NAME: Sky Evergreen (Robert Bradford Bauer)

BIRTH DATE/LOCATION:
April 29, 1956, Warren, Ohio

DEATH DATE/LOCATION:
June 18, 1997, San Francisco, California

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  • IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
    Composer, Pianist, Arranger, Transcriber

    Attended Berklee School of Music, Boston.

    WORKS:
    All works from The Songs of Sky Evergreen, except those indicated by # .
    Dates listed as available.
    Words and music by composer unless noted.
    *Recorded works (see Discography)

    SONGS (solo voice with keyboard accompaniment)

    Coming Home (To A New Life)
    Cradle Me Home (1994)
    Even The Weariest River (1996)
    Evergreen, Ever Growing (1995)
    Falling Star (1992)*
    Find A Way In (1982)
    Friends, He Says (1991)*
    Heart In View (1992)*
    I Don't Know Where I Stand*
    I Open My Heart (1992)*
    I'll Still Be Loving You (1995)*
    Love Is The Reason (1981)*
    Missing You Tonight (1991)*
    Moving In Circles (1994)
    A Simple Time (1993)*
    Till The Tears Start To Fall (1996)
    Two Trees (1994)*
    We Will Meet Again (1996)
    We're Together For Good (1994) #
    What Is Life?

    ROUNDS, CANONS & SHORT SONGS (unaccompanied)

    Birthday Round (1996)
    Fire In My Heart (1996)
    Happy Birthday Bill
    Here Is A Lovely Song
    Home Inside Me
    In The Quiet Of The Evening
    I Remember Michael
    Jack's Catch
    John's Blessing (words by John Ashby, music by Duncan Campbell and Sky Evergreen)
    Leaving (1996)
    A Love Round (1995)
    Raven (1994)
    Rooster Round (1995)
    'Round And Around
    Song Of Celebration
    Spring Flower Song
    Step By Step (two versions)
    Succulent Song (1996) #
    The Tree Song
    Time Like A River Flows
    Untitled Round
    Virdiyana
    We Are Grateful
    We Weave A Web
    Winter Solstice Round (1995)

    CHORAL

    Amazing Grace (SATB arrangement)
    I Open My Heart (1996) (SATB and other versions)

    PIANO

    Five Points for Piano Left Hand (1992) Invocation - Air - Water - Fire - Earth
    Intermezzo in B-flat (1992)
    Intermezzo in G (1992)
    Jazz Fugue (1972)
    Spirit of Love (1988)

    OTHER WORKS:

    Bob's Tune (melody lead sheet with chord chart)
    E-K (1996) for trumpet, tenor, trombone, electric bass
    I Love A Waltz (melody lead sheet with chord chart)
    Swing Shift (1988) (melody lead sheet with chord chart)

    UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
    Unknown

    WRITINGS:

    DISCOGRAPHY:
    Songs of Sky Evergreen, posthumous double-CD release featuring 10 songs (see * in song list) recorded by Evergreen in 1995, and 9 piano improvisations recorded by Evergreen in 1988.

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:
    Music editor and transcriber for:

    • The World's Greatest Fake Book (Sher Music)
    • The Real Book, Vols. 1 — 3 (Sher Music)

    PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
    N/A

    RESOURCES:
    Songbook and CD distribution:
    Jean Sward
    23 Dowitcher Way
    San Rafael, CA 94901
    (415) 258-0826

    MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
    Unknown

    OTHER CONTACTS:
    "Friends of Sky Evergreen"
    c/o Jean Sward (see Resources)

    ARCHIVES:
    Archivist:
    Biaja Solomon
    P.O. Box 13309
    Oakland, CA 94661-0309
    (510) 923-1112

     


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