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Mourning Doves

New Piano Music recorded on the brand new Kawaii. This is an attempt at ambient jazz with 10 composed and rehearsed tunes, some several years old. I haven't released it yet, so I hope to get some feedback from listeners before proceeding further. Please email me at GreenShadowMusic@icloud.com with comments.

I’m trying to play jazz, but bring a feel of classical lieder to the performance. We’re not just dancing along, but perhaps stopping to smell the flowers along the way. Still drawing upon my favorite influences, Billy Strayhorn for subtle mode stretching chromatic harmonic changes, and Maestro Phillip Glass for micro transformational melodic and harmonic evolutions.

I’m still growing as a pianist, so far behind the curve at age 70 that I can’t see the finish line yet. I know it;s just around the corner, but still the ideas flow and the aesthetics still make life glow, grow, and fill the universe with balance, love, and over-arcing foresight.

 

MOURNING DOVES

Fresh from the Studio :

Chaga from Mycology

Chaga from Mycology

Mycology- listen to the album :

Truffle from Mycology

Truffle from Mycology

Here are "Chaga" and "Truffle" from the upcoming album "Mycology". 18  tracks of contemplative piano- calm music for a noisy world. The Mushroom inspiration is from Ty & Danielle of Bread & Botanicals in Saguache, Colorado. Something about mushrooms that is kind, calm, and a bit spooky.
Blue Waters- listen to the album:

Spending some time in northeast Ohio, we realize it's part of the "Land of Sky Blue Waters". At home, La Garita is in Saguache County, which is rumoured to mean "Blue Waters" in a Native American language. So, Colorado or Ohio, contemplative piano inspired by blue waters.
These pieces are all extempore, and rather than recorded on my big grand piano, I recorded with a midi based system, and used Steinway samples. I am interested in how folks like the sound. The pieces are mellow, contemplative, and a bit sparky.

SWALLOWTAILS

As seen at Heltzel Hollow, amongst the wild Milkweed in the upper mesa. Hopefully, making a comeback! 

JUPITER

JUPITER

Jupiter is the big player in the solar system, sweeping comets out of orbits, pulling against the sun with it's mighty gravity. This includes two awesome NASA

recordings, forming the basis of then improvisational accompanyment.

MERCURY

MERCURY

Mercury, a new Avant Garde piece, the first of a series featuring sounds from NASA as transcribed from the planet's radio waves.

SOL

SOL

Here is SOL, another video featuring sounds  and photos recorded by NASA. The Sun is a serious Bass player, with extremely low rhythmic and harmonic relationships.  
URANUS II

URANUS II

Uranus is very far away! Some of the NASA photos are pretty fuzzy, only one is from earth, others from orbit. The music is very ambient, but maybe Uranus isn't as spooky as it looks!

Mars

Mars

Mars is wild and beautiful, some images are very earthlike, desert scenes with rocks and dust and wind, but no plants. This has several whimsical images as well as serious NASA photos. Mars itself is featured, the low growls and ethereal winds as recorded by NASA, as well as a mysterious 'knocking' sound as recorded by the Rover.
VENUS

VENUS

Venus is perhaps less friendly than Mars, but has sounds all it's own.
ShennendoahAllan Stuart
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AngelAllan Stuart
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Paradise Allan Stuart
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Stairway Allan Stuart
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Downtempo Ambient Covers,

I had a producer request from London for some different takes on John Prine songs and some Led Zeppilin.  I went down tempo, simple, ambient, and let the memories of the artists, and the songs place in history, be my guide

Here is "Hummingbirds", the start of a collaboration with poet Kate Booth. Kate has been an active outdoorswoman in the San Juans for many decades. She writes about the wonders of the Rio Grande and the surrounding mountains. Our collaboration will feature Kate's poetry accompanied by soundScapes and piano extempore. The reading is by Carrie Heltzel.

Hummingirds Allan, Kate & Carrie
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GrooveScapes, a new catalogue thread aimed at gamers and other youtube types. The idea is to make a composition with no tonal thematic ideas, but rather depend on rhythmic relationships
GrooveScape 3 Allan Stuart
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GrooveScape 4 Allan Stuart
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Here's one I wrote for my friend and collaborator Jackson Dalton, budding artist and game developer.....

Alien Lullaby Allan Stuart
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Here's Some Art from the "Not Ready For Prime Time" Gallery 
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Mountains Of The Heart
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Fields Of Gold
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Quiet Mountain
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Into The Fog
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Fireside Dreams
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Twilight 
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Orca Express
Baby
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