Octubre 2015

My 2015 top 10 by plays

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My Michael Jackson covers

jazz music

The setlist details tunes that we play live. Instrumentation may differ according to package.

The Good Times Boogie Band Setlist

cilka

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This track is my version of the classic EWF track. Written by Allee Willis/Maurice White/McKay. This was #1 in the US in 1978

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September ---- Earth Wind And Fire

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Here's my unplugged version of the classic Michael Jackson track from the Bad album. Written by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett

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Man In The Mirror ----- Michael Jackson

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My version of the classic good times track from the Isley Bros.

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Harvest For The World ---- Isley Brothers (downloadable)

Produced by Gabe Niles
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"With a Dominican that Resembles Taina"


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Cha Cha

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Smooth Jazz guitar rework of the post disco track from the 'Raise' album. Written by Maurice White and Wayne Vaughn

Let's Groove ---- Earth Wind And Fire

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This is a modern rework of that track. I've done my usual smooth jazz guitar thing on it but have rediscovered my dance roots. I think I've breathed new life into this beat - what do you think?

Don't Stop Till You Get Enough ---- Michael Jackson

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PYRMDPLAZA is currently attending the University of Wales and is studying 'Creative Sound and Music'. He uses Ableton but started off with FLStudio. PYRMD started making music about 6-7 years ago and created privately for many years until the beginning of this year when he realized that he wanted to showcase his music. He definitely made the right choice otherwise we wouldn't be here at this very moment. Goes to show you how important social media is and how simply hitting "upload" can change your whole life by connecting with the world. 

We hope you enjoy this White Label! Stay tuned for much more coming from the Soulection crew -- we have some major things planned for you as always. 

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A new version of the greatest ever floor-filler - updated with loop mash beat. Woop woop! :-)

Boogie Wonderland ---- Earth Wind and Fire

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My version of the the iconic Miles track. I think it has most beautiful melody line ever, written by Joe Zawinul. Complete with Mile's actual horn on the coda!

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In a Silent Way ---- Miles Davis (downloadable)

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Miles could play over any type of music from any era and make it sound great. Every decade brought a new sound. This was Miles' post 70's fusion style. Much slicker. Technology had moved on in the 80's and he could now exploit synths, sequencers and drum machines.
Tutu was mostly a bunch of completed but unreleased tracks written by Marcus Miller. Wisely Marcus asked Miles to play on it and took it to the next level!
This track is named in tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the first black Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South 
Miles received the 1987 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Grammy Award for his performance on Tutu. Initially Tutu was panned by the critics but, you know what Miles would say to them? "So What!"
Benny Sutton :-)

drums: Michael Hearndon https://soundcloud.com/moodymo
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Tutu ---- Miles Davis feat. MoodyMo

Words, vocal melodies & arrangements Antony Carle
Instrumentation, production David Pimentel
String arrangement by Leon Feldman

What Have You Done For Me

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Here's my respectful re-imagining of the Jazz standard "So What" by Miles Davis. To say it is not like the original is an understatement. It's funky. 
I did release a version with no horns on it. I did ask some Soundcloud trumpeters for a collaboration but they shied away! Can't blame them, these are big boots to fill. 
The trumpeter who not only has the hutzpah but also the talent to play Miles is Jordy Waelauruw from Jakarta / Indonesia.  You can find him at https://soundcloud.com/jordy-trumpet
So my version has two Steely Dan type guitar solos and breaks into a swing jazz section in between. See if you can spot my vocal debut!
What I like about Miles is that he reinvented himself every decade he was playing. He also reinvented jazz with the album 'Kind of Blue' from which 'So What' was the opening track.
The actor Dennis Hopper, in an interview in 2008 with Men's Journal, claims that Davis named the song after intellectual conversations with Hopper, in which Hopper would reply, "So what?"
According to Wikipedia...
"So What" is one of the best known examples of modal jazz, set in the Dorian mode and consisting of 16 bars of D Dorian, followed by eight bars of E♭ Dorian and another eight of D Dorian. This AABA structure puts it in the thirty-two-bar format of American popular song.
I didn't know that.... I just played it... but then I say the same as Miles...SO WHAT!
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So What ---- Miles Davis featuring Jordy Waelauruw (trumpet) (downloadable)

Out now on Spotify, after 852 years :)

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ALL CREDITS GO TO MICHAEL JORDAN THE KING OF POP PLEASE DONT SUE ME I LOVE YOU MICHEL JAXON!

