I've assembled some recordings here for you to get to know me, musically-speaking. I've tried to showcase a variety of examples, and even included a few almost embarrassingly-old recordings! -Ryan
2023 Duo Project-Last fall I had an outstanding pianist/friend named Nicholas Olynciw over for a little duo jam in my living room. I recorded the outs of his Nord plus one vocal mic. Here are a few of the cuts:
Jazz Arranging-This section is reserved for examples of my solo arranging exploits vs. "vocal jazz" arrangements... All three of the following arrangements are rather different than their original counterparts, none more than "Clouds," originally a classical vocal piece by Ned Rorem:
Vocal Arranging-Planning to flesh this out soon, likely with its own page with purchasing links, but here's the vocal tune I arranged for the Four Freshmen off of our most recent album that we recorded with Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall, and Kyle Poole:
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The Four Freshmen-Formed in 1948, The Four Freshmen are a historic 4-part male vocal group that sings classic American songbook repertoire with jazz harmony in their own iconic style. I love singing in this group. For more info, visit: www.fourfreshmen.com.
This is one of my regular "solo tunes" with the Freshmen: Last April the Four Freshmen went to NYC and did a Live at Emmet's Place livestream with Emmet Cohen and his slammin' band. The video below is of the entire performance, and though I tried to set up to lead off with another one of my solo tunes, for some devices/browsers that doesn't always work. 43:23 is I Will Wait For You kicks off. Songwriting-More recent examples are on their way, but this first tune is a song I wrote during my last year of grad school. From its super basic lyrics to everything about the music--from the chords to the horn parts--this is my song:
Classical Voice-I THINK this recording is from a faculty recital in Iowa years ago. I don't sing much classical repertoire these days, but singing the high part in The Four Freshmen definitely keeps my technique-game on point! Regardless of style I think classical technique is crucial!
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