Jazz Sonata

World premiere recording of solo piano compositions by Jeffrey Chappell, performed by Jeffrey Chappell. Includes Jazz Sonata, On The Wing, Piano Trio, Pop Songs Without Words, Melancholy Moon, Banana Jam, and the prizewinning American Sonata. Scores for these compositions can be purchased in the store 

Jed Distler wrote in Classics Today, “Chappell plays Chappell with all the virtuosity, conviction, and innate sense of swing these works demand.”

To purchase: Visit Centaur Records, Amazon.com, or iTunes. You can buy the scores at Jeffrey’s store.

Pick It Up

Jazzy arrangements composed and performed by Jeffrey Chappell including ‘Round Midnight, It Don’t Mean A Thing, Body and Soul, Misty, and Summertime.

In a letter to Jeffrey, Marian McPartland wrote, “You have an unusual way of treating the tunes. Very effective.” and “Your playing is most impressive!”

And JazzTimes Magazine said, “Chappell’s variations include clever paraphrases, keyboard-length glissandos, huge dynamic swings and intricate quick strings of decoration. Chappell is enormously proficient.”

To purchase: Visit Centaur Records, Amazon.com or iTunes.

Otherworld

The debut recording of the contemporary jazz group, Otherworld, Jeffrey’s most exciting new project! The album placed in the top 10 for the Global Music Awards. It Includes four Jeffrey Chappell compositions and five more by the other band members. Otherworld blends jazz, classical, and Middle Eastern influences with an emphasis on improvisation.

To purchase: Visit iTunes.

Otherworld – The Realm

The second album of the contemporary jazz group, Otherworld. Like their debut album, this also placed in the top 10 for the Global Music Awards. The Realm blends jazz, classical, and Middle Eastern influences with an emphasis on improvisation and includes two Jeffrey Chappell compositions.

To purchase: Visit iTunes.

Salon Trio: The Salon Sessions

This is the debut recording of Jeffrey Chappell’s Aphrodite in the version for clarinet, saxophone, and piano. The album includes compositions by contemporary composers John Heins, David Heinick, Jessica Krash, James Grant, and Gregory Wanamaker.

Clarinet Magazine wrote about Aphrodite, “The work is remarkably heartfelt and performed with delicate sentimentality from Chappell, DiLutis and Getz. Although this album contains many fine works that listeners will find appealing, Chappell composition is sure to be a stand-out favorite.”

To purchase: Visit Tonsehen. You can buy the score at Jeffrey’s store.

Undiscovered Secrets

This is the debut recording of Jeffrey Chappell‘s Aphrodite in the version for cello and piano, as performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra cellist Samuel Magill and acclaimed collaborative pianist Judy Biondini. The album includes compositions by Ofer Ben-Amots and Charles Lefebure.

Not currently available for purchase. Aphrodite for cello and piano can be streamed at Spotify or iTunes, and the score is available at our Store.

Romantic Music for Flute and Piano

Includes Suite for Flute and Piano by Charles-Marie Widor, Sonata “Undine” for Flute and Piano by Carl Reinecke, and Introduction and Variations on “Trockne Blümen” by Franz Schubert.

Kevra’s rich sound has a vocal, even operatic quality. Chappell complements Kevra’s flowing lyricism with an unusual clarity of both sound and spirit. This is a particularly fine CD. — Jim Lowe, Times Argus

To purchase: Visit karenkevra.com.

Birth of a Soul

Live recording of debut concert of Key West Symphony, December, 1998; including Brahms’Symphony No. 4 and Edward MacDowell’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

MacDowell was played by Jeffrey Chappell in an outstanding individual performance, technically brilliant and intense. — Key West Solares Hill

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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

World premiere recording of a work in part composed for and commissioned by Jeffrey Chappell, who gave the world premier performance in concert. Includes other works by James Grant.

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The Dream Wanderer – MMC New Century, Vol. XV

World premiere recording of a work composed for Jeffrey Chappell, who gave the world premiere performance in concert. Includes other works by living American composers including Roger Briggs, Richard Campanelli, Salvador Brotons and John Downey.

To purchase: Visit Amazon.com or MMC Recordings.

The Firebird, Petrushka & Fireworks

Jeffrey Chappell is unattributed pianist on this recording of Petrushka.

To purchase: Visit Amazon.com or Telarc Records.

Clarinet Now

Includes Melancholy Moon, an original jazz composition for clarinet & piano by Jeffrey Chappell,Sonata for Clarinet & Piano by Leonard Bernstein, Duo for Flute & Clarinet by Morton Gould, Four Humors for Clarinet & Piano by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe, and 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs by Bela Bartok (trans. for clarinet by Chester Brezniak).

To purchase: Visit Centaur Records or Amazon.com.

delight/delirium

An anthology of works by contemporary composer Fernando Benadon, including Jeffrey Chappell‘s performance as ensemble pianist in “Rhythmensional” with percussionist Dafnis Prieto and in “Cotxes” with saxophonist Noah Getz.

To purchase: Visit New Focus Recordings.

Crosscurrents

Includes Song 72 by Fernando Benadon, Digressioni modali by Andrián Pertout, Rabescatura by Miklós Maros, Chasing the Trane Out of Darmstadt by Scott Lindroth, Partita by Ronald Roseman, and Sonata deus sax machina by Gregory Wanamaker.

To purchase: Visit Albany Records or iTunes.

Sound Portraits

An anthology of works by contemporary composer Vivian Adelberg Rudow for orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano solo, and electro-acoustic combinations, including Jeffrey Chappell’s performance of “Rebecca’s Rainbow Racing Among The Stars (1991)”.

To purchase: Visit MSR Classics.