Michael Jackson - Off the wall (Jasper Staal remix) On Spotify now

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Deacon Blues is another classic Steely Dan track off the Aja album.

Guitarists love Steely Dan because they integrated the instrument into their studio productions so beautifully. In the process they gave the world at least 10 of the top 50 guitar solos of all time!

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Steely Dan ---- Deacon Blues

Thriller is an interesting rework. The melody line hasn't got a lot of notes to it - yet works instrumentally. Like many MJ tracks it relies on an insistent and repetitive muted guitar part to drive it along.
Thriller is the title track from the 1982 album of the same name. This album was the follow up to the 1979 Off the Wall album and firmly established MJ a a megastar.
The video accompanying this track also broke new ground by being shot with cinematic values - which also made it the most expensive video ever (at that time).
People forget its importance. MTV was in it's infancy and by getting heavy rotation 'broke' the crossover R&B/rock style to a wider audience.


Thriller ---- Michael Jackson

Here's my smooth jazz rendition of the Michael Jackson classic from 1979. This one has stood the test of time!
It was the title track from MJ's album of the same name. Written by Rod Temperton of the band Heatwave


Off the Wall ---- Michael Jackson (downloadable)

#1 Remix on Hype Machine -- what a bday present!!
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Earth, Wind, & Fire was the first concert I ever went to (back when overalls were still cool and my number one concern was keeping my tamagotchi alive). 

I heard the original for the first time in a loong time a few months ago and thought I'd give a nice reboot. Hope you like this one.

D O W N L O A D

Earth, Wind, & Fire - September (Taylor Wise Remix)

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Ocean Drive

Ocean Drive (Hayden James Remix)

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One of my many re-edits I play in my dj sets

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Michael Jackson - Off The Wall (Dj Fopp Re-Worked)

I've had this track on the back burner for years. It's such a brilliant track and I wanted to do it justice so it has gone through a number of versions to reach this point.
I knew I wanted to throw in some jazz chords and slow it down, which is what I have done, but I had to wait until I had learned enough to formulate a decent production.
The moral of this story then is... All things come to those who wait.


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Every Breath You Take ---- The Police (downloadable)

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall [SDRW]

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Love Guitar? You're in the right place!
I'm different! I play melodies - even when improvising!  
I'm really not interested in impressing other musicians. I'm creating music for everyone.
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ABOUT ME
I play the music I like to listen to. 
As a guitarist I like to think I have my own style.
Harmony, and the groove is what I'm chasing, hopefully with a tasteful, nuanced, and distinctive presentation. 
I don't have a genre as such. I could sort of call myself a smooth Jazz 'n' Blues guitar 'thang' but in reality every track crosses over multiple strands of R&B/Jazz/Funk/Pop. Don't be put off by my use of the "J" word. Jazz to me is anything unpredictable and I'm nothing if not contemporary. 
Rhythm playing is as much a part of my "game" as lead soloing. I love the Funk!
My main instrument is guitar. I play a 1973 Ovation Breadwinner, an Ibanez nylon stringed and a Yamaha keyboard loaded with Keyscape. Unless stated I play all the other instruments too (mostly Bass), and sequence MIDI and arrange/produce. 

MY JOURNEY
I was signed with Fresh Air records and EMI in the 1980's creating Jazz/funk dance tracks but things were just as challenging then as they are now for musicians so I got a 'proper job' for 20 years! During all that time my guitar was in the loft! I rediscovered music in 2010 and Soundcloud in 2014.


MY SOUNDCLOUD
I am grateful to Soundcloud listeners who take the time to press |>Play - and especially if you give me some feedback :-)
I hope what you hear will draw you in sufficiently to explore on my own website. Nearly all my original stuff (6 albums worth) are on www.BennySutton.com and all are downloadable.
Please don't follow me in hope of getting to get an automatic follow back. I don't do that because I only follow the smallest number of people I can keep track of. I'll have a look at your page but will only follow back if you are really of interest to me. See my follow list, you'll discover some very talented artistes, many of whom I have been lucky to Collab. Soundcloud really is the place to find the real innovators these days - not the music industry approved channels, especially MTV!
If you want to get my attention, send me a PM.