Compositions
Black Codes from the Underground
- Aural Oasis
- Blues
- Phryzzinian Man
- Delfeayo’s Dilemma
- Black Codes
- For Wee Folks
Recorded: January 11-14, 1985
Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1
- In The Afterglow
- Soon All Will Know
Recorded: May 29-30, 1986 and September 24-25, 1986
The Majesty of The Blues
- The Majesty Of The Blues (The Puheeman Strut)
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- The Death Of Jazz
- Premature Autopsies
- Oh, But On The Third Day (Happy Feet Blues)
Recorded: October 27 and 28, 1988
The Resolution of Romance - Standard Time Vol. 3
- In The Court of King Oliver
- The Seductress
- Bona and Paul
Recorded: 1990
Tune in Tomorrow
- Albanians
- Alligator Tail Drag
- Big Trouble In The Easy (Pedro Pops Up)
- Crescent City Crawl (On The St. Charles Streetcar Line)
- Don’t Run From Fun
- Kings Of The Garden District
- Mama Leona
- May Be Fact Or Fiction
- On The Eve Of Entry
- Social Soft Shoe
- Sunsettin’ On The Bayou
- The Grand Marshall
- The Ways Of Love
- Double Rondo On The River (Pedro’s Getaway)
Recorded: 1990
Intimacy Calling - Standard Time Vol. 2
- Indelible and Nocturnal
Recorded: September 1987, August 1990
Levee Low Moan (Soul Gestures In Southern Blue, Vol. 3)
- Levee Low Moan
- Superb Starling
- Jig’s Jig
- So This Is Jazz Huh?
Recorded: 1991
Thick in the South - Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1
- Elveen
- L.C. On The Cut
- Thick In The South
- Harriet Tubman
- So This Is Jazz Huh?
Recorded: 1991
Uptown Ruler (Soul Gestures In Southern Blue Vol. 2)
- Harmonique
- Prayer
- Psalm 26
- Down Home With Homey
- Uptown Ruler
Recorded: 1991
Blue Interlude
- Brother Veal
- Monologue For Sugar Cane And Sweetie Pie
- Blue Interlude
- Sometimes It Goes Like That
Recorded: 1992
Citi Movement
- Hustle Bustle
- City Beat
- Daylight Dinosaurs
- Down The Avenue
- Stop and Go
- Nightlife-Highlife (Yas, Yas)
- How Long?
- I See The Light (Vocal)
- I See The Light (Instrumental)
- Duway Dialogue
- Dark Heartbeat
- Cross Court Capers
- Bayou Baroque
- Marthaniel
- Spring Yaounde’
- The End
- The Legend of Buddy Bolden
- Swingdown, Swingtown
- Highrise Riff (1,2,3,4)
- Modern Vistas (As Far as the Eye Can See)
- Curtain Call
Recorded: July 27-28, 1992
Collaboration: Wynton Marsalis Septet and Garth Fagan
In This House, On This Morning
- Devotional
- Call To Prayer
- Processional
- Representative Offerings
- The Lord’s Prayer
- Hymn
- Scripture
- Prayer
- In This House
- Choral Response
- Local Announcements
- Alter Call
- Alter Call 2
- Father
- Son
- Holy Ghost
- Invitation
- Recessional
- Benediction
- Uptempo Posthude
- Pot Blessed Dinner
Recorded: May 28-29, 1992; March 20-21, 1993
Blood on the Fields
- Calling The Indians Out
- Move Over
- You Don’t Hear No Drums
- The Market Place
- Soul For Sale
- Plantation Coffle March
- Work Song (Blood On The Fields)
- Lady’s Lament
- Flying High
- Oh We Have A Friend In Jesus
- God Don’t Like Ugly
- Juba And A O’Brown Squaw
- Follow The Drinking Gourd
- My Soul Fell Down
- Forty Lashes
- What A Fool I’ve Been
- Back To Basics
- I Hold Out My Hand
- Look And See
- The Sun Is Gonna Shine
- Will The Sun Come Out?
