and Booker Music Publications... Music For Musicians!

CD Collections of Charles Booker's Compositions now can be purchased directly from this website. The following are currently available:

Centra-fuge: Homage to Don Ellis & Hank Levy
The Music of Charles L. Booker, Jr. Vol. I

American Jubilee
The Music of Charles L. Booker, Jr. Vol. II

Times Remembered
The Music of Charles L. Booker, Jr. Vol. III

Booker Music Goes Global!!

Great news from Chuck! Booker Music Publications goes international!! "I have entered into a contract with a music store in Japan that will allow them to distribute my music at Music Stores all across Japan. I hope to work out something similar with Germany and Australia."

To commission a new composition for your ensemble, please contact Charles Booker at the telephone number given or by email at:  clcmbooker@sbcglobal.net

• The 106th Army Band, Arkansas National Guard, commissioned a new work dedicated to Command Seargeant Major Thomas L. Walker upon his retirement after 37 years of service. The 106th is commanded by Chief Warrant Officer Two Keith D. Dortch. The Grade 4 piece is entitled Pathways  and was premiered by the 106th Army Band, Arkansas National Guard, on April 18, 2010 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
• The Bethel Middle School Bands, in Bryant, Arkansas, Sotonya and Greg Gordey, Directors, have commissioned a new composition, Look Homeward Citizen Soldier, which is dedicated to the Arkansas National Guard who have bravely served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The work will be premiered May 11, 2010 at Bethel Middle School, composer conducting.