On this day, the 25th anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughn's death, I wanted to recognize the huge influence Stevie has had on me and so many other inspired musicians here.   Stevie was one of the greatest blues guitarists ever, combining super rhythm playing, strong vocals, flair, and an aggressive soloing that followed the pentatonic based approach that Jimi Hendrix used, often with serious distortion, superb wah wah, and a unique ability to bend notes.  SRV had it all - until his untimely death in a helicopter crash following a blues festival in Wisconsin, where Eric Clapton was almost on the helicopter too.

So I've put together an extensive collection of blues from many of my favorite musicians here, all of whