Saturday, December 31, 2011

"jenny" ©chrnie guettel 2011



"jenny" is a part of a longer piece for
Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

CDs of longer compositions are available
through the composer at
charnie_wish@yahoo.ca



Friday, December 30, 2011

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Complexities of the willing ego

The soundtrack for this is taken from a piece
that The Modern Jazz Twelve is developing.
Here is the piano version.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

"Defaire" (to undo)

From a concert performance in the spring of 2011.

charted for the 2012 band "The Charnie Guetttel Modern Jazz Twelve"

under the title

Monday, December 26, 2011

January 12 8:00 "Zelda's" 692 Yonge Street "Modern Jazz Twelve"

Including some of this in the set for the performance at Zelda's:
Jan 12 8:00 692 Yonge St. Toronto.

Making a chart for the band.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Tune for January 12 at "Zelda's"

Am calling the band appearances this year "Episodes".

Our first is January 12 8:00 at "Zelda's" 692 Yonge Street in Toronto.

Today I am charting "Tillie Stern" for the band.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

piano version of a tune now charted for "The Modern Jazz Twelve"

"Tune for Art Pepper"
became one of the pieces charted for
The Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz Twelve

Thursday, December 22, 2011

piece from the CD "Fragile, Precarious, Different"

The recent piano CD of compositions to be charted for
The Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz Twelve"
includes this piece.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

charnie guettel modern jazz twelve

Kevin Cato, Ted Peters, and Charnie Guettel of "The Charnie Guettel Twelve" play
a soundtrack of Guettel compositions for an art video.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Complexities of the willing ego

The jazz score that goes with this video is called "Complexities of the Willing Ego"
and is one of the charts for "The Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz Twelve"

Saturday, December 17, 2011

from the first few sessions of "The Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz Twelve"

The soundtrack for this video was made from the first few sessions
of "The Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz Twelve". The band began in Sept.



Wednesday, December 14, 2011

arranging for horns

Working on the second CD of the Modern Jazz Twelve.
Follow charnieguettel.com to keep abreast of the
composer's unit.
The next CD will include arrangements of
"Rahel Varnhagen" and
"Toronto Thoughts".

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

charnie guettel modern jazz twelve

New website for the mostly horn ensemble: charnieguettel.com


A composer's ensemble to perform and record
the longer compositions.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Modern Jazz Twelve soundtrack

Members of the "Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz Twelve"
play a soundtrack for a video of a collection of paintings.

Monday, December 5, 2011

The Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz Twelve

Soundtrack features members of The Charnie Guettel Modern Jazz Twelve
playing compositions of Charnie Guettel.


Sunday, December 4, 2011

Friday, December 2, 2011

"Musings" (for Wardell Gray)

Wardell Gray was a tenor player working 1940-1955 who had a remrkable style and feel.
This piece is in his memory.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

A ballet theme for the jazz opera

This theme is in the last act of "Ophélie" the opera in progress.
It is for a dance number. Typing the last draft of the script this season.