Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval's funkiest of cha-cha's, from a Bob Driggs quintet arrangement.

What an amazing, inspirational musician!
I've always found his playing and arrangements   to be completely out of this world, lately he blew me away again with a triple high C addition to Leonid and Friends  cover of Chicago's 
  Streetplayer....check it out on You Tube.

...also his life story full movie is on YouTube "For love or Country"

Funky Cha Cha fumbled through here  on flute and saxes...no trumpet players were hurt in the making..... but I did need the old pea-shooter Piccolo to hit some of his high notes!

Funky Cha Cha

New and improved remix of my rcording of the Rob Thomas/Carlos Santana collaboration. This is based on a Bob Driggs arrangement for brass ..!

This is my own Instrumental  and intentionally manic version definitely with the emphasis on mental......8 winds plus drum & bass tracks... alto and tenor sax and concert flute.

Smooth...err

"Maputo" was written by Marcus Miller who was inspired by the slower pace of life he experienced when visiting Maputo, Mozambique. The song was recorded by Bob James & David Sanborn (with Miller on bass) for a Grammy Award winning album ‘Double Vision’, released in 1986.

This fantastic arrangement is by Bob Driggs of Iowa ,originally for a brass quintet and I have taken a few liberties as usual.

Maputo revisited

new & improved , tried to fix a few of the more obvious obvious clams...

Hoping you enjoy this in the spirit it was recorded, just a bit of fun inspired by the one and only Miles Davis who recorded the album of same name in 1986: Bassist Marcus Millar wrote nearly all the originals on the album.
It blew me away at the time, his previous album Decoy had funky vibes but not full on funked-out slapping bass grunt like this album.

This is just a humourous attempt at a reprise as nobody could possibly emulate the original. Recorded all on my own-y-oh at home...with my pea shooter piccolo ,flute and kazoos ..   Hope you like it .   

 Thanks again to Bob Driggs for the arrangement.

Tutu

See the girl with the diamonds in her shoes? Yeah
She walks around like she's got nothin' to lose
Yeah, she's a go-getter, she's everybody's type
She's a queen of the city but she don't believe the hype.........

What can I say ?
Just great fun.....the genius that is Stevie Wonder with a great new talent.

Another great Bob Driggs brass arrangement .

Faith

While this piece is definitely Latin in flavour, it was actually written by Ohio State University's Musical Director and band leader Jim Swearingen, first published in 1984. His career has spanned all aspects of musical composition ,arranging and conducting...mostly North America though..

I've rearranged a brass quintet arrangement from Bob Driggs of Iowa
(also in the U.S.A.) to allow me play it here in Ireland on a 100 year old British made Besson Db wooden flute and accompanied by myself on my modern Japanese Yamaha tenor sax and my equally modern German Keilwerth Alto Sax..........

Happy International New Year 2021 to the world and it's mother....wherever she is from!

Valero

Written by Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes,
Originally recorded by Sam Smith  ,remixed and covered often.

This arrangement inspired by Lucky Chops.....on sax & tuba...

see https://youtu.be/3UgvU5UmFkM

......was then rearranged for brass by Bob Driggs and now rearranged for sax and flute by yours truly......

Confused?....." I'm not the only one !

I'm Not The Only One

"Why Don't You & I" was written by Chad Kroeger and recorded for Santana's 2002 album Shaman. It was re-recorded in 2003 with vocals by Alex Band of The Calling as the third single in the United States. Both versions of the single charted in the US

This is a 2nd edit  of my latest adaptation of a Bob Driggs brass quintet arrangement......we are both big Santana fans.....he a Tuba playing arranger and me a fluterer- turned-sax blower..!

This one got me trying out the lower end with an old borrowed Baritone Sax held together with love and elastic bands.......

Why Dont You And I...?

an original from Brooklyn based Lucky Chops.

Bob Driggs quintet rearranged for my own instruments : tenor & alto saxes  and flutes....

These Tears

"La Tortura" (English: "The Torture") is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz, from Shakira's sixth studio album .


La Tortura

here for now.... ....

Here's a few recordings to pass the time.

All recorded at home on a single mic ,or sometimes on a mobile phone ,one take at a time and then mixed in Ableton Live 9 by a total amateur.......

 I've certainly enjoyed the learning process and if I've learnt anything, it's probably that while my playing may not be great ........it's possibly better than my mixing🤣

Colm Scully

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