Arrangements Click on links to hear an example.

Pop

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Help From My Friends 2 Beatle Hits
Get Back more Beatles
I’ve Just Seen A Face Ska Beatles
Azzurro – the Paulo Conti hit with Italian lyrics
Not Fade Away – the Buddy Holly masterpiece
Old West Medley* – Apache/Ghost Riders/Good, Bad & Ugly
Supremes Medley* – 8 Supremes hits in a disco tour de force
Supremes Medley (short wimpy version)* – 5 Supremes hits in a disco near-tour de force
I Feel Good – the James Brown Warhorse
Hold On, I’m Comin’ – timeless Sam and Dave hit
Godzilla – heavy Blue Öyster Cult rock
School’s Out – the Alice Cooper hit
Without My Closet – two Eminem themes
Dona – Portuguese pop march from the group Ena Pa 2002
Timor – portuguese pop protest music
Do Ya Think I’m Sexy – the Rod Stewart hit
Gasoline Alley – an old Rod Stewart hit, very easy
Paint It Black – Rolling Stones circa 1967
Summertime Blues – ancient rock from Eddie Cochran
I Want You to Want Me – Cheap Trick’s only good tune
Proud Mary – the required Creedence Clearwater Revival tune
Love Me Tender – bringing Elvis back
Heatwave – simple rocking hit for Linda Ronstadt and many others
Para Los Rumberos – energetic Carlos Santana

Swing

Midnight in Moscow
Oh! You Beautiful Doll
We’ll Meet Again
There’s No Business Like Show Business
Caravan

Etc.

Fairground – the name says it. Wonderful ‘happy’ music from English pianist Dave Holland
Auld Lang Syne – traditional Scots theme forever tied to New Years Eve
Blue Delft – easy jazz theme of Dutch saxophonist Vera Vingerhoeds
Pictures at an Exhibition – the Mussorgsky hit
Jane – anti-nuke song of English actor/pianist Jon Beedell w/lyrics
The Wayward Alsatian – fake arab folk music from Ewen Shiels of Sons of the Desert
Bombay Calling – exotic jazz by San Francisco saxophonist Vince Wallace, featured by the group It’s A Beautiful Day (remember them?)
Mi Bella Princesa – classic Spanish pasodoble
Nkosa Sikele – theme song of the African National Congress, outlawed for many years by the apartheid regime.
Sumer is Acumin In – ancient English folk song and first recorded example of written notation . . . (and NOT Finale!)
Moleando Café – Brazilian Samba
Medyatsiner Waltz – beautiful Klezmer waltz
Hang ‘Em High – Dominic Frontiere’s theme from the western of the same name
Grândola, Vila Morena - beautiful theme from portuguese composer José Afonso, signaled the start of the 1974 Revolution

Originals Click on links to hear an example

Senhor Lucky – easy shuffle groove
Thak’s Lunch – tone poem describing a Neanderthal’s afternoon repast
Baud - a painless introduction to the wonderful world of odd meters, in 5/8
Heavy Me’ao – heavy metal for band . . . metal . . get it?
Shithooks – fast folk march
Alentejanos Novos – in the style of Portuguese bands
Redondo Vila de Encantos – the Portuguese style again with a Brazilian bridge
NewHouse – house music for band
DogHouse – more house music for band
Enter Big Ears – beautiful miserably slow processional
Lumberjack – minor shuffle fantasy
Ab-Nahin – in the style of the Brass Bands of India, challanging
Self-Reliance – waltz with a reggae solo section
Pedras Nobres – another beautiful processional
Boo-Ka-Cha - an 'instant arranging' experiment based on West African Mandingo rhythms, easy
7a Geração – easy reggae like groove
Cavalheiros de Alpreada – heroic theme
Rafa Danse – strange half-funk, half-reggae
Ratos de Rio (River Rats) – beautiful reggae march
Plenty Bozo Fish – more Mandingo based music
A Skruncho Fantasie – showtime with a tango middle
Viriato – monster music, mostly percussion with open horn repeats, bombastic
Minhota – schizophrenic but beautiful
Beep-Beep Fingers – fast, energetic
Um Bom Tambor (A Good Drum) – more organinzed bombast

World Band Music
Click on links to hear an example
Ekremov Cocek – Serbian slow 7/8
Berovsko Oro
Elvisov Cocek
Mustafovo Oro
Kocani Orkestar - Macedonia
Deverov Cocek
Fiju, Fijo Kolo - Serbia
Sumanski - Macedonia
Stiglic Kolo – Serbian fast, faster and even faster
El Nino Perdido – México
El Novillo Despuntado – México
Danza de Moros - Mexico
Torito para Castillo – México
El Ninõ Perdido  - Mexico
Orgulhosa - Bolivia
Puticum, Puticum - Bolivia
Gracias - Bolivia
Highlife Hymn – African gospel
Morenada - Peru
Marinera – Peru
Trujillana – Peru
Danza de Moros - Mexico
Torito para Castillo –México
El Ninõ Perdido  - Mexico
Disco Bhangra - India
Mere Hathon Mein - India
Hawa-Hawa - India
Shyam - India
Pinzon - Suriname
O Delegado Prenderaon - Brasil
Vassourinha - Brasil
Hino da Troça - Brasil
Anakkon - Indonesia