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by Fred Tompkins

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Welcome to my new initiative, Ongoing Additions, a continuously evolving collection of recently composed and recorded works available here for free listening and downloading. I am also including some early pieces which are not available on any of my CDs

My general plan is to keep the list fairly free and open ended, adding new pieces from time to time and possibly dropping a few. So enjoy, and be sure to give me your feedback whenever you have ideas and opinions about the music! You may also listen to a variety of pieces directly from the home page of my website: www.tompkinsjazz.com, then comment, if you’d like, using the email contact link on the site.

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As the title implies, this composition focuses on chord colors, even as melodic material weaves its way in and out of the textures.

Though the score is fully notated (drums do improvise) , I love the way these four musicians play my music so smoothly and effortlessly!

Great job of recording, too, by Paul Wiehagen at Shock City Studios here in St. Louis.

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released July 12, 2023
Dana Hotle - clarinet
Paul DeMarinis - soprano saxophone
Johanna Ballou - piano
Kyle Honeycutt - drums

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Fred Tompkins St Louis, Missouri

Fred Tompkins completed his early studies of music in St. Louis but lived in NYC from '72-'90 where he wrote and recorded compositions for a wide variety of small ensembles to include Elvin Jones, David Liebman, Richard Davis and many other great musicians.

Interested in forging his own style of jazz/classical synthesis, he also wrote vocal works to poetry by Keats, Dickinson & Michael Castro. ... more