Since being home, I have had a good amount of free time. I’ve been practicing a good bit, working some and subbed in a gig and a rehearsal for the Nova Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. I have some Finale projects that had been put on hold that I probably should now be getting to. There’s no excuse now! Here is a video of “Architect Flagmen” that I combined with the good audio on my music page.

John Guari Graduate Recital. April 23, 2009. Kenton Hall, UNT College of Music. 8:00PM

All tunes written or arranged by John Guari

No Hesitation, quintet. Solos: John Guari (trumpet), Sylvester Onyejiaka (tenor)

Lilacs and Landmines, nonet. Solos: Adam Hutcheson (alto), Sylvester Onyejiaka (tenor)

Blue Lobster, jazz trombone ensemble. Solo: Nick Wlodarczyk

Someone To Watch Over Me (Gershwin/Gershwin arr. John Guari), a capella vocal. Solo: Melissa McMillan

Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Dylan arr. John Guari), big band. Solos: Tatiana Mayfield (Vocals), Thomas Eby (Trumpet)

Rifts, big band. Solos: Evan Weiss (trumpet) and Kelyn Crapp (Guitar)

November, big band. Solo: Brian Girley (alto)

Architect Flagmen, big band. Solos: Sylvester Onyejiaka (tenor), Kelyn Crapp (guitar)

This is now linked on the music page as well

I have the uncompressed .aiff files of my graduate recital. As soon as I convert them to a smaller size (mp3), I’ll post them to this site. It was a great night and there was music made that I’m really proud of. Videos on youtube will also be put up, once I do all the technical stuff.

I’m in New York right now for a week. Hanging out and seeing shows. I saw the Le Boeuf Brothers at the Jazz Gallery last night.

Here’s a live video of Tatiana Mayfield and The Two O’Clock Lab Band playing my arrangement of “Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right.” It’ll be performed on my Grad Recital, which is this Thursday at 8:00PM in Kenton Hall on the UNT Campus. Quality recordings of that night will be available here when I receive and upload them.