Bill Dobbins

Many different possibilities for harmonizing the same melody are illustrated and analysed, using techniques by such influential arrangers and composers as Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Oliver Nelso...

These piano preludes have developed from my longtime love of the music from both the classical and jazz traditions. I have intentionally adopted a format which may or may not include improvisation. Th...

Clare Fischer originally recorded Strayhorn in 1962 with his trio on Surging Ahead. We have asked Bill Dobbins to arrange it as a piano feature. He completely wrote out the solo piano part so that it...

This CD is the result of Bill Dobbins' lifelong love of music from both the classical and jazz traditions. Hear him perform his six original compositions as well as four jazz standards by Duke Ellingt...

This CD is the result of Bill Dobbins' lifelong love of music from both the classical and jazz traditions. Hear him perform his six original compositions as well as seven jazz standards by Duke Elling...

The final volume of this series concludes the set of twenty-four preludes, and further emphasizes some of the common ground between jazz, classical music and the many fertile traditions of folk and ar...

The final volume of this series concludes the set of twenty-four preludes, and further emphasizes some of the common ground between jazz, classical music and the many fertile traditions of folk and ar...

A beautiful series of harmonic variations on this well-known Christmas favorite is developed with modulations through several different keys, featuring the individual instruments in both solo and ense...

This spirited traditional carol is taken on a musical voyage through several different tempos, keys and moods, including a Latin section with an optional shaker accompaniment. The chromatic harmonies...