In this piece from her set of Jazz Portraits, Capers takes a familiar children's tune (Mary Had a Little Lamb) and imagines it in the voice of Ella Fitzgerald.

From her set of Jazz Portraits, this piece is Caper's take on the music of Charlie "Bird" Parker

This piece does not refer to another composer's music but rather is Nash's own personal style that melds influences from different pianistic realms.

In this piece from his set of Silhouettes from 2001, Yanov-Yanosky portrays the style of Charles Ives combining harsh dissonances with syncopated rhythms from popular music of his time.

Verin evokes a different style of piano music in each of the variations including several references to jazz.