The following is a live cover of "Straight No Chaser" by Thelonious Monk.  Eric Struve is on the Double Bass. I, Frank Enanoza, am playing electric guitar. We performed this live during Summer 2019 at the Black Dog Cafe in St. Paul, MN back when it was still around.  For me, the jazz blues is addicting because of the endless possibilities.

"Straight No Chaser" F. Enanoza and E. Struve cover live 2019

The following is a cover of Louis Armstrong's famous song, "What A Wonderful World." Eric Struve is playing double bass and I am playing electric guitar. I arranged this piece myself and gave it a unique twist for this live performance. I hope you dig it.

"What A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong (F.E.+E.S. cover live 2018)

The following is a midi of a solo guitar arrangement I did with the song, "Somewhere Out There" by James Horner, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil. You may recognize this song from the cartoon film, "An American Tail." It is very difficult, but it is my mission to perform this live one day. ;)

"Somewhere Out There" arr. by F. Enanoza (from the film, "An American Tail"/Midi)

The following is a live recording of "The Swan(Le Cygne)" by Saint Saens. It features Eric Struve on the Melody on Double Bass and me, Frank Enanoza, on Guitar. Since I heard Sara Sant'Ambrogio and Yo Yo ma perform this piece, I fell in love with it and been itching to perform it for years.  Good thing Eric was open minded to perform it. We performed this piece live at the Black Dog Cafe in St. Paul, MN 2019.

"The Swan(Le Cygne)" by Saint Saens ft. Eric Struve on Bass Live 2019

The following is a live recording of "City Lights" by me, Frank Enanoza. Eric Struve is on Bass and I am on electric guitar. When I wrote this piece, I was imagining a drummer doing a Latin/rock beat. I hope you dig it. We performed this live @ Black Dog Cafe 2019 in St. Paul, MN. It was fun!

"City Lights" by Frank Enanoza live 2019

Originally, when I wrote this, I heard a quartet version of this tune, but you can still hear the melody, harmony, and rhythm in this recording/duet. I initially wrote it out one way and set it aside for awhile, but then, I gave it a few tweaks and discovered some new variations I liked while experimenting with the melody, rhythm, and phrasing.  Perhaps you too can also hear how the melody, phrasing, and rhythm fluctuates as the song progresses? 

This track is a live recording with Larry Neumann on saxophone and me, Frank Enanoza on guitar.  This was performed at the Butter Bakery Cafe in Minneapolis, MN 10-12-13. Anyways, it was fun to perform it that night!! *Also, for news, upcoming shows, and more, please like my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/F.Enanoza.music

"Movin' On" by Frank Enanoza (Live)

The following was a solo I performed live at a concert I performed in on October 12, 2013 at the Butter Bakery Cafe in Minneapolis, MN.

Guitar solo on "Lyresto" live Oct.12. 2013

The following is a cover mashup of "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong and "Mr. PC" by John Coltrane.  I did this in my recording and rehearsal space in 2022.

What a Wonderful World/Mr. PC Mashup

The following is an original arrangement of "Caravan" by Duke Ellington.  I recorded this in my basement in 2022.

Caravan (Spacey Boob Tube Gumbo Sauce with a Side of Pickle Version)

The following is my cover of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely." I hope you dig it.

"Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder (Frank Enanoza cover)

The following is an original of mine. I made a sloppy recording of it in my basment in 2022. Haha!  I hope you dig.

"City Lights" by Frank Enanoza

"Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton arr. by Hirokazu Sato. I saw Kaori Muraji play this live and was inspired to learn it. Hope you dig.  This was recorded in my basement

Tears In Heaven

Manha De Carnaval

This is from my High School Rock Band from way back in the day. I hope you dig it

Vintage

So Long

The following cover was done in my basement

All The Things You Are

This is a recording of an original of mine on 1/1/2023

"Dreamcatcher" by Frank Enanoza

The following is a soull/funk/jazz tune, "Comin' Home Baby" (sung by Mel Tormé).  You may recognize this tune played in the background during a few TV show episodes like in Queen's Gambit.

Comin' Home Baby

"Manha De Carnaval" performed live at the Butter Bakery Cafe in Minneapolis, MN on October 12, 2013.  In this track, Nick Zahareas is singing and playing guitar and I am playing lead guitar.  This was a fun time!

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"Manha De Carnaval" -Nick Zahareas+F.Enanoza cover(Live Oct.12.2013)

The following is a recording of "Snowed In," which I did in one take in my basement. It's an original piece that I wrote during the time I was stuck in home due to harsh winter conditions. I hope you enjoy the tune

Snowed In

The following is an original arrangement of "Can't Take My Eyes off You" by Frankie Valli.  I made this rough recording sometime in 2022 in my basement.

"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" arr. by Frank Enanoza (by Frankie Valli)

The following is a cover of "How Deep Is Your Love" by the Bee Gees.  In this track, I am experimenting and improvising. -Frank Enanoza

"How Deep Is Your Love" by Bee Gees (F. Enanoza cover)

*Thank you so much for listening to my music and visiting my profile page! I feel blessed:)

*What I play.....
I mainly play guitar, but I also use other stuff like vocals, keys, drums, reverse playback, software programming while composing, performing, arranging, twiddling my thumbs, staring at my ceiling, or watching TV.

*Where I started....
I remember about more than a decade ago, I would visit my cousins in Chicago, IL, who just moved from the Philippines.  They were very musical, playing various instruments to popular music like Metallica and Greenday.  I thought this was so cool coming from a 10 year old kid's perspective and really had no experience seeing music live, up close, and personal.  One visit, my cousin, Arvin (who was my very, very first musical influence) decided to give me his old acoustic guitar. I was so excited even though the neck was broken from an airplane ride.  The strings on it seemed to be like 1 inch away from the fret board.  It was like jumping on a trampling ha ha, but I had fun with it. I was care-free and curious.  Immediately, I strummed away, not really knowing anything and created music by hitting the open strings and placing the end of my pointer finger on the first few frets.  

That’s how I started. Before the rigorous practicing and earning my 4 year degree in Jazz and Contemporary Music, I had eyes like a child who just had his first bicycle ride ever. Like everyone else, I had to start fresh from scratch. 

*What I listen to.....
Along with my first musical influences in rock and metal, I am pretty eclectic. Here are a few artists that I like to listen to nowadays: 
Jazz: Miles Davis, Pat Martino, Hiromi Uehara, John Coltrane, Antonio Sanchez, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Lage Lund 
Classical: Maurice Ravel, J.S. Bach, Villa Lobos 
Rock: Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Oceansize, 
Other: Marie' Digby, Steve Reich, Ravi Shankar, Michael Jackson, Kaki King, Boyce Avenue,...to name a few. I can go on and on cause there is a lot of good music out there!

Frank Enanoza

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