Compositions

Jumbo Pack, for jazz band, 1958

Pumbo Jack, for jazz band, 1959

Greetings Dawn, for jazz band, 1959

Reflections, for jazz band, 1959

Brass Trio, 1960

Higgins, for brass band, 1960

Cloudy, for jazz band, 1960

Theme and Variations, for trombone and piano, 1960

Piece for Mixed Choir, 1960

Suite for Three, for trombone, tenor saxophone and double bass, 1961

Piece for Violin and Piano, 1961

Orchestra Piece, 1961 (Master of Music thesis)

The Happy Way, for jazz band, 1961

Moonbag, for jazz band, 1962

Volume XII, for jazz band, 1962

Bass Solo, for jazz octet, 1962

Perspectives, for jazz octet, 1962

Structure for Improvisation, for jazz octet, 1962

Elegy for Winds, for wind ensemble, 1962

Five Pieces for String Quartet, 1962

My Child,  for jazz octet, 1962

JS,  for jazz band, 1963

LKP, for jazz band, 1963

Tape Piece, 1965 (University of Illinois, Experimental Music Studios)

Three Movements for Piano, 1966

Sirhmrej, for jazz band, 1966

Music for Voices and Instruments, 1966

Music for Jazz Ensemble, 1967

Old Man, for mixed choir, brass and percussion, 1967

Three Songs, for mezzo-soprano and two violins, 1968

Loneliness, for mixed choir, trombone, tuba, violin and harp, 1969

Bird Merchant, for jazz band, 1969

Music for Protestant Religious Service, for choir and jazz sextet, 1970

Music for Brass and Percussion, 1971

Darkness II, for brass quintet and percussion, 1971

Faces, 1972

Zelanski Medley, for mixed choir, winds, percussion and cello, 1972

Alone, for solo trumpet, 1972

Inacabado, for solo trombone, 1973

Midnight Realities, for solo tuba, 1973

Old Faces, for cello and mezzo-soprano, 1973

Brass Quintet No. 2, 1974

Light and Shadow, for orchestra and jazz band and soloist, 1974

Transition, for tuba solo, winds, percussion, violin and double bass, 1975-76

Introduction and Blues, for tuba and piano, 1976

Windows, for brass quintet, 1977

Lament for Olton, for jazz band, 1980

Warm Up, for jazz quintet, 1981

Album, for two dancers, trumpet and trombone, 1981

Myth, for trumpet, trombone, guitar, double bass and conductor, 1981

Fine Tuning, for clarinet, trumpet and percussion, 1981

Duet II, for solo clarinet, trumpet, two trombones, flute and percussion, 1981-82

Improvisation One, for trumpet and trombone, 1982

Dickle Seven, for trumpet, trombone and two dancers, 1983

Duet III, for flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, soprano, and prepared piano, 1984

Duet IV, for trumpet, trombone and two female dancers, 1984

Duet V, for flute, clarinet, trumpet and two trombones, 1984

Improvisation II, for trumpet, trombone and two female dancers, 1984

Dreams, for violin, trumpet, trombone, guitar, double bass and percussion, 1985

Ray's in the Window: GAMAN, for solo trumpet and chamber ensemble, 1985

Suite Changes for Bb trumpet and piano, 1985

Steppin' on the Gas, for instrumental quintet, 1987

THO, for instrumental sextet, 1989

All GONE, for jazz ensemble, 1991

Beatitudes foRay, for solo trumpet, 1991

Red White and Black Blues, for chamber orchestra, 1992

FFFF, for instrumental sextet, 1993

Outlaws, for instrumental sextet, 1994-95

Orphans, duet for microtonal flutes and percussion, 1994-95

Free Solo, big band style, for jazz band, 1995-96

dafunkaMonkus, instrumental sextet, 1997

Sticky Jive, instrumental octet, 1998

Car Talk, Orphans on the Road, female voice and instrumental sextet, 1999

Sonny's Songs, solo violin, 1999

The Waterclown, soprano and chamber orchestra, 2000

The Common Root of All Organisms, soprano/speaker and instrumental octet, 2001

Inacabado, revisited, 2002

Destiny and Desire, for alto saxophone and trumpet, 2003

La Prairie, for instrumental septet and soprano, 2004-2005

Maborosi, for trumpet/flugelhorn, percussion and six trumpets, 2008