Tribute to Lyle Mays (1953-2020) part I.

Jonas Brogren: keyboards and production
Mauritz Petersson: drums
Karl Hugosson: bass and guitar
Magnus Brogren: percussion

The Call

Jonas Brogren: keyboards and production
Karl Hugosson: bass and guitar
Jacob Brogren: sax
Mauritz Petersson: drums
Magnus Brogren: percussion

Theme

Together.    A remarkable gathering of more than twenty of my favorite SoundCloud musicians.  Guitars, keyboards, basses, tenor sax, clarinet and vocals. Together's musicians are serious creative instrumentalists and are inspirations to so many.  Many are recording artists.  The finest players I know here.   So many are simply remarkable.
   
Together represents what SoundCloud is about, and how effectively musicians can work across the world.   Musicians who have never ever even spoken with each other, but recognize each other by their sounds and the notes, rhythms and phrases they play.  Pretty damn cool.

12 countries are represented here  -- Canada, Dubai, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and the US.   

There are two sections to the piece - a blues piece and a modal fusion section, with soloists across each part, showcasing their distinctive voices.  Vocalatti's beautiful singing is woven throughout the piece - her words and voice really pull us together.  The wonderful keyboard head during the opening and closing was composed and performed by Calaminus, who also has added the great organ comping you hear throughout.   The first and last soloists are brilliant musicians and soloists, as are so many throughout.    

It's been such a pleasure to pull this together over the past 3 weeks.  So sit back and enjoy a true SoundCloud experience.    

We thank you so much for your time listening, your comments and your shares to followers and social media.  And thank you for your exploring and following these wonderful players and voices on their instruments.

Musicians (in order of appearance)

The Rhythm Group:
Vocalatti - vocals - Manchester, England @vocalatti
Calaminus - keyboards (horns, organ, add. drums & loops) - Stuttgart, Germany @calaminus 
Tunde Fernandez - bass - Barnstaple, England @tunde-fernandez
Jamie Rhind - keyboards (rhodes, drums, main backings) - New Canaan, Connecticut (US)
Daniele Petrocchi - bass - Lucca, Italy @daniele-petrocchi

Blues Section Soloists:
Ronny Heimdal - guitar Bergen, Norway @ronny-heimdal
Justin Valente - guitar Wayne, New Jersey (US) @justin-valente
Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski - guitar Mount Laurel, New Jersey (US) @pinner
Calaminus - organ Stuttgart, Germany @calaminus
Tom Adams - guitar San Antonio, Texas (US) @tytlblues
Ian Tait - guitar Edinburgh, Scotland @ian-tait
Marco Oversteegen - guitar Almere, Netherlands @marco-oversteegen
Michel Martineau - clarinet Gatineau, Canada @michel-martineau
Benny Sutton - guitar England @bennysutton
Giuliano Ghisi - guitar Dubai, UAE @gghisi
Rients Draaisma - guitar Oudeschoot, Netherlands @rients-draaisma
Johnny (Sax) Pugh - tenor saxaphone, Jumilla, Spain @johnny-pugh
Alan Schulman - guitar New York, New York (US) @digschulman
Dean Clark - guitar New York, New York (US) @aleckrand
Anders Moberg - guitar Norrköping, Sweden @anders-moberg-1
David Nederland - keyboards Barcelona, Spain @david-nl
Daniele Turani - guitar Italy, @danieleturani
Joe Bongiovanni - guitar Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (US) @joe-bongiovanni
Darren Chilton - guitar Tokyo, Japan @spectrum_one 
Jeff Fiorentino - guitar Hollywood, CA @jeff-fiorentino-jfrocks    Daniel van den Berg - guitar Rotterdam, Netherlands, @danarchx

Modal Section:
Daniele Petrocchi - bass - Lucca, Italy @daniele-petrocchi 
Jamie Rhind - keyboards New Canaan, Connecticut (US) @jamie-rhind
Daniel van den Berg - guitar Rotterdam, Netherlands, @danarchx
Jeff Fiorentino - guitar Hollywood, CA @jeff-fiorentino-jfrocks
Tunde Fernandez - bass Barnstaple, England @tunde-fernandez
Rients Draaisma - guitar Oudeschoot, Netherlands @rients-draaisma
Jorg Calaminus - keyboards Stuttgart, Germany @calaminus
Vocalatti - vocals - Manchester, England @vocalatti

BUY JAMIE'S MUSIC

Together  -  23 musicians.  12 countries.  1 stage

Our 90´s band WPC:
Erik Iwarsson - saxophones
Peter Major - keys
Måns Håkansson - guitar
PA Ulander - bass
Thomas Wingren - perc
Anders Petrén - dr

Crime Time (feat Aaron Phiri)

A mix of various songs played by Carefree Big Band.

Carefree Big Band - Demo 2014

Dan Boissy: tenor sax
Karl Hugosson: bass
Jonas Brogren: keyboards & production
drums by StudioPros

Regulars featuring Dan Boissy

In memory of my friend and musical stablemate Johan Hansson.

Hey Brother (cover version)

On the sunny side

On the sunny side on the street

Bringing things down again with Sam Mendez's sweet alto sax playing on our original, Reflections.  Sam's such a fine instrumentalist, having just released a 3 movement Bach Sonata for flute that is divine.  And he plays the tenor, alto and soprano saxes beautifully too.  Check out that Bach and so much more goodness in his gallery:  https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero
And for a playlist of the 30+ tunes we have recorded together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/swinging-with-santi-caballero

Reflections - Sam Mendez / Jamie Rhind

We've got to get this under control.  What lies ahead?  Please do your part.

Crime Time (feat Aaron Phiri)

Erik Iwarsson

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