CD Recordings & Concerts
Giant Steps
CD Recording
My up tempo version of Giant Steps (M. Davis), on my CD recording, "The Book of Norman”. Related materials : Everything Sheet: 4 part tetrachords, and Everything Sheet Examples: Coltrane tetrachords
Bounce
CD Recording
My work as a sideman with John Patitucci and Joey Calderazzo on Miles Donahue's Bounce. My Guitar Solo at 3:43.
Om Mani
CD Recording
My work as a sideman, with Esperanza Spalding, on Mike Hicks' Unison. My Guitar Solo at 4:43.
Ky by Sky
CD Recording
My work as a sideman with saxophone legend Jerry Bergonzi, led by drummer/composer Brooke Sofferman. My Guitar Solo at 0:50.
Norman Zocher and Cecil McBee
Concert
New England Conservatory Faculty Spotlight Concert, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory. (All Blues: M.Davis)
Uppy
CD Recording
My work as a sideman with John Patitucci and Joey Calderazzo on Miles Donahue's Bounce. My Guitar Solo at 2:20.
Groovy by Norman Zocher
Concert
My 12 Tone, 21st Century Jazz composition (head melody at 2:19), performed by my group in the David Friend Recital Hall.
Rock Opera by Norman Zocher
CD Recording, Composition
My Jazz/Fusion composition for guitar and big band. My Guitar Solo at 2:20.
Voodoo Child arranged by Norman Zocher
Concert
My arrangement of Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child performed by the Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, guitar solo at 0:45 Click here (make this a link to circle of 5ths /4ths page) for information on the 12 tone techniques used in this composition.
Wiggy Diggy by Norman Zocher
CD Recording, Composition
Modern Jazz for pedal steel guitar and big band, this composition and performance of mine was the Boston Globe's top pick for this Jazz Composers Alliance CD.
Berklee Tune by Norman Zocher
CD Recording, Composition
My Jazz/Fusion and whammy bar feature Guitar Solo at 2:26; on my composition, from my CD recording The Book of Norman.
Hymn by Norman Zocher
Composition, Concert
A Guitar Department Concert at David Friend Recital Hall; I perform my composition, Hymn, from 58:48 to1:02:26.
Norman Zocher “Rock Ethic” – Elmira Darvarova
Composition
"Rock Ethic" by Norman Zocher (Cadenza by Mimi Rabson) - performed by Elmira Darvarova (former concertmaster for the MET), solo violin, at the New York Chamber Music Festival: Click photo for YouTube link to performance
Jungle Tune by Norman Zocher
Composition, Concert
Berklee on the Road 2015, in Santo Domingo, faculty concert: Norman Zocher (guitar and composition), Jim Odgren, Yoron Israel, Bruno Raberg, Darcel Wilson, Jason Camelio, Ken Cervenka, Carolyn Wilkins, Bob Pilkington, Jim Kelly
Museum of Fine Arts
Concert
Solo Guitar, Lapsteel, and Dobro Presenter for the Museum's Guitar Collection 2014 to present
Teaching/BTOT Materials
Video for Open Position/BTOT Article
Video Demonstration
Double Trouble: The Relationship Between Double Harmonic Minor and Double Pentatonics. A Video Demonstration which accompanies my Open Position article for the guitar department online magazine and the 2016 BTOT presentation "The Ties That Bind".
Open Position/BTOT Article
Notated Examples
This article was written for the guitar department online magazine in Spring 2015 and the 2016 BTOT presentation "The Ties That Bind".
Velocity Techniques
Notated Examples
Technique building studies for all picking and finger picking styles that are a part of my Fast and Out: How to Achieve Speed on the Guitar and Getting That "Out" Sound Faculty Artist Clinic series and the 2016 BTOT presentation "The Ties That Bind".
Circle of 5ths/4ths
Notated Examples
This document on the nature and uses of the cycle of fifths for improvisation and composition was part of my presentation “The Inside of Out” at BTOT 2012 and “A Grand Unified Theory of Music”at BTOT 2010.
The Everything Sheet
Notated Examples
I presented “The Everything Sheet” at BTOT 2014 showing there are only 119 diatonic and 239 chromatic structures possible with 12 notes. View PDF For real world musical examples demonstrating the structures, click here and see above videos.
Everything Sheet Licks
Notated Examples
I presented “The Everything Sheet” at BTOT 2014 showing there are only 119 diatonic and 239 chromatic structures possible with 12 notes. This document demonstrates practical examples of these structures.