👍🏼 Be Safe - Recordings During COVID

Don't take this lightly.  Save lives

Pinner's on fire again with our safety blues.  Follow his great playing:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner

And for a playlist of the more than 60 tunes we have recorded together.  That's crazy:)

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Wash Your Hands!        Stephan Lipinski / Jamie Rhind

Everyone has a new view of the world.  This one speaks to the tension that rests in every home and every step.  Barcelona's wonderful Sam Mendez https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero  joins me here with his beautiful flute playing to navigate the uncertain.  Sam's now in the Canaries, laying low.  We encourage you all to just lay low.  The thing of the world right now.  And for a playlist of the almost 20 recordings we have made together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/swinging-with-santi-caballero
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The View - Sam Mendez / Jamie Rhind

We're all On the Lowdown these days, trying to understand the significance of the issues around us.   And I couldn't think of a better way to spend some time than to bring together some of my very favorite musicians I have met from around the world, with our original On the Lowdown.   Special musicians contributed to this - two exceptional guitarists from the Philadelphia area - Audric Jankauskas and Stephan Lipinski, Barcelona's Sam Mendez on tenor sax, and Germany's Mirko Borach playing the beautiful fretless bass.  Audric has the first guitar solo and Stephan the second.  The final mastering was done by Audric.  Follow these wonderful players and creators: 
Mirko Borach bass:  https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Audric Jankauskas guitar:  https://soundcloud.com/audric-jankauskas
Stephan Lipinsk guitar:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner
Sam Mendez - tenor sax:  https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero

And please keep your community safer by remaining On the Lowdown

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On the Lowdown - Mirko Borach / Audric Jankauskas / Stephan Lipinski / Sam Mendez / Jamie Rhind

Anyone wanna dance?  Joined here with Stringburner and Pinner on our funky original, Stay Low.  The right message for the time, with the worldwide social distancing and isolation priorities.  But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy a solid groove.  This one reminds me of John Scofield's classic Uberjam.   As always, Mirko's bass is driving the bus, and Pinner just can't help himself, pushing it inside and outside and creating that infectious syncopated groove.  It's my 61st and 70th tunes with these special friends!

Follow these great musicians:
Mirko Borach: https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Stephan Lipinski: https://soundcloud.com/pinner
And for playlists of the tunes we have recorded together:  

with Stringburner https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/stretching-it-out-with
with Pinner:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/smokin-with-stephan-stephan. 

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Stay Low - Mirko Borach / Stephan Lipinski / Jamie Rhind

Check out Joe Bongiovanni's super nasty sound on our electric You Stay Home!  Joe's a several time finalist at the World Championship of Blues in Memphis, and pushes this one hard.  
Visit Joe's Soundcloud page:  https://soundcloud.com/joe-bongiovanni
A Playlist of our 30 tunes recorded together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/jammin-with-joe-bongiovanni-1
https://www.facebook.com/joe.bongiovanni.528

Here's You Stay Home!  Please do

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You Stay Home!    Joe Bongiovanni / Jamie Rhind

A fun one for me as some favorite musicians join me in our gospel inspired original, Take Me Home.   When it comes to the blues, guitarist Tom Adams is a natural, and his swinging side comes out here.  We've done over fifty recordings together and it always works.   We're joined here by the multi-instrumentalist Georg Boehme, who lays down some serious Bari saxophone lines.

here are links to their expansive recordings:
Tom Adams / guitar  https://soundcloud.com/user-342548892
Georg Böhme / bari saxophone:  https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme

and a playlist of the music Tom and I have done together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/tearing-it-up-with-tom-adams-1

I'll get one together for you Georg soon!

