Valerie Capers

“Blue Bird” is dedicated to Charlie “Bird” Parker and is a modern or chromatic blues consisting of twelve bars, which is like traditional blues but is expanded harmonically to include one or two chord changes in every bar. 

“Cool-Trane” is a two page work inspired by John Coltrane and the title is a play on words on his name. This piece is the most difficult and most dissonant piece in the collection, and a performer needs to be familiar with