 
What's This 
Whose Blues 

The New Standards, Volume 2

Suite for Jazz Quintet, the companion book to the CD - Suite for Jazz Quintet performed by Brief Encounter
Made possible by a grant from the Seattle Arts Commission
This volume contains the original musical parts as performed by the musicians.

Compositions include:

Teton View
New City
Ten Lakes
Down Aptos Way
It Will Come To You in a Dream
Morro Bay

The New Standards, Volume 3

Features 14 original Jazz/Rock/Fusion compositions presented in concert score form and may be performed by any combination of instruments. The compositions contain intermediate to difficult melodies and chord changes and may be best suited for advanced high school, college or professional ensembles looking for new, challenging music to perform in a fusion of Jazz and Rock styles.

Compositions include:

Brief Encounter
Coast to Coast
DNA
Fa Loo
Flip of the Coin
Key West
Negative Fun
O-Tay
Purple Lady
Quote Me, If You'd Like
San Remo
Since I've Known You
Some Time Ago
Twilight

The New Standards, Volume 4

Contains 12 original modal compositions presented in concert score form. The compositions contain intermediate to advanced melodies and harmonic progressions. Volume 4 is best suited for advanced college combos and professional musicians.

Compositions include:

Actually
Alone
The Master
Midnight Sun
Miles to Go (a suite in four stylistic movements)
No Exit
Revelation 16
Special Subji
Sphere
Svengali
Tales of Power
That's All You Need to Know

The New Standards, Volume 5

Nine new original compositions by Bill Stevens as found on the albums Full Circle and Standard Time. The compositions contain open form structures with intermediate to advanced melodic and harmonic chord organizations. Volume 5 is best suited for advanced college and professional musicians looking to perform new and challenging music.

Compositions include:

Affirmation
The Day After
Full Circle
I Can Smile, Once in a While
Infinite
Nice Eyes
Resurrection
Take the Goat Out
This Much and No More

NEW!!! - The New Standards, volume 6

The companion book to the new 2 cd album, lema sabachthani, produced by Jay Bianchi and featuring:

A fifteen movement suite based on the series of paintings by the abstract expressionist artist, Barnett Newman entitled, "The Stations of the Cross". The use of the images for this project has been granted by the Barnett Newman Foundation. This volume contains the original scores of all 15 compositions on the album.

Each volume of the New Standards series is $25.00 includes shipping in the U.S.
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