These pieces are influenced by the rhythms and refrains of saxo, trumpet and bass of the jazz pieces by Dave Brubeck, John Coltrane and Miles Davis  and by the blues of Billie Holliday and Etta James that I have been recently listening to. Over dark backgrounds, strident notes of colors soar like solos, mounting and descending, ending in crescendos. I work on these very quickly, with feeling, improvising like these musicians and singers.