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“Just A Little Bit”
"The Closers" cover Rosco Gordon’s classic R&B song. This is the intro and first verse. |
| Just A Little Bit |
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| Here is another nice recording from Janine Santana’s CD “Soft As Granite.” “Walking Man” by James Taylor has sort of a pop reggae feel to it. |
| Walking Man |
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| “Gregory/Johnson” recorded in my basement. Jared and I laid down the bass and drum tracks together and then Jared went back and added sax. He’s a talented guy. "Sonny Meets Floyd” tries for a not settled groove - on purpose. |
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| This is Eef’s guitar solo from “Be My Man” from her “Life Without You” CD. She’s got some soul. |
| Be My Man |
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| This is “Stop What You’re Doing” from Eef’s Aqua CD. |
| Stop What You're Doing |
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| Doug Roche’s piano solo is featured on the tune called “Peri’s Scope." Ron Bland (on bass) is swingin’ hard! |
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| Here is the "Doug Roche Trio” recorded live in Doug’s studio. The tune is “Voyage” and starts with eight bars of drums. |
| Voyage |
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| After playing at CBGB’s in NYC, the sound engineer couldn’t stop saying nice things about “Handel.” This is more of the pop rock side of that group. |
| Where The Path Ends |
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| “Tempa and the Tantrums” and our take of the old school soul tune “Rockin Chair.” Recorded live at The Walnut Room. |
| Rockin' Chair |
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| Here is a fun Zydeco groove from “Tempa and the Tantrums” from a live recording at the Walnut Room in Denver. |
| Tonight's the Night |
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| Here is an early incarnation of “The Mighty Jivesters” doing “Stop Breaking Down” - a funky rhumba with some great harp playing by AC. |
| Stop Breaking Down |
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| Here is a hard driving swingin’ shuffle from “The Closers” |
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| Here is the one and only "T-Bone Shuffle” being played by “The Closers” with Erik Boa on guitar. This is a fun groove for me to play! |
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“Brigas Nunca Mais” covered by Robert Deutsch (Brazilian Jazz)
This is a standard Brazilian tune that I had the pleasure to record with Rob, who is inspired by Pat Metheny (among others). This is the last chorus of the melody followed by a drum solo. The drums finish soloing and it turns into a big percussion jam. The drum set and tamborim (played by Brazilian percussionist Valchino) are the only acoustic instruments playing at that point with the drum set fading out. I programmed and played all the percussion parts live (one at a time) via my drumKAT. There wasn’t any quantizing or anything like that. Needless to say, I had a lot of fun! |
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“Icarus” performed by “Signel-Z”
This is a Ralph Towner composition taken from the classic Paul Winter Consort album by the same name. I had the good fortune of working with Ralph Towner with a Jazz/New Age ensemble “Ananda.” |
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| Here is “How Blue Can You Get?" - a medium slow 12/8 blues by “The Mighty Jivesters.” |
| How Blue Can You Get |
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| Here is the guitar solo from Taylor Marvin on “Who’s to Say." This is one of his original songs and from the CD “Hello My Name is Taylor Marvin.” |
| Who's to Say |
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| Here is a funky version of Thelonious Monk’s “Well You Needn’t” performed by “Signel-Z.” |
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