2020 Vocals - with Martin Jones, Annie Smart, Lizzie Taypen, Joe Bongiovanni, Garddwr Porffor

A fresh track here with U.POET.  U.POET creates and tells the important story of individuality. 

U.POET:  https://soundcloud.com/user-814978679

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Be Yourself - U.POET / Jamie Rhind

Get up and Dance and Groove ..... Martin Jones has one of the great soul voices on SoundCloud, and he joins Tom Adams https://soundcloud.com/user-342548892band and me on our new blues, Boogaloo.  Gotta love Martin's https://soundcloud.com/ver2xif heart and soul, which pours out over recent concerns, and offers some help through it and through music.  Tom's understated here by our standards, complementing Marin and creating such a feel through his superb electric blues.   It's been so great to find Tom here and now have pushed beyond 50 recordings together.  And though a far shorter list, some of my favorites with Martin too.  We hope you enjoy this one.  Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Boogaloo - Martin Jones / Tom Adams / Jamie Rhind

Time for something a little different

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Joined here by the exceptional Joe Bongiovanni on vocals and guitar, performing Eric Clapton's '85 release, Same Old Blues.  Joe's truly one of the great blues guitarists, and has been a several time finalist in The World Championships of Blues in Memphis.  Follow his fine gallery of electric blues:  https://soundcloud.com/joe-bongiovanni. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8NOSv7AtjG2_Dr2Y6pqGvQ?view_as=subscriber

And for a collection and playlist of the almost 30 tunes we have recorded together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/jammin-with-joe-bongiovanni-1

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Same Old Blues - Joe Bongiovanni / Jamie Rhind

This is a song I wrote about isolation in the present crisis, but, with an internet connection, we are less isolated than we think!
This is a revised and slightly extended version, incorporating the enormous talents of

Georg Boehme - Beautiful baritone sax - https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
Jamie Rhind - Gorgeous organ - https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
Bruce Conover - lovely harmonica and background vocals - https://soundcloud.com/bruce-conover
Garddwr Porffor - everything else

I have really enjoyed gathering the musical contributions of these wonderful musicians! I can thoroughly recommend spending some time on their pages listening to their amazing music : ) 

Everybody Has the Blues

You wake in the morning
You have nothing to do
You drink your first coffee of the day

You look at each other
You have nothing to say
But you say something stupid anyway

Everything is different
Everything has changed
All the things you thought you knew were true
We are all so fragile
Holding on to life
Everybody has the blues

When I’m missing my loved ones
I still hold them in my heart
Isolation is such a hard thing to do

When this is all over
We won’t have to be apart
Till then I know that I’m in your heart too

Take each day at a time
Because all these things must pass
It doesn’t do to look too far ahead
No person is an island
We all need someone’s help
Everybody has the blues

Everybody Has The Blues Take 2 (with Georg Boehme, Jamie Rhind And Bruce Conover)

A new blues rock original, We Need A Change.  Joined here by the super soulful vocals and lyrics of Annie Smart, and fine blues inspired guitar playing of Alec DeCaprio.   Annie's such a complete musician, having grown up in a truly musical family that has been carried on for generations.  She's now a choir director and piano teacher, and has created such great lines and harmonies to tell the story.  Alec's only 21, yet years ahead in his maturity and vision.  Follow these fine musicians and friends:
Annie Smart:  https://soundcloud.com/annie-smart-1
Alec DeCaprio:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2XvW8Za1u9oK-zp5Ni8a0g

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We Need A Change - Annie Smart / Alec DeCaprio / Jamie Rhind

Mamoru (cobrazsananom) Guitars, Drums, Organ
Jamie Rhind - Piano, Mixing
Lizzie - Vocals
Cover Picture Lizzie Pentland
When Mamoru sent me his beautiful unique interpretation of this great classic from Carole King, it was with great delight that I began working on it. It needed some piano, and so I asked the wonderful Mr Jamie Rhind, and he added some magic keys, the icing on the cake!
We hope you enjoy our take, and the big strawberry moon tonight.

You've Got A Friend  - Carole King Cover( cobrazsananom/Jamie Rhind/ Lizzie Taypen)

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

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

Tony Pappas is such a fine vocalist and I was thrilled when he said I could jump in on Hammond with a blues classic he had just released, Etta James' I'd Rather Go Blind.  Check out Tony's outstanding interpretation - he's coming from Motown and it shows.  Always something more in the tank:  https://soundcloud.com/tonybluestone

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I'd Rather Go Blind - Tony Bluestone / Jamie Rhind

It's time to come together.  
Joined on our funk rock original by the talented Annie Smart on vocals and lyrics and Hidefumi Suzuki on guitar.  Check out their extensive galleries of original music:

Annie Smart:  https://soundcloud.com/annie-smart-1 
and Annie's work with Passion Arcade  https://soundcloud.com/user-949559825
Boon Suzuki:  https://soundcloud.com/boon-suzuki

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Keep Looking Out For Each Other - Annie Smart / Boon Suzuki / Jamie Rhind

Such an outstanding lineup of musicians from around the world on our original, We Gotta Beat This.  The Coronavirus continues to rampage every country, and it is up to all of us to do our parts to help slow it down.  Masks are essential and yet so many people do not wear them, despite the understanding of the science and how the virus is transmitted.

Joining me here are Mirko Borach on bass (Germany), Tony Chessells on guitar (Australia), Sam Mendez on tenor sax (Spain) and Annie Smart on vocals (Scotland).  Love what these musicians do individually and how they all help shape this essential message and music.  We hope you enjoy the music and also that you keep wearing masks, washing hands, social distancing and more.  It's up to everyone to get this beast under control and to get our communities back to safety.
Check out and follow these exceptional musicians:
Mirko Borach:  https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Tony Chessells:  https://soundcloud.com/anthony-chessells
Sam Mendez:  https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero
Annie Smart:  https://soundcloud.com/annie-smart-1

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We Gotta Beat This - Mirko Borach / Tony Chessells / Sam Mendez / Annie Smart / Jamie Rhind

Reach For The Sky is one of those collaborations that brings it all together with great musicians and great friends.  A big project that in total was more than 1GB, this soulful original gives everyone a chance to make statements and a chance for some fine ensemble work too.  Scotland's highly versatile Annie Smart so emotionally adds her voice and harmonies, Germany's Georg Boehme is on Bari Sax on this track, and Spain's Sam Mendez plays the flute.  Both weave in and out between the vocals, and above the wonderful bass of Italy's Daniele Petrocchi.  And playing guitars is Daniele Turani, also of Italy.  Everyone's in such fine form and it all gels so beautifully.  Follow each of these great players and creators.

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Reach For The Sky - G Boehme / S Mendez / D Petrocchi / A Smart / D Turani / J Rhind

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.