Oh this is sweet. Love the searching, soulful chords. Medicine for the soul.

A collection of the music I recorded alone in 2020 during this unprecedented year of uncertainty.  

And here's a playlist of the 100+ magical tunes from 2020 with other SoundCloud friends:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/friends-2020

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

Be well

Alone in 2020

An instrumental reflection of light and memory.
Reflections drifts between silence and emotion — a cinematic journey through sound, time, and soul. 🌙💫

Reflections

..... created from scratch yesterday, all with VSTs* and a real sax ... Enjoy !
*Kontakt - Hybrid Keys; AAS - Ultra Analog VA-3; Native - FM8; AIR Music Tech - Strike

Sax Soul

A Bit of Cheese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ZhwYgG6M8&list=PLBYucxNfbDL8tBKFU0k6-0TkhfCPzDGGw
Debut solo album released 20 May 2020 n Candy Bomber Music / Seja Records, Netherlands. Get it here: sejarecords.bandcamp.com/album/gig-economy
TIJ (THE INCONSISTENT JUKEBOX) is Barry Snaith, also one half of International Electronic soundscape duo m1nk.

Gig Economy

09. A Puppet Pulling Strings

Trip To India

Hole in heaven

Having some fun with Charlie Parker's classic Blues for Alice.  Written in the '40s, it follows a wonderful series of changes structured around the blues.  Combines II/V/I progressions and chromatic movement while going through almost every key.  A real workout. 

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

Blues For Alice

A fusion of tribal rhythms with Didegeridoo, rock
Produced by Doc Jonhttps:// @docJon
vox and lyrics Belinda Bee
back up vox Juan Juanders @uanuanders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOA4myz-fqs

Hey Girl remix

This is  a cover attempt of this magnificient piece just released by Kansas Smitty's..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJiZX13andY...just discovered on FIP..
v=nJiZX13andY&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR18ithHJUtt6t4bFVAbVD_VIQ0PnbH-KUqtiLFviKPD7tVa1gVRzvMgBRk
 what a promising great band and what a fantastic album  they've just created :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qm5KMz8IM0

Dream Lane (Kansas Smitty's)

Run, Rivas, Run
https://soundcloud.com/nickrdavies
Jimmy stood upright, stomach sucked slightly concave, lips gently pursed as he admired his full length reflection in the hallway of the Woodlands Hotel. He had treated himself to a new, snug running jersey, matching shorts and trainers. He looked briefly left and right, checking he wasn't observed and adjusted the inner-liner elastic around his groin, which had snagged and ridden up into a pinching diagonal. He dipped into four deep squats, and then shadow boxed in the mirror, finishing a combination with a looping right hook, which overbalanced him slightly and tweaked his ankle. He adjusted the elastic again...front and back this time.

"More comfortable, Sir?"
Jimmy let out a yelp and reddened a little. He turned sharply to see a large, flamboyantly dressed older lady, in a pink and gold lamé shellsuit, a huge meringue of peroxide hair, scarlet-lipped and navy eye-shadowed.

"See ya out there Sonny" she said as she shimmered past and broke into a lumbering trot out of the main entrance and into the woods.

Jimmy set his stopwatch, retied his laces, screwed his earphones into his ears and set off. There was only one route into the woods. Jimmy intended quickly accelerating past Liberace's Mum and running hard in the pure woodland air. He powered through the first 300 yards and saw her vanishing around a bend in the road. She looked rather like an ice cream sundae from behind he though, then told himself not to be unkind and took the opportunity to break wind sharply whilst undetected.

As he leaned into the bend, travelling at impressive velocity, he looked up and she was gone.. he squinted into the distance and saw nothing..another bend maybe 200 yards away.. looked around..nothing.

He glanced at his watch..pulse was high, good pace. Settled into a steady rhythm..gouged again at his elastic. Time to appreciate the air, the pine scent, the peaceful, creaking, whispering trees. The hypnotic percussion of footstrike...Jeez..there she is! Shuffling and galumphing in the distance..how the..?

She disappeared around another bend. Jimmy's knees and elbows pumped higher and harder. Cut into the bend..relieved to see her, drew up alongside her, quietened his breathing a little, touched the peak of his hat as he passed

"Those shorts nipping, Sonny?"

Jimmy muttered to himself, irritated and a little embarrassed. He waited until she was out of sight, double checked and gave a savage yank at the elastic, both hands, at the front.

The next couple of miles were uneventful, save for the frequent need for adjustment and the cumulative effect of the sawing elastic against tender intimates. The last quarter mile and Jimmy discovered that slight bowleggedness gave some relief. A sign for the Hotel..the facade comes into view, then..she's there! Same four-inch lollop, turkey-winged elbows.. How? Impossible! A final, orchid-rasping sprint but he couldn't catch her.

Wheezing like a quarry cat, Jimmy went to the Reception Desk for his room key. The kindly gent, rosy-cheeked and twinkly eyed..like a shaved Santa..

"Nice run Sir?"
Jimmy nodded, too out of puff to answer
"Been out with the triplets, eh?"
Jimmy looked at him, bemused. He was looking into the bar room
Three identical versions each held up a cocktail glass and winked in unison.

Jimmy touched the peak of his hat, and could only smile
He looked back at the Receptionist

"Forgive me Sir, but I think you may have put your shorts on back to front"
Jimmy felt behind him and touched a drawstring.

"Will Sir require some talcum powder?"
Jimmy nodded minutely and took the elevator..the stairs, he was certain, would have drawn blood

24/Septenber/2020

Mossy Oak (EXCELLENT TEXT BY NICK DAVIES)

Reflecting on the changing colors of our fall season in New England and around the world.

Autumn Colors

Stay low ... and vote.  We're getting Back to The Truth

Back To The Truth

Love
your bones
lift the skies up
on your own

Oh do your best to breathe in
hold tight
well if you walk on water
I can hold the tide

When you live in a world of black and white
When you live in a world of black and white

You could turn the sky grey blue
know not what the things you do
May the silent screams be gone

When you see the world in black and white
When you live in a world of black and white

You can pick me up again
I'll won't break
All my insides 
falling into place
All your truths be told

You can clear the Scottish rain
not today
oh my light my guide
scream rainbow stains
All your greys are gold
All your greys are gold

Life in black and white

Something a little lighter to ease the spirit.

Be well

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

If I Didn't Care So Much

Bye Bye Blues

A little soulful Hammond organ blues to warm the soul.  
Mask up everyone.  It's a mess out here.  

Be well.  Be safe.  Social distance.  Wash hands.  Please Mask up

Gotta Dig In - Put Your Masks On!

Jazz/Fusion keyboard player, composer and producer.  Marketing, advertising, publishing and sales career.  Originally from Chicago, where I developed a strong appreciation for the blues and classical, and moved to New York, where jazz and the fine arts are so deep.  Key musical influences include Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Zawinul and Weather Report, Chick Corea and Return to Forever, John McLaughlin and the Mahivishnu Orchestra, Stanley Clarke, Scott Henderson and Tribal Tech, Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer, Mike Stern, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Emily Remler, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Larry Young, Buddy Guy, Santana and Earth Wind & Fire.   Former classical clarinet and piano player.  Unless noted, my music on SoundCloud was composed, recorded and performed using only keyboards.  An avid photographer.  Many covers here are my shots.  To see my photography look for Herbiejazz on Instagram or search for Herbiejazz on Google.  And a big thumbs up to SoundCloud and the SoundCloud community, and so many friends who have joined me to create.  Thank you all.

If I Didn't Care So Much

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