- The Sun Is Gonna Shine
- Chant To Call The Indians Out
- Calling The Indians Out
- Follow The Drinking Gourd
- Freedom Is In The Trying
- Due North
Joe Cool’s Blues
- Joe Cool’s Blues
- Little Red-Haired Girl
- On Peanuts Playground
- Snoopy & Woodstock
- Why, Charlie Brown
- Wright Brother’s Rag
- Buggy Ride
Recorded: April 12/June 14/August 25, 1994
Jump Start and Jazz
- Jubilo
- Tick-Tock
- Trails Of Tears
- Express Crossing
- “D” In The Key Of “F”
- Ragtime
- Fiddle Bow Real
- Boogie Woogie Stomp
- The Dance
- Slow Drag
- Habanera
- March
- Gagaku
- The Spellcaster
- Bebop
- Root Groove
- Jump
Recorded: January 23, 1993; August 17-18, 1995
Collaboration: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Twyla Tharp
The Fiddler and the Dancing Witch
- Island in a Deep Green Sea
- Fiddle Battle
- Trouble
- A Mind of Its Own
- Wind
- Fiddle Tune
- Island in a Deep Green Sea (Reprise)
Recorded: January 8-9, 1998
Collaboration: Joshua Bell
Sweet Release
- Home: Beyond This Rage
- Church: Renewing Vows
- Church Basement: Party
- Street: Make Room For Me
- Home: Give Me Your Hand
Recorded: August 11, 1996; December 7, 1998
Collaboration: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Dance Company
Ghost Story
- Introduction
- Acknowledgement
- Tango
- First Blues
- Awakening
- Celebration
- Second Blues
- Recognition and Reconciliation
Recorded: August 11, 1996; December 7, 1998
Collaboration: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra small ensemble, choreographer Zhong Mei Li
Them Twos
- Them Twos: Forever
- Them Twos: First Love
- Them Twos: Almost
- Them Twos: Horror
- Them Twos: Sex
- Them Twos: Love
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Peter Martins, New York City Ballet
At the Octoroon Balls
- Come Long Fiddler
- Mating Calls & Delta Rhythms
- Creole Contradanzas
- Many Gone
- Hellbound Highball
- Blue Lights On The Bayou
- Rampart St. Row House Rag
Recorded: December 8-9, 1998; May 11-13, 1998
Collaboration: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
A Fiddler’s Tale
- Fiddler’s March
- Fiddler’s Soul
- Pastorale
- Happy March
- Concert Piece
- Tango, Waltz, Ragtime
- The Devil’s Dance
- Big Choral
- The Blues On Top
Recorded: May 11-13, 1998
Collaboration: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Stanley Crouch, André De Shields
Big Train
- All Aboard
- Observation Car
- Union Pacific Big Boy
- Smokestack Shuffle
- Northbound-Southbound
- Dining Car
- Night Train
- Engine
- Bullet Train
- Sleeper Car
- Station Call
- The Caboose
Recorded: December 20, 1998
Reel Time
- After The Dead
- Dark Heart Beat
- Elgin
- Eyes Around The Corner
- Fire In The Night
- Gentler Times
- Go, Possum, Go
- Gossipin’ Hens
- I Hear A Knockin’
- If I Hold On
- Morning Song
- Mr. Mann
- Porch Whiskey
- Rattlesnake Tail Swing
- Rosewood
- Sing On
- Sunday Blessing
- Sylvester’s Rag
- To Higher Ground
Recorded: September 1996
The Marciac Suite
- Armagnac Dreams
- B Is For Boussaget (And Bass)
- D’Artagnan
- For My Kids At The College of Marciac
- Guy Lafitte
- In The House Of Laberriere
- Jean-Louis Is Everywhere
- Loose Duck
- Mademoiselle D’Gascony
- Marciac Fun
- Marciac Moon
- Sunflowers
- The Big Top
Concerto Grosso (Jazz Big Band and Seven-Piece Tango Group)
- Concerto Grosso: Mvt I
- Concerto Grosso: Mvt II
- Concerto Grosso: Mvt III
- Concerto Grosso: Mvt IV
Not Recorded
Here…Now
- Chorale
- Speed
- Pain
- Heaven
- Glamour
- Strength
- Style
Recorded: September 2001
Collaboration: Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
All Rise
- Jubal Step
- A Hundred and a Hundred, a Hundred and Twelve
- Go Slow (But Don’t Stop)
- Wild Strumming of Fiddle
- Save Us
- Cried, Shouted, Then Sung
- Look Beyond
- The Halls of Erudition and Scholarship
- El Gran Baile De La Reina
- Expressbrown Local
- Saturday Night Slow Drag
- I Am (Don’t You Run From Me)
Recorded: September 14-15, 2001
Collaboration: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; Morgan State University Choir, Kurt Maesur, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Cast of Cats
