This page features recordings, new and old. Cuts are in saveable mp3 format. They are under 10 MB each. Postings include concert excerpts, Berklee, Towson, and Susquehanna faculty recital excerpts, and other projects. Additional postings are added periodically.

Message in a Bottle
Message In A Bottle is a multi-meter interpretation of the Police tune. The Sting original provides core material for an extended introduction, interlude, and solo section. Much of the melody is in 7/8. The drum solo features a Bach G Major 'Cello Prelude interpretation of the original Sting guitar part, but in such extended meters as 11 and 13. This is an excerpt from the 2002 cd entitled Squashua.

Fields of Gold
This is a 5/4 redo of one of Sting's 90's pop hits. This is an excerpt from the 2002 cd entitled Squashua.

Walking on the Moon
"Giant steps are what we take..." Many guitarists up their solo vocabulary with a transcription of Tim Miller's solo here. Excerpts of it shape etudes on the Begin Improvising pages. This is an excerpt from the 2002 cd entitled Squashua.

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Andante Cantabile
John Denver brought this theme to American pop culture decades back. Squashua's cover includes multiples meters and improvised solos from Tim Miller and Vardan Ovsepian. This is an excerpt from the 2002 cd entitled Squashua.

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Vardan Ovsepian  piano

Mark Ferber         drums

Vardan Ovsepian  piano

Mark Ferber         drums

Vardan Ovsepian  piano

Mark Ferber         drums

Vardan Ovsepian  piano

Mark Ferber         drums

Vardan Ovsepian  piano

Mark Ferber         drums

Vardan Ovsepian  piano

Mark Ferber         drums

Krantzed Sketch 1st half, May05 edit

Todd Harrison  drums

Pat Shook       tenor

Kirk Kadish     synthesizer

Joshua Davis   bass

Krantzed Sketch  2nd half            Krantzed Sketch pdf

FreeMickVTJ11Mar02     Mick Goodrick, Vardan Ovsepian, Take Toriyama, and Joshua Davis, playing a Berklee College of Music faculty recital on March 11, 2002. Mick was very generous with playing and sharing his music over many years of teaching at Berklee together. He has been a life-changing teacher and inspiration to so many. We are all grateful. Vaguely Asian, a Steve Swallow piece on Noisy Old Men, is quoted here.

FreeMickpt2VTJ11Mar02   Mick Goodrick, Vardan Ovsepian, Take Toriyama, and Joshua Davis, March 11, 2002.

dawn's rising, 1999, v_t_j.mp3

This is an excerpt from the 1999 Vardan Ovsepian/Take Toriyama/Joshua Davis Trio recording Way.

blue molasses, 1999, mitch_bob_v_j