Compositions by Joshua Davis

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Pieces are available at no cost. It's not that we believe this music has no value, but rather we'd rather have the ASCAP royalty system take care of it.  We simply ask that help us acquire ASCAP payments (this costs you nothing) by informing joshuadavis.org with an email listing the date and personnel (or conductor if a large ensemble) of the performance, and, if a written program is available, that you mail a copy to: Dr. Joshua Davis · Music Department · Susquehanna University · 514 University Avenue · Selinsgrove, PA 17870

Alibi is a lyric pop-like tune, save the sharp five major seven harmonies throughout.

Ara’s Waltse is a waltz with several bars of 4/4.

B Material is a high-velocity angular interval melody.

Hopkinsu is a tonal waltz in lead-sheet format.

XYZ, for violin, violoncello, double bass, marimba, and percussion, was composed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the University of Maryland at College Park.

Thicker Thinner is a 5/4 funk piece with a moderately angular intervallic/rhythmic melody. Listen to a basic GarageBand realization of melody and harmony.

U is a 5/8 and ¾ piece based on Venezuelan Merengue.

Pedals is an eleven minute piece for wind symphony, drumset, and improviser(s).

Try Me is a straight-8th note 4/4 slash chord piece composed for the TU Big Band and Jim Snidero.

Years features triadic slash chord harmony in 7/8 groove based on Venezuelan Merengue.

A is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

Towson.pdq features a grunge ostinato bassline and a punk funk chromatic melody.

McPotsticker is a 5/4 reharmonization of Softly with an entirely unrelated melody.

Balkan Glance is a melody composed over rearranged harmonies of Dolphin Dance.

Another Skinny is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

Balloud is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

16th Thing is a bass and piano l.h. feature accompanied exclusively by root/Ma2/P5/Ma7 sustained voicing.

Almost Tea was written for double bass and guitar playing harmonics, percussion providing groove at the player’s discretion, and horns/piano doubling a single melodic part.

Bag Groove is a 3-horn chart with notated drum hits and free accompaniment by bass and piano.

Sweet Pay is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

Webbed Feat is an intermediate level student piece for double bass solo.

China Dolls was written in tribute to the exceptional reading ability of the Towson

University Jazz Faculty horn section. It is a highly challenging predominately sixteenth note based line in 4/4 with numerous groupings of 5s and 7s.

Despite Amnesia was written for Jim McFalls as a solo feature on a faculty recital in Fall 2003.

If They Asked features bass and tenor saxophone while guitar and trombone are relegated to the boom-chick foundation, -but in 7/4.

Lefty was originally called Concerto for Double Bass and Piano Left Hand. It uses the 3 horns as accompaniment only. Bass and piano are featured throughout.

Microstew is a 2-horn chart with Kenny Wolleson influenced groove.

Mickelodeous is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

Miller Me Softly is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

Sco Ho Ho is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

Minute is a single-line Ornette style tune with free but pulsed rhythm section accompaniment.

Missing is a 3-horn chart in 4/4 time with triadic Classical and Romantic Era harmony.

Reason is a 2-horn chart in 7/8 time with Romantic Era harmony.

Whack is in multiple time signatures but interpreted as a ballad throughout.

Quaalude for a Kiss was written for the Towson University Big Band.

Bellow and Chase is a 4/4 7-note grouping perpetual motion tune played spiccato by ‘cello and bass.

Annapinana is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

Chance Beating is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

Yahoo is a 7/8 perpetual motion spiccatto feature for string quartet and double bass solo.

Bulgogi is for marimba and double bass.

Bibimbap is for marimba and double bass.

Thin Plan Sally is a 7/4 samba.

Krantzed is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

Quaalude for a Kiss is a 4/4 samba with 5/8 groupings.

Thinner Dirge is a 5/4 straight-eighth tune based on the final 8 harmonies of Inner

Urge.

Hollandaze is a small jazz ensemble piece in lead-sheet format.

Gone is a 7/8 ballad.

You Must Believe In Xin is a 7/8 bass line written over “Spring” changes.

Schoo is a triadic slash chord piece with numerous pedal points.

In Nomine Madre is a contemporary classical piece for double bass and soprano.

Bella draft 1 (no melody)

Bella draft 2 (with partial, unedited melody)