SKU: AP.1-ADV8311

UPC: 805095083118. English.

Mike Curtis' stay in the city of Guanajuata in Central Mexico inspired this great musical celebration, filled with evocative, ethnic textures and colours. Titles: I. Plaza del Baratillo * II. El Burro Viejo * III. La Banda del Estado * IV. Dulcinea * V. Sancho Danza * VI. La Rana Loca.

SKU: AP.1-ADV8426

UPC: 805095084269. English.

The four parts of this fresh work, Mexican Fantasies by Mike Curtis, are delicately interwoven. Alternating between melancholy-solemn and lively, the movements tell of festivities under the starry sky, of wonderful friendships, or even a tale of the queen of the tropics.

SKU: SU.80600920

Violin, Piano Composed: 1987 Published by: E.B. Marks.

SKU: IS.C7288EM

ISBN 9790365072880.

American composer and woodwind performer Mike Curtis is equally comfortable in classical, jazz, and ethnic settings. He has toured the world as a klezmer clarinetist, played bassoon with symphonies and opera companies, and recorded on sax with jazz greats Charlie Rouse and Anthony Braxton. His compositions show the influence of those experiences and more. A Week in Plasencia was written following Mike’s 2015 trip to the International Clarinet Association festival in Madrid. After a week in the City that Never Sleeps, Mike sought an unknown, tranquil, provincial alternative. Sunny Plasencia, a riverside town at the foot of the Sierra de Gredos, came to reveal itself as a magical font of beauty, history, and inspiration. This piece exists in two versions, for solo clarinet and clarinet quartet. This product page listing is for the Solo Clarinet version.

SKU: AP.1-ADV8204

ISBN 9783892213048. UPC: 805095082043. English.

These dances can be likened to diary entries written during an extended stay in Mexico's west coast state of Nayarit. Following each sultry day of exploring the beaches, Mike Curtis came back to the bungalow and sought out a special cool corridor to put pencil to staff. The titles reveal favorite places. The addition of an improvising percussionist could enhance performance.

Titles include: I. Los Ayala * II. Playa Platanitos * III. Manzanilla * IV. La Palma * V. Barracuda.

SKU: AP.1-ADV8301

UPC: 805095083019. English.

A collection of well-crafted original compositions with underlying jazz roots and a down-home bluesy feel. These duos would also work well on a recital program, alone or combined as a suite. Titles: Byard's Bounce * Wistful * Contuberance * That Dang Thang * Huntington Park * Birdseed * Spring Chicken Fever * The Foolish Fool * About Mike Curtis.