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SC Blues

Take Me Home - Tom Adams / Georg Boehme / Jamie Rhind

Let's get through this together.  Be well.
The photo is of Rio's famous Ipanema beach
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We Can Do This

It has been a more than difficult Spring for everyone.    Here's a warm and dreamy reflection to ease the mind, with the always tasteful Alan Schulman on guitar.  Follow Al's soulful jazz playing here:  https://soundcloud.com/alanschulman
For the beautiful music of As Is, with his wife Stacey on vocals:   https://www.asisjazz.com 
And for a collection of the tunes we have done together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/swinging-with-al-schulman

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April Fools - Alan Schulman / Jamie Rhind

Time for a little blues.    Lay low this weekend and happy Father's Day to so many

Singing Your Praise

Check out the beautiful arrangement of horns that Cologne's Georg Boehme plays here, as he's on flute, 2 clarinets and a bass clarinet.  Georg is a most impressive and creative orchestrator and musician - https://www.georg-boehme.de, and shows his deep knowledge of woodwinds once again. 
The groove is Latin and such a favorite of both of ours.  Follow Georg' music here:  https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme

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Masquerade - Georg Böhme / Jamie Rhind

Mixing it up here a little bit with the wonderful Santi-Caballero Mendez, this time on Soprano Sax.  Such a beautiful sound and voice for our Hip Hop inspired groove.  
Sam's from Barcelona and then gets to go to places like Ibiza to perform.  We like that.  Follow his deep collection of music:  https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero
And here's our playlist of over 20 tunes together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/swinging-with-santi-caballero

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Make That Difference - Sam Mendez / Jamie Rhind

Great playing as always by Pinner and Stringburner on our funk fusion original, Unity.  So many are struggling during this epic time and there is a need we all feel for Unity.   Stephan plays some fantastic wha guitar and Mirko's groove and bass explorations are so nice.  Hope you enjoy Pinner's dance moves, as we find a little space to let him and Mirko  have some fun.  

Here's a link to Mirko's beautiful collection:  https://soundcloud.com/stringburner

And a link to Pinner's great gallery of jamz:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner

Unity - Stephan Lipinski / Mirko Borach / Jamie Rhind

Mask Up

Here's some chilled jazz for the July summer heat - unless of course you're in the Southern Hemisphere and are experiencing winter.  Either way, chilled.   So pleased again to be recording with the wonderful vocals of Irina and flute of Santi-Caballero.    Two of my favorite musicians here on SoundCloud.  Listen to the purity and ease of Irina's vocal lines and phrases, matching Sam's delicate flute.  Such a pretty trio setting to be with them:)
Follow these friends:
https://soundcloud.com/irina-951237464
https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero
And for playlists of our music together: 
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/irina-and-jamie
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/swinging-with-santi-caballero

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Hidden Meaning - Irina / Sam Mendez / Jamie Rhind

Pinner and I are having fun again with some funky blues.  He must be practicing or something, cause it sounds so good.  Follow his great guitar playing here:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner
And for a playlist of the music we have recorded together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/smokin-with-stephan-stephan

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Some Serious Blues - Stephan Lipinski / Jamie Rhind

Times are tough for so many right now and along with the challenges there are too many who look to divide instead of creating harmony.  Annie Smart's gorgeous vocals and lyrics tell that story so emotionally, Daniele Turani's soaring and searing guitar conveys the pain of that divide, while Mirko's driving and lyrical bass lines add the unity to pull it all together.  And I get to have some fun with the heavy rock Hammond organs.  Four musicians and four countries with similar stories (Scotland, Italy, Germany and US).  

Follow these great friends and musicians:
Annie Smart:  https://soundcloud.com/annie-smart-1
Daniele Turani: http://www.danieleturani.com https://soundcloud.com/danieleturani
Mirko Borach:  https://soundcloud.com/stringburner

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Let's Bring This Together - Annie Smart / Daniele Turani / Mirko Borach / Jamie Rhind

Here's a pretty latin original Spanish Summer, with Barcelona's Sam Mendez's tasty soprano sax and flute.  Annie Smart adds the expressive vocals and beautiful texture with her harmonies.  
Sam Mendez:  https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero
Annie Smith:  https://soundcloud.com/annie-smart-1

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Spanish Summer - Sam Mendez / Annie Smart / Jamie Rhind

Complicit

Get your funk on.

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Yes Indeed

Mixing it up again with a hip hop groove, some funky fusion, a little latin and more.  Keep those masks on and social distance at all times.

Flatten the Curve

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.