Mamobi
Music
Independent music publisher of compositions by Robert C. Lancefield
Recorded works for Talking Drums, a six-to-twelve member Ghanaian/American ensemble:
- Drummers Talk
Released on Talking Drums (TDCS 1000), 1985, and Some Day Catch Some Day Down (TDLP 1001), 1987 (reissued on Innova 803, 2011)
(ISWC T-903.935.943-8; BMI work no. 347355) - Nnamfo Papa
Released on Talking Drums (TDCS 1000), 1985 (reissued as bonus mp3 on Innova 803, 2011); Twi-language title translates as "Good Friends"
(ISWC T-904.117.283-2; BMI work no. 1068750) - Self-Determination
Released on Talking Drums (TDCS 1000), 1985 (reissued as bonus mp3 on Innova 803, 2011)
(ISWC T-904.173.237-0; BMI work no. 1309305) - Some Day Catch Some Day Down
Released as title track on Some Day Catch Some Day Down (TDLP 1001), 1987 (reissued on Innova 803, 2011)
(Incorrect titles on some sites include "Some Day Catch, Some Day Down"; "Someday Catch, Someday Down"; "Same Day Catch, Same Day Down")
(ISWC T-904.188.344-7; BMI work no. 1371234)
The Enhanced CD reissue of "Some Day Catch Some Day Down" was released July 26, 2011.
Original release history and other information can be found on the Talking Drums page on Facebook.
"Some Day Catch Some Day Down" direct from Innova Recordings
"Some Day Catch Some Day Down" from Amazon
Unrecorded works for Talking Drums:
- Children of Mamobi
- For FKD
- Untitled highlife piece #1
For 16-piece jazz orchestra:
- Modus Vivendi
Extended-form, multi-section work, roughly one hour in duration (depending on improvisational sections of flexible duration).
Composed with the support of an Artist's Project Grant from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
For 13-piece jazz orchestra (“little big band”):
- In These and Other Times
- Lives of Peace
- Umbrae
For four vocal soloists, chorus, and 9-piece jazz orchestra:
- Through the Light
In memory of Timothy R. Alcock
For trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, violin, guitar, 'cello, acoustic bass, and drum set:
- Softly
For three vocalists, ney (Turkish flute), guitar, and mrdangam (South Indian drum):
- Rhythm of a Life of Time
In memory of T. Ranganathan
For any combination of instruments:
- Phrase
For jazz quartet (extended form):
- Two Moods
In memory of Bill Barron
For jazz trio, quartet, or quintet (lead sheets):
- After Air
- An Other Blues
- Are Bopping
- Blues Bounce
- Circumspection
- Delusion
- Dusk
- Equanimity
- Fifty-one
- Gratitude
- Hesitation
- Hope
- Hypothesis
- In Other Words
- Question
- Regret
- Relinquishment
- Reminiscence
- Riff Blues
- Riff Waltz
- Slipslide
- Sphere Blues
- Stop Tune
- Three Speeds of Blues
- Touch
- Two Bridges
- Two, Then One
- Warm Days in Winter
For guitar and drum set:
- Small Circles
For two guitars, or one guitar and one other “melodic” instrument:
- Concatenation
- Pendulum
For two guitars:
- Channel
- Solace
- Space Puppy Blues
For solo guitar:
- Before
- Lattice
- Lullaby Mood
- Music for Ten Haikus
For dances choreographed by Paul Lester - No Words
- Tree (Mourning Picture)
For percussion quartet:
- Untitled percussion piece #1
- Untitled percussion piece #2
For flute and guitar duet:
- For Two
For guitar and voice:
- Peggy et Grégoire
Early works:
- The Wheel
Setting of Yeats poem with leads-sheet accompaniment - The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Setting of Yeats poem for voice, guitar, and bass - Almost Rock
Arranged for jazz septet - Second Thoughts
Arranged for jazz quintet - More Second Thoughts
Arranged for jazz quintet - Moving Fourth
Lead sheet for jazz quartet - Rebound
Lead sheet for jazz quartet - Schismatism
Lead sheet for jazz quartet - Tide
Lead sheet for jazz quartet - Alternation
Rondo for two flutes - Yollanen-symlissa
Through-composed piece for flute, guitar, and 'cello; first publicly performed work (1978)
PDF versions of selected works will appear here as time allows. Certain scores are not available at this time.
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Each composition © copyright Robert C. Lancefield / Mamobi Music (BMI) in the year in which it was given fixed form.
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