(Thanks B.T.)
‘Rejoice’ is a bookend to the piece ‘Storm’s A-Comin’ that I wrote at the beginning of the COVID pandemic. Two years later, the ‘storm’ appeared to have passed and we were all cautiously optimistic that the disease would no longer rule our lives. It was a joyous realization! I came across a piece by the great jazz pianist, Billy Taylor (B.T.) also called ‘Rejoice’ and I found my inspiration for this piece; a way to express that joy and sense of relief of surviving the pandemic. So, thanks, B.T.!!