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Piano improvisation with a Noir-Nostalgia-Musical Quoting Bent
An improvised piece that borrows from a 1930’s and ’40s L.A. Noir sound, a nostalgic one, and another that uses the chords present (or similar to the ones found in) in Chick Corea’s “Senor Mouse” and W.G. Snuffy Walden’s theme to 1990’s show, “My So-Called Life”. Piano by Deborah Stokol, January 2011. Noir/Nostalgia/Senor Mouse quote-Stokol... »
I Walk out on the Streets I used to Know so Well
An improved piece about coming home after being gone for awhile. I Walk on all the Streets I used to Know so Well Piano , singing, words, by Deborah Stokol, January 23, 2011. I walk out on the streets I look and see the places I used to know so well. Nothing looks the same, but nothing’s changed Maybe– I’m the one who’s... »
Añoro
Based on the memories of my uncle, “Tio,” Alberto (or my reimagination of the inherited narrative of a reimagination) “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” -Jorge Luis Borges We were young. It was the Buenos Aires of 1950. The Spanish Civil War was so recent all the Argentinean Spaniards (of which... »