- Raise Yo’ Hands
- This I Believe
- Chocolate Cherries
- Gentleness
- Quilt Tilt
- Big Butter
- The Bridge Maker
- Tricky
- Let Us Pray
- Extra Celestial
- Side Gliding
- Soul Horn Song
- In the Heat of Battle
Recorded: August 28, 2003
Petite Suite
- Petite Suite (for Savion) Movement I
- Petite Suite (for Savion) Movement II
- Petite Suite (for Savion) Movement III
- Petite Suite (for Savion) Movement IV
- Petite Suite (for Savion) Movement V
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Wynton Marsalis Septet, Savion Glover
Suite for Human Nature
- Monkey Doodle
- Summer
- Hate, Envy and Fear
- Greed/ Greed and his Brothers
- Autumn
- Mr. and Mrs. Bicker
- Whose Heart Shall I Break Today
- A Cuckoo Lullabye
- The Wah Wah Wail
- Flood
- Whistlin’ for the Winds
- West Wind
- Humans Background Music/Humans Theme
- A Cuckoo Lullabye (Interlude)
- East Wind
- North Wind
- South Wind
- Windjammers
- Love/Love and Fear
- Love, Fear, Envy
- Love, Fear, Envy and Greed
- March of the Brats
- Oh, How She Longed
- Fear with Humans
- Winter
- Envy
- Spring
Premiered: 2004
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Boys Choir of Harlem, Diane Lampert
The Magic Hour
- Baby, I Love You
- Sophie Rose-Rosalee
- Skipping
- The Magic Hour
- This Is The Feeling Of Jazz
- You And Me
- Big Fat Hen
- Free To Be
Recorded: June 6-7, 2003
Unforgivable Blackness – The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
- What Have You Done?
- Ghost in the House
- Jack Johnson Two-Step
- But Deep Down
- Love & Hate
- Trouble My Soul
- Deep Creek
- Johnson 2-Step
- Rattlesnake Tail Swing
- Weary Blues
- Troubles My Soul
- Johnson Two-Step
- Fire in the Night
- Morning Song
- I’ll Sing My Song
- Last Bell
Recorded: September 3, 2003
Collaboration: Soundtrack to Ken Burns’ documentary “Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson”
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Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul
- The Drums
- Naked Feet Running
- The Cry of the Lonely
- Broke Like Bone
- My Jazz, My Soul
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Maya Angelou, tap dancer Jared Grimes
The War - A Ken Burns Film
- Movin’ Back
- America My Home
- Until I’m In Your Arms Again
Recorded: June 8, 2005
From the Plantation to the Penitentiary
- Doin’ (Y)Our Thing
- Find Me
- From the Plantation to the Penitentiary
- Love & Broken Hearts
- Supercapitalism
- These are Those Soulful Days
- Where Y’all At
Recorded: June 28 & 29, 2006
Congo Square
- Ring Shout
- Awo
- Libation
- Home
- Timin Timin/Fireflies
- Sunday Market
- Ajeseke/Jookin’
- Bamboula
- Place Congo
- Tsotsobi
- Bamboula Dance
- Logo Talk
- It Never Goes Away
- War
- Hedzole Baba
- Sanctified Blues
- Kolomashi
Premiered: 2006
Recorded: May 3-7, 2006
Collaboration: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Yacub Addy, Odadaa!
The Abyssinian Mass
- Devotional
- Call to Worship
- The Lord’s Prayer
- Processional “We Are On Our Way”
- Invocation and Chant “Be With Us Now”
- Responsive Reading
- Gloria Patri
- Prayer “Pastoral Prayer”
- Choral Response “Through Him I’ve Come to See”
- Anthem “Glory to God in the Highest”
- Scripture: Isaiah 56:7
- Lord Have Mercy”
- Sermon: “The Unifying Power of Prayer” - Part I: “This House Is God’s House”
- Sermon: “The Unifying Power of Prayer” - Part II: “The Power of Prayer”
- Sermon: “The Unifying Power of Prayer” - Part III: “Everyone Has a Place”
- Invitation “Come and Join the Army”
- Offertory I “Body and Blood”
- Offertory II “Lamb of God”
- Offertory III: (You Gotta Watch) The Holy Ghost
- Doxology
- Recessional “The Glory Train”
- Benediction
- Amen
Premiered: 2008
Recorded: October 24-25-26, 2013
Collaboration: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, Abyssinian Baptist Church Gospel Choir
Two in 3
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Michigan State University Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
He and She
- A Train, a Banjo and a Chicken Wing
- Fears
- First Crush
- First Kiss
- First Slow Dance
- First Time
- Girls!
