Best of 2023

Jitterbug Lindy Hop 2 - Swing, Shag and Lindy Hop Dance Music.

Jitterbug Lindy Hop 3

East Coast Swing 11 - Ballroom, Social & Street Rhythm Dance Music.

East Coast Swing 11

Alternative Jazz 5

Baila Mi Salsa

Ese Amor No Te Conviene

MIKE LEDONNE
It’s All Your Fault
The Groover Quartet
+ Big Band
Savant Records SCD 2183

Track Listing: It's All Your Fault • Matador • Rock With You • Still • Party Time • Bags and Brown • Biggest Part of Me • Blues for Jed

Mike LeDonne belongs to an elite group of musicians – those who have mastered the piano AND the organ while creating original voices for each. However, here on IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, LeDonne sits down at the organ, puts his foot on the pedals and lays down some of the hippest organ licks you're likely to hear.  Two groups are featured on this recording.  Mike LeDonne's Groover Quartet has had the rare opportunity to play and record together for twenty years and counting. They had no difficulty integrating their sound into this all-star big band put together by Mike and his preferred arranger and conductor, Dennis Mackrel. Recorded in the famed Van Gelder Studio and actually using the original Hammond C-3 organ that Jimmy Smith et al. used for their recordings, the music within this recording is adventurous.  It's a continuation of the groove that was established years ago by organists interacting with big bands and it reveals to us the Blues, the Rhythm & Blues and the Jazz that Mike heard coming up through the jazz ranks.

It's all Your Fault

Roick With You

"Rock With You" from Mike LeDonne's IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT -- Savant Records

George Cables
Too Close for Comfort
HighNote Records HCD 7335
Essiet Essiet, bass • Victor Lewis, drums
HighNote Records HCD 7335

Track listing:  Too Close for Comfort • Circle of Love • This Is My Song • Klimo • For All We Know • Crazy Love • Roses Poses • I’ve Never Been in Love Before • Teddy • A Valentine for You

George Cables should be declared a National Treasure.  As a pianist he is surely second-to-none on today's jazz scene.  Listen only to “A Valentine for You” on Cables' current offering to hear what a jaw-dropping beauty of tone he can produce from the pile of wood and metal we call a piano, and how much critical mass is behind every sonorous voicing of his chords.  As a musician he possesses endless imagination and creativity, shown by his strikingly new takes on tunes we thought we knew, particularly the title track, “Too Close for Comfort,” which retains little trace of its pop song origin.  As a composer he has quietly amassed a catalog of works of extremely wide range and extraordinary quality, such as his compositions on this new release, “Circle of Love,” “This is My Song,” “Klimo” and the aforementioned “A Valentine for You.”  And finally, the album’s cover photo perfectly captures George Cables the man – full of boundless energy, a love of his instrument and the music he makes on it and an impish sense of humor, evidenced by his titling the record TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT during a pandemic where social distancing has become the order of the day.  The artist Edward Hopper said, “Great art is the outward expression of an inner life of the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.”  That would explain why the world according to George Cables is such a wonderful place to be.

Too Close for Comfort

too Close for Comfort

"Too Close For Comfort" from George Cables' TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT -- HighNote Records

Written and recorded close to the Avon in Stratford upon Avon, Nov 2022
Rick's drums added via the internet from just north of Finham Sewer in Dec 2022 ;-))

Guitars upon Avon

"Touch 'Em All Kirby" (Piano Improv)

Here's an acoustic guitar solo I threw together; I didn't record to a click so I'm probably way off time in some parts.

The Spaniard

SOLSTICE | PART II- Winter’s Bone

The winter solstice brings dramatic landscapes of cold and dark, and a time of poetic reflections. With the evocative, dramatic light of Winter, we find our spirits lifted and warmed by the bittersweet beauty of love, in spite of the chill. The title Winter’s Bone is derived from the movie, however here more as an evocative character combining both the sensation of cold and shades of white, the bone showing our barest, most honest form. As such I hope this piece tells a story of longing, melancholy and hope…

-Dan

As always I really enjoy your comments, likes and shares!

All music, arranging, composition, guitars by Daniël van den Berg, December 2022-January  2023
Guitar: Joan Cashimira, modelo 145, spruce top w/ cocobolo sides and back, Gata de Gorgos (Alicante), 2015
Recorded using an Apogee MiC.
Mixed in Auria, masterered in Auria and Final Touch

Solstice - Part 2 - Winter’s Bone | Dan van den Berg

Ride Like The Wind (Henry's Lost Disco Mix)

A modern groove for a 70's classic!

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Carly Simon - You Belong to Me (Groovefunkel Remix)

This is one of my many re-edits and re-works that I play in my dj sets.

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Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation (DJ Fopp Re - Worked)

Quarterflash

Harden My Heart

The Final

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

Brass Construction 5

Get Up To Get Down

The Ultimate 80's

Girl You Know It's True

Maneater

Pirate Radio

Let's Dance (Album Version)

MHP Remixes

Bee Gees - Night Fever (MHP Remix)

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World [SDRW]

Dance with me tonight - Only Olly

Olly Murs Tribute

By James Hutchinson

www.onlyolly.co.uk

Dance with me tonight - Only Olly

Wake me up Before you Go Go

miss u

lil something i whipped up this morning hope you guys like it!

there will never be another you

Blue Suede Shoes

Flowers | lofi type beat

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"Rock With You" from Mike LeDonne's IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT -- Savant Records

HighNote-Savant Records