🌙 Midnight Smoke – Big Band, Noir Jazz & Blues Collection

Midnight Smoke is a sultry collection of big band swing, noir jazz, and soulful blues, conjuring the atmosphere of smoke-filled clubs and midnight rendezvous. 🎷🥁✨ Brass bursts meet moody piano lines, walking bass grooves, and blues-soaked guitar riffs, creating a soundscape straight out of a black-and-white film.

Every track drips with cinematic flair — the swing of crowded dance floors, the hush of a late-night confession, and the mystery of shadows on rain-slick streets. Perfect for lovers of vintage moods, Midnight Smoke is timeless, magnetic, and steeped in old-world charm. 🕯️🎩

Copper Skyline

YouTube: https://youtu.be/3FPJf72lx9c Hike in Eldorado Canyon, Colorado!
This original fast-paced performance contains elements of modern jazz, big band, indie rock, and electronic pop. Thanks to "joerxworx" (https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx) on tenor saxophone whose improvisational and tonal skills are clearly demonstrated.

DAVEHEFFNER.COM

Keep Up (ft. joerxworx - tenor saxophone) Dave - keys, production

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo, Harmonica solo, Horn section Trumpet, Alto saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Acoustic Piano Rhythm, Fender Electric Bass regular, Fender Electric Bass Flanging, Trap Drum set Shuffle, Percussion Cow Bell, Tambourine.

Bixby Bridge

Blues Slinger

Hello there,

here an electronic production in retro-modern sound colors, cool guitar, synthesizers, percussions and much more while listening!

I wish you a lot of fun!
CJ

CJR-Music originals | more info also here: www.cjrogersmusic.com

Retro Moments

Drums and Bass by https://soundcloud.com/matt-warnick-58962582

That Will Be The Last Time (Conover)

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DIE BY MY OWN HANDS

The washing machines had a gutsful
It’s raining again on the lawn
There’s muck on the floor and there’s mud in your hair
Can I wipe can I clean any more?

O woman rise up from your ashes
so you don’t thrill to clean any more,
Spin around and at least you’ll get dizzy
and there’s plenty of food on the floor

O I don’t expect joy all the time,
And I never expected true bliss,
But when we fell down and made babies
I didn’t anticipate this!

There’s a strange sense of wild in my head now,
There’s a part of me drifting away
Watch a woman down there in the kitchen
as I unclip one side of me brain


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This is one of my older songs that I am still quite fond of..  I have had fun mixing it up with some random sounds from my laundry and goodness knows where else while I was in creative mode!  And yes, that picture IS the machine performing in the piece.. :-))
Written sung made and played by Emma.

Washing Machine Song...  (O I don't expect joy ALL the time!)

The first song Frank and I ever learned and performed together. Done as a gift to my buddy Dave. I can't remember if it was his birthday, or a New Year's present. Late Christmas? Who knows. But this was back before we had a SoundCloud, or a Facebook page, or anything even remotely resembling a DAW. Just us, in a room, with a chirping smoke detector. Hope you enjoy the very first HinTTrack.

Adaptation: Foo Fighters - Home

I saw kings and queens and horses and fools
on a black & white board in a game with no rules
high heeled ladies dripping with jewels
and beggars a begging with an eye that drools
I saw scenes oh man i can hardly tell
some obscene and bizarre mixing heaven and hell
a cold silent spring a white masquerade
in the middle of June a Halloween parade
not one pink elephant in sight
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
I saw a pale frozen sun as from the outer space
saw jailers on the run not wearing a face
blazes a burnin’ the old mountain range
hurricanes blowing like a mind that’s deranged
I saw things oh man you wouldn’t believe
it’s crazy what a brain in sleep can conceive
anger and thunder black turning to fade
the future a swinging on the edge of a blade
in the yellowish sky no unicorns in flight
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
I saw Jesus bad tripping alongside Broadway
some tarot cards reader having nothing to say
but also i found as i passed my way
an orphan baby sparrow and that made my day
I saw a film oh man i just lack the words
and the screen was as large as the entire world
watchers a walking in a state of stupor
wondering what’s my acting and who’s the director
but no bonze in the air gliding on a kite
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
I saw thousands of planes dead stuck on the ground
such a blast in an harbor it exploded the town
broken wings broken hearts in the port of shadows
a rastaman playing Piaf singing la vie en rose
I saw a woman oh man who gave me an eye
saying we’ll meet again in the sweet bye and bye
i got lost on my way and forced to the ground
i got caught in a loop like in 4th time around
down the pit did i see any flickering light?
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
I saw lovers and friends who could not embrace
armies of zombies looking for solace
i heard echoes in time from the sweet golden age
of parsley and thyme rosemary and sage
I saw you oh man and you didn’t look great
petrified like you saw a demon at your gate
and while deciphering as a riddle your frown
i wondered could it mean the whole world’s upside down
and still no pink elephant in sight
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
With some hopes and illusions tight clenched in my fist
i wandered along the old route 66
but trying to express all that i missed
it’s trying to grab a ghost in the mist
And i ain’t superstitious but i sure did see
a black cat in the night with eyes glaring at me
what i saw my friend was beyond belief
and i hoped that the morning would bring some relief
but alas alas what is life but a dream
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night
And for sure not pink elephant in flight
In the dream i had last night
And the ones that i love i held them so tight
In the dream i had last night
And i enjoyed the past as a Turkish delight
In the dream i had last night
In the dream i had last night

TURKISH DELIGHT (Lyrics)

Song about looking ahead and not dwelling in the past. Change your ways and ask for forgiveness if necessary. Anna and Ari Rader perform the vocals and https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx plays tenor saxophone. Dave: lyrics, synths and producer.  YouTube: https://youtu.be/kveJ8BeegTM
LYRICS
Verse1
You can’t go back.
There’s no time machine.
Those days are gone.

Yesterday’s problems, water
Over the dam.
Let them drift along.

Verse2
Looking back,
We could stumble,
And not see,
The good things ahead.

Keep the darkness,
Behind us,
And follow the light instead

Chorus
Can’t go back.
You can’t go back.
Can’t go back.
You can’t go back.
Let’s change our ways.

Can’t go back.
You can’t go back.
Can’t go back.
You can’t go back.
Forgive me today.

Verse3
Grew up in a small town,
That changed in many ways.
Parents, neighbors, and friends,
Moved or passed away.

Verse4
You can’t go back.
Life moves too fast.
Let it run its course.

Can’t undo the past.
It’s set in stone.
Forgive. Have no remorse.

You Can't Go Back (ft. Anna & Ari Rader - vocals, joerxworx - tenor saxophone)

Hope someone will enjoy my latest song. Lots of piano, flutes and dreamy synths! Thank you to the wonderful Sander for his mastering services. 😊💕🎤🎹🎶🎧

RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME

Colorado Songwriter, Electronic Musician, Producer. ASCAP member. Ballads, Dance, Rock, Electronica, Jazz, Hip Hop, with a mix of everything else. All original compositions with live artists on most tracks. Piano study began at 5 years old, continued through university study and incorporated with electronic music since the introduction of MIDI. Have taught, consulted and composed electronic music. Primary platform is Pro Tools, with which I also do training and consulting. Open to collaboration. More information at my website.

Keep Up (ft. joerxworx - tenor saxophone) Dave - keys, production

Dave Heffner