- Sassy
- School Boy
- The Razor Rim
- The Sun and the Moon
- Zero
Recorded: August 24-25, 2007
Vitoria Suite
- Mvt. I: Big 12
- Mvt. II: Smooth In The Night
- Mvt. III: Jason And Jasone
- Mvt. IV: Bulería El Portalón
- Mvt. V: Blood Cry
- Mvt. VI: Iñaki’s Decision
- Mvt VII: The Tree of Freedom
- Mvt VIII: Deep Blue (from the Foam)
- Mvt IX: This Land and the Ocean
- Mvt X: Dato Street Fiesta
- Mvt. XI: Basque Song
- Mvt. XII: Mendizorrotza Swing
Recorded: July 20-22, 2009
Blues Symphony
- Mvt. I
- Mvt. II
- Mvt. III
- Mvt. VI
- Mvt. V
- Mvt. VI
- Mvt. VII
Premiered: 2009
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Altanta and Boston Symphony Orchestra
Meeelaan
- Blues
- Tango
- Bebop
Swing Symphony
- Movement I: St. Louis to New Orleans
- Movement II: All-American Pep
- Movement III: Midwestern Moods
- Movement IV: Manhattan to LA
- Movement V: Modern Modes and the Midnight Moan
- Movement VI: Think-Space: Theory
- Movement VII: The Low Down (Up on High)
Premiered: 2010
Recorded: May 4-6, 2018
Collaboration: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic
Evolution Of The Groove
- Evolution of the Groove Mvt I
- Evolution of the Groove Mvt II
- Evolution of the Groove Mvt III
- Evolution of the Groove Mvt IV
- Evolution of the Groove Mvt V
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Composed by Wynton Marsalis and Herlin Riley
The Journey
- Peace
- Fox You Have Stolen the Goose
- The Choice
- Death
- Fleeing
- Norway
- Solitary
- Terror
- Norwegian Resistance
- Sweden
- Elsa
- Banana Boat
- Fear
- Sailing
- Cuba
- Bas Mitzvah
Premiered: 2012
Not Recorded
Lighthouse/Lightning Rod
- Mvt. I
- Mvt. II
- Mvt. III
- Mvt. IV
- Mvt. V
- Mvt. VI
- Mvt. VII
- Mvt. VIII
Premiered: 2012
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Garth Fagan Dance
Ochas
- MOVEMENT ONE:
- Intro: Moyuba
- Elegua
- Ogun
- Ochosi
- Obatala
- MOVEMENT TWO:
- Oschun
- Oya
- Yemaya
- MOVEMENT THREE:
- Agallu Shola
- Xango
Premiered: 2014
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Pedrito Martinez, Chucho Valdés
Joe’s Concerto
- Movement I
- Movement II
- Movement III
- Movement IV
- Movement V
Premiered: 2015
Not Recorded
Spaces
- Ch-Ch-Ch-Chicken
- Monkey in a Tree
- Pachyderm Shout
- Leap Frogs
- Mr. Penguin Please
- Like a Snake
- Those Sanctified Swallows
- A Nightingale
- King Lion
- Bees Bees Bees
Premiered: 2016
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Savion Glover
Concerto in D (for Violin and Orchestra)
- Rhapsody
- Rondo Burlesque
- Blues
- Hootenanny
The Jungle
- Mov. I: The Big Scream (Black Elk Speaks)
- Mov. II: The Big Show
- Mov. III: Lost in Sight (Post Pastoral)
- Mov. IV: La Esquina
- Mov. V: Us
- Mov. VI: Struggle in the Digital Market
Premiered: 2016
Not Recorded
Collaboration: New York Philharmonic
The Ever Fonky Lowdown
- We are the Greatest – instrumental
- We are the Greatest – w/vocals
- They / Let’s Call Them This – w/vocals
- The Ever Fonky Lowdown in 4 – w/3 Male Dancers & vocals
- I Don’t Like Nobody But Myself— w/vocals
- It May Sound Like the Drums of War – w/vocals & a single dancer
- Consideration Blues, I Know I Must Fight, Drums of War Return — w/vocals
- What Would The Savior Think? — w/vocals & guitar, preacher
- Some for Me None for You — instrumental
- The Ever Fonky Lowdown in 5 – w/tuba, vocals & dancers
