Eight-Bit Impromptus: 12 Pieces for Solo Piano

by Ben Dockery

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1.	Street Fight 01:34	buy track
2.	Above the Clouds 02:12	buy track
3.	Little Princess Waltz 01:22	buy track
4.	Off World 01:18	buy track
5.	Son of Pharaoh 01:48	buy track
6.	Arctic Adventure 01:11	buy track
7.	Busting Blocks 01:13	buy track
8.	Mean Machine 02:20	buy track
9.	Strange Vistas 03:09	buy track
10.	Robot Bluegrass 01:05	buy track
11.	Triumphant Backworlder 02:33	buy track
12.	Mud Flap Blues 02:16	buy track

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These twelve short pieces for piano were inspired by the sounds from my childhood, namely the musical themes from games played on eight-bit consoles like Nintendo.

Whether or not you share such memories, I'm confident we can find common ground here; each piece attempts to see and hear the world from a child's imaginative wonder-filled perspective.

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released July 21, 2018

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Ben Dockery Athens, Tennessee

Dr. Ben Dockery is an Assistant Professor of Music at Tennessee Wesleyan University.
He has composed and arranged for piano, small jazz ensemble, and jazz big band. In addition to writing the book Conceptualizing the Jazz Piano Trio, Dr. Dockery has written for Chicago Jazz Magazine and continues to publish articles, interviews, compositions, and more at his website www.bendockery.com. ... more

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