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Subtle (feat. Mikky Ekko)

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FAZIL SAY piano et composition

Voici regroupées pour la première fois les pièces que Fazil Say a composées pour piano solo et qu’il interprète sur les scènes du monde entier : Black Earth, Paganini Jazz, Alla Turca Jazz… Ces miniatures sont devenues des tubes et les hymnes d’un pianiste compositeur qui a inventé un langage musical unique !

 « Le programme que vous allez entendre est composé de pièces que j’ai interprétées lors de concerts tout au long de ma vie : elles sont littéralement les « musiques d’un pianiste au piano ». Vous allez découvrir de nombreux airs turcs et d’Anatolie. Dans ma jeunesse, j’aimais également beaucoup créer des arrangements jazz à partir de grandes œuvres classiques : j’ai donc aussi ajouté quelques-unes de ces transcriptions dans cet album. Au fil des années, j’ai toujours joué ces morceaux pendant mes concerts, parfois en tant que bis, en les variant ou en les adaptant. Ceux qui me suivent vont d’ailleurs sûrement reconnaître la plupart de ces compositions. 

J’aime beaucoup cette citation de Tarkovski qui dit : « Si l’artiste existe, c’est parce que le monde n’est pas parfait. » Essayer de raconter une vie par la musique… En voici quelques humbles exemples. » FAZIL SAY

(Extraits de SAY plays SAY, parution le 29 septembre 2014)

Glenn Gould Goldberg Variations 1981 Studio Video

09 Monk's Mood 1

Original Jazz Compositions for jazz guitar trio. Plus a few standards


The Road To You

Glory

Ben Boyleyim

Unchain My Heard

Here's one For Miles.  For so many Miles Davis has been the ultimate influence on music.  From the 1940s through his death in 1991, Miles changed music no fewer than 5 times, moving it into new and unchartered territories, and bringing along with him some of the most influential players of each generation and ultimately, the 20th Century.  

For this tribute to Miles I have rounded up the very finest fusion players I know on SoundCloud to participate.  These are highly creative musicians, who understand what Miles has meant, the merging of electricity and jazz, and who are all superb improvisers.  

The trumpet is played by Vivek Patel, who brings with him the lonely Harmon muted sound for which Miles was so well known.  Vivek opens and closes the piece with elegance and with a harmonic and rhythmic edge that Miles was known so well for.  What a treat to have him join us.

Mirko Borach (Stringburner) anchors the essential modal bass line here, helping set and keep that funk groove.  During the 80s, the period from which this draws, Miles was playing with the great Marcus Miller and Darryl Munch Jones.  Think you'll love what German's Mirko brings as always.

The ordering of solos is as follows:

LA's Derek Cornet is a consumate musician, recording so many styles and composing significant pieces as well.  After hearing a fusion tune he recorded that reminded me of Mike Stern's playing (Mike was Miles' guitarist from '81 to '83), I wanted to have his playing on this tribute.  What a great start to the tune!

Australia's CHeeZ tackles the second solo and brings the fire and explosive playing he is know for on SoundCloud.  Anthony hasn't done things with other musicians here on SC and I wanted to give him the change to fly with these other heavyweights.  Wow.

New Jersey's Pinner - Stephen Lipinski - sits in for Miles' other famous early '80s guitarist John Scofield.  And does Pinner bust this out or what?  Bringing the same approach to rhythm and angular soloing that Sco pioneers, this solo is a masterpiece.  

Dan van den Berg follows Pinner with exceptional playing and virtuosity.  Listen how he weaves in and out with the moving chromaticism of my backing horn comping, nailing the movement perfectly.  Wouldn't have don't this tune without Dan, one of the true virtuosos on SC.  

New York based Alto sax pro Matt Criscuolo brings his Kenny Garret sound to For Miles, taking it in and out the way that Miles and Kenny did on stage together for so many years.   

Dutch fusion guitarist Rients Draaisma follows, with what is simply a remarkable display of sound and virtuosity.  This powerful solo showcases why Rients for me is at the very pinnacle of progressive fusion anywhere, pushing the very limits of concept and execution.

Spain's fine multi-instramentalist Santi-Caballero is our second horn, showcasing his tenor playing here.  Santi-Caballero takes it out all over the place here, moving in and out of the mode as Miles and his great '80s tenor player Bob Berg did together.

French keyboard player Julien Apelien is the perfect choice to join the team, and brings a great electric keyboard solo and sound in the style of Miles' Adam Holtzman, using fourths to create tension and ambiguity.