- Night Trader — w/vocals
- Mr. Good Time Man — w/vocals & 2 dancers
- Because I Want To, Because I Like to, Because I Can — male singer w/vocals
- I Wants My Ice Cream —solo guitar
- The Ever Fonky Low Down In 6 – w/vocals & dancers
- What Would The Savior Think? — w/vocals & guitar, preacher
- The Ever Fonky Low Down in 5 & 6 – w/vocals & dancers
- Isms, Schisms — w/vocals
- Yes/No — w/vocals - Where Has the Love Gone – w/vocals
- Consider This ‘Bout the Filth We Love — w/vocals
- Everybody Wear They Mask — w/vocals
- The Ever Fonky Lowdown in 7 – w/vocals & dancers
- I Got a Naggin’ Feelin’ — vocals w/Chris singing bass
- The Ballad of Fannie Lou – Part 1— solo guitar - The Ballad of Fannie Lou – Part 2 — w/vocals
- Why Do We Pick Slavery Over Freedom? — w/vocals
- The Ever Fonky Lowdown in 4 – w/vocals & dancers
- I Wants My Ice Cream — solo guitar
Premiered: 2018
Recorded: October 7-8, 2019
The Integrity Suite
- No Surrender
- Something About Belief
- Point/Counterpoint
- The Struggle To Become Aware
Premiered: 2018
Not Recorded
Shanghai Suite
- Mvt. I. Swinging on the Bund
- Mvt. II. The Monkey King’s March
- Mvt. III. White Yulan—First Flower of Spring; Yulan Magnolia—Soul of the South
- Mvt. IV. Hot Pot!
- Mvt. V. The 9 Dragons
- Mvt. VI. Li Bai’s Blues
- Mvt. VII. The Five Elements
- Mvt. VIII. From the Casanova to the Peace Hotel to the Right Here Tonight
- Mvt. IX. Shanghai Skyline
Premiered: 2019
Not Recorded
Bolden (Original Soundtrack)
- Come On Children
- Gone My Way
- Bolden Jump
- Timelessness (short version)
- Timelessness
- Phantasmagoric Bordello Ballet
- Shake it High, Shake It Low
- Red Hot Mammas
- Whip it
- Buddy’s Horn
Premiered: 2019
Recorded: 2019
Of Thee I Sing (Portraits of America)
- We The People
Premiered: 2019
Not Recorded
Fiddle Dance Suite
- Sidestep Reel
- As the Wind Goes
- Jones’ Jig
- Nicola’s Strathspey
- Bye Bye Breakdown
Premiered: 2018
Recorded: November 2–4, 2017; March 27, 2019
Motherless Brooklyn
- Smoking in the Alley
Premiered: 2019
Not Recorded
In a Different Key: The Story of Autism
- Math
- Cosmos
- Community
Premiered: 2019
Not Recorded
The Democracy! Suite
- Be Present
- Sloganize, Patronize, Realize, Revolutionize (Black Lives Matters)
- Ballot Box Bounce
- That Dance We Do (That You Love Too)
- Deeper than Dreams
- Out Amongst the People (for J Bat)
- It Come ‘Round ‘Gin
- That’s When All Will See
4 Bassoons Talking
- C and C
- (Hanging with) Beni & Maria
- Slow Train South
- International Waltz
- Soul Sacrifice
- Preach it, Teach it
- Four Talkin’ ‘bout Four
Premiered: 2021
Not Recorded
Concerto for Tubist and Orchestra
- I. Up!
- II. Booglaloo Americana
- III. Lament
- IV. In Bird’s Basement
Premiered: 2021
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Carol Jantsch with the Philadelphia Orchestra
Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!
- Fanfare For Brass and Percussion
Premiered: 2022
Not Recorded
Still Singing (String Quartet)
- In Sorrow
- En Clave Africano
- Bout Freedom
Premiered: 2022
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Escher Quartet
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
- Mvt. I
- Mvt. II
- Mvt. III
- Mvt. IV
- Mvt. V
- Mvt. VI
Premiered: 2023
Not Recorded
Collaboration: Michael Sachs and The Cleveland Orchestra