PUBLISHED WORKS:
(2005-7) "Rome Quintets":
(sax/flute; mallets/percussion; piano; contrabass guitar; drumset)
Créencias *
Family of 4 *
El Sabio (Alfonso X) *
One Plain Look
Dignity
She is Busy with the Moon
Speak to the Children
*Premiere (3/23/06) @ Detroit Institute of the Arts, featuring Joel Frahm (saxes); Manuel Valera (piano); Anthony Jackson (contrabass guitar); Roland Vazquez (drums)
(2003) "Music for Percussion Quartet & 3 Jazz Players":
(3 marimba, 2 vibes, xylophone, congas, bongo; sax/flute; contrabass guitar; drumset)
Las Mediosas
Sevilla
No Rest for the Bones of the Dead
Tu Sabes?
Premiere (12/14/02): @ Flint Institute of Music, featuring Michael Udow, Jeff Barudin, Olman Piedra, Jonathon Ovalle (mallets & percussion); Andrew Bishop (sax/flute); Marion Hayden (bass), Roland Vazquez (drums)
(2000) "Ghost in the Mountain"
(String Quartet & Orchestra)
Premiere (3/18/00) by Carmon De Leone (Music Director) & The Illinois Philharmonic, featuring Cuarteto America (Venezuela); Center for the Performing Arts, Governor's State University, University Park, Illinois
(1992-98) misc. works for Latin Jazz Big Band:
Sevilla (1998)
Whirlpool (1998)
The Path of Change (1995)
The Visitor (1992)
Urantia (1992)
Thru A Window (1992)
Premieres by Roland Vazquez Big Band, Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra, University of Cincinnati Jazz Orchestra, & University of Michigan Jazz Orchestra -in concerts @ college/conservatories and/or US & International Festivals
(1997) "Further Dance" (RVCD7005):
(Chamber Jazz Quintet: saxes/flute; piano; contrabass guitar; Latin percussion; drums)
Further Dance (Quintet version)
Sevilla
Sylviana
Las Mediosas
Beyond This Dream
The Price
The Path of Change
No Place To Hide This Heart
Tu Sabes?
Premieres @ NYC & Boston clubs as well as US & Canadian Festival venues (Vancouver, Edmonton, Montreal, etc.) April-June, 1997; featuring Walt Weiskopf (saxes/flute); Mark Soskin (piano); Anthony Jackson (bass guitar); Ricardo Candelaria (congas & perc.); Roland Vazquez (drums/leader)
(1995) "Piano Analogies"
(8 movements for Solo Piano)
Joy & Discovery
Matins
Children Song
Bailar
Edge Piece
Distant Planets
Joy & Remembrance
Forgotten Towns
Premiere (5/8/95) @ CAMI Hall, NYC by Virginia Perry Lamb
(1992) "The Blue Field"
(Percussion & Piano Duo)
Premiere by "Lambchops" (Christopher & Virginia Perry Lamb) Spring 1992, @ Manhattan School of Music/ Borden Auditorium
(1991) "No Separate Love" (RVCD7001):
(Jazz Nonet & Quintet, Solo Piano)
Teresa
No Rest For The Bones Of The Dead
No Separate Love
The River
Turn Back The Dark
Thru A Window
In The Clear
The Day After
In The Space Between
Premieres in LA & NYC club and concert venues (1991-92); featuring soloists Walt Weiskopf (sax), Walt Fowler (trpt), Steve Tavaglione (sax), Albert Wing (sax), Mark Soskin (piano), David Witham (piano), Anthony Jackson (contrabass guitar), Luis Conte (perc), Mike O'Neill (guitar), Roland Vazquez (drums/leader).
(1991) "Further Dance"
(Percussion & Piano Duo)
Premiere by "Lambchops" (Christopher & Virginia Perry Lamb) February, 1991 @ Manhattan School of Music, Borden Auditorium
(1988) "The Tides of Time" (RVCD7002) :
(Jazz Tentet & Jazz Orchestra)
Dance For Louise
And He Wandered The Tides of Time (Jazz Orchestra)
Sixty Berkley Place
Kifaru- the last Rhinoceros
By What They Did Not See
Celestial Maiden
Piré- The Inner Flame
Premieres & performances in NYC & LA club and concert venues (1980-87); featuring soloists Mike Stern (guitar), Dick Oatts (alto/soprano sax), Daniel Wilensky (tenor sax), Brian Lynch (trumpet), Dave LaLama (piano), Luis Conte (perc), Anthony Jackson (contrabass guitar), Roland Vazquez (drums)
(1982) "Feel Your Dream" (RVCD7004):
(for Fusion Jazz Octet & Tentet)
G'Anna
The Spare
Feel Your Dream
Somewhat Others
Let Their Voices Be As Music
Only What Ya' Feel
Together We Dream
Performance premieres @ Southern California club and concert venues (1979-81); featuring soloists Dan Higgins (alto sax), Larry Williams (keyboard), Ronnie Foster (piano), Steve Tavaglione (soprano sax), Stu Goldberg (synthesizer), Bennie Maupin (tenor sax), Ralf Rickert (trumpet), Gary Herbig (tenor sax), Barry Coates (guitar), Alex Acuna (perc), Roland Vazquez (drums/leader)
(1979) "Urban Ensemble: The Music of Roland Vazquez": (GRP5002)
(for Latin Fusion Octet)
Some Friends
Soul Force (Mohandas Gandhi)
Long Gone Bird
Stephanie
Return To Congolia
Music For A Flowered Pig
The Visitor
Premieres and concert performances @ Southern California's club and college concert circuit- also PBR "concert" broadcast-(1976-81);featuring soloists Jim Coile (tenor sax), Clare Fischer (Rhodes piano & organ), Larry Williams (synth & piano), Ralf Rickert (fluglehorn), Ken Wild (electric bass), John Darst (guitar), Roland Vazquez (drums/leader)
(1977) Other Music for Urban Ensemble
(see "Best of the LA Jazz Ensemble" RVCD7003):
(Latin Fusion Octet & Tentet)
Urantia
Atena
Eternal Triangle
And What Do You Like To Be Called?
Dark Dreamer
The Force That Flows
In The Life Before
She Might Be Spring
Elegy For Stella Marie
Abruja
Premieres and performances around Southern California's club and college concert enues (1975-81); featuring soloists Abe Laboriel (bass), Manolo Badrena (percussion), Clare Fischer (Rhodes piano), Bennie Maupin (soprano sax), Jim Coile (tenor sax), Patrice Rushen (piano), Ralf Rickert (fluglehorn & trpt)- among many others
Above listed titles published by Roland Music (ASCAP) as of the date referenced.