Mirko's fine solo technique is featured after Julien, and he just kills it on this one with his slap bass technique.

Italy's Daniele Turani has the concluding guitar solo and in his playing you will again hear a  superb sense of structure and organization, along with his virtuoso playing.  Such a treat to have him joining this Miles tribute.

For Miles concludes with Vitek's beautiful searching trumpet solo, which showcases his deep understanding and appreciation for Miles, as well as a modern jazz conception that also includes weaving patterns in and out chromatically similar to the great trumpeter Woody Shaw.  What a finish to this special tribute For Miles.

Thanks as always for your time listening, for your comments and for your shares.


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For Miles: Patel/Borach/Cornet/CHeeZ/Pinner/vd Berg/Draaisma/Apelian/Mendez/Criscuolo/Turani

05 UK Sound

04 New Thing

03 Stella By Starlight

02 Serenata D'argento

01 Samsara

This new one I hope makes you want to stand up and move a bit, at the very least tap your feet. Many thanks to the gracious Derek Cornett for providing a few guitar tracks that give it some soul. I also would like to thank Chris Yochens for great B3 part that inspired the whole song.


Where You're At / featuring Derek Cornett / Chris Yochens

Ibrahim Maalouf - True Sorry

What am I to you

"Keep on, don’t look back, hold on to this love..."

First, long awaited collaboration with Vocalatti, and her sultry vocals - a great performance indeed, but also a tribute to her very poignant lyrics - take them in.

Then, Derek Cornett a.k.a "Larry Carlton/Earl Klugh/George Benson" (your choice) delivers the smoothest, laid back guitar imaginable.

Magnus, you're zooming in on the appropriate sentiment with aplomb, your EWI always a pleasure to listen to.

And then our own "Paulinho da Costa", multi-talented MoodyMo adding the final layer on the cake with his subtle and stylish percussion.

From vision to fruition, thanks to the ever-awesome collaborators from all over the world; as always no boundaries in the world of music.

I thank you all.

Concept: Peter Bennborn & Magnus Jansson
Music: Peter Bennborn
Lyrics: Vocalatti

Vocals: Vocalatti (@vocalatti)
Guitar: Derek Cornett (@derek-cornett)
EWI: Magnus Jansson (@the-ewi-master)
Percussion: MoodyMo (@moodymo)
Rhodes/keys/synths/drum & bass programming: Peter Bennborn

Mixed & Mastered: Peter Bennborn

Lyrics:

Is it time for us
To take just what we had
And walk away just as friends
It seems to me that every time
That we said goodbye
All that sadness in your eyes

Fate can be so cruel
When others break the rules
No one gets another chance
I find it hard to think that
You're never coming back
All is wasted what we had

Chorus

Keep on
Don’t look back
Hold on to this love
That we already had and
Try to start again
Let this love begin
And never let it end

Looking back to when
Our feelings had to end
Was the last thing on my mind
I wanted to always stay here
So you and I
Could find peace within our lives

Nothing stays the same
Two people are to blame
For changing other people’s lives
If I knew how
I would have stayed in that fairytale
Feeling free and so alive

Chorus

Move on start a new
You’ll forget these things
That life has put us through
And try to love again
You'll remember that
You and I were friends

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Keep On (ft. Vocalatti, Derek Cornett, Magnus Jansson & MoodyMo)

Fingerstyle arrangement of the fabulous Thelonious Monk tune.

Monk's Mood (arr. Derek Cornett)

Art Pepper And Zoot Sims Art 'N' Zoot 06 Breakdown Blues

A nice Pat Metheny Tune I recently discovered.

The Night You Were Born

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Herbie Hancock Quartet with Jaco Pastorius - Chameleon
February 16, 1977
Chicago, IL @ The Ivanhoe Theater

Herbie Hancock - Keyboards
Jaco Pastorius - Electric Bass
Bennie Maupin - Soprano & Tenor Saxophone, Lyricon
James Levi - Drums

Herbie Hancock Quartet with Jaco Pastorius - Chameleon 2/16/77

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Waiting All Night (Acoustic Version)

I am an Architectural Illustrator, independent composer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist (primarily guitar) living in So. California. Unencumbered with the limitations of a professional career (haha... laugh now) Able to explore and create my own musical universe using Soundcloud as a "virtual music/idea distribution center for anyone who is willing to listen. Past professional highlights include two works for solo classical guitar published by Mel Bay and an Electric Blues Guitar play-along method book published by Hal Leonard and available in boot-leg form in Japan....:)I enjoy collaborating and posting a myriad of music here on Soundcloud. Thanks for listening!