Aaron Lehrian

Here’s a great bluesy piano transcription! This is Ryo Fukui’s solo rendition of “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” off of the album, My Favorite Tune (1994). Lots of people […]

Here is the classical Beatles tune, “Something.” This was written for Miguel Zenón and the UNF Jazz Ensemble 1. It’s a beautiful, poignant arrangement, with lots of color.   “Something […]

Here is a fun arrangement of the classical Christmas song, “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.” Written for standard big band, this features a guitar and a sax solo. There are […]

“Center of Gravity” is an original composition of mine. I was inspired by my studies of airplanes and aviation, so I wrote a big band chart about it. It harmonically […]

Here is an arrangement of the classic Jobim standard, “Wave.” It is written as a double feature for clarinet and trombone. However, it can also feature any other instrument, as […]

Mint Julep is a classic swing tune, in the style of Thad Jones. I wrote it while I was participating in the 2015 Disneyland All-American College Band. The name comes […]

Daydreams is a programmatic work—the piece should sound like a daydream. This is achieved through its melodies and textures. Each section represents a different thought, just as the mind wanders […]

Blackbird is an arrangement of the classic Beatles tune. This song has always been very special to me, both in its meaning and in the emotions it conveys. My arrangement […]

Dark matter was first postulated to exist in the 1930s; however, this early evidence was not given much credence. It was not until the 1980s that dark matter began to […]

Herbie Hancock’s solo on Wave, from an Antonio Carlos Jobim tribute concert.