San Francisco Souvenirs represents the largest single musical project of my lifetime, spanning over forty years and over forty piano pieces celebrating the places, people and even cats of the City. Most were composed in the 1980s and 1990s, but a few were finished afterwards and sketches remain for others that I hope eventually to complete.

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San Francisco Souvenirs represents the largest single musical project of my lifetime, spanning over forty years and over forty piano pieces celebrating the places, people and even cats of the City. Most were composed in the 1980s and 1990s, but a few were finished afterwards and sketches remain for others that I hope eventually to complete.

The project began modestly enough with a simple idea to celebrate some of the notable sights of the Sunset District where I lived, in a city best known for its cable cars, Golden Gate Bridge and Fisherman’s Wharf. Consequently among the first pieces composed were The Taraval Street Rag, McCoppin Square and Sunset Streetlights. These were featured on my first CD, Morning to Midnight. But ideas for more San Francisco pieces came to me with an expanded view encompassing the whole City, and the project took off. Later, this second CD was produced to present the bulk of the new compositions. Still others can be found individually on my website and on YouTube. Styles used vary from Classical, to Jazz to Pop, and I believe this collection probably represents the largest musical celebration of San Francisco ever composed. Special thanks to Scott Pratt, the pianist on these two CDs who so masterfully brought my vision for these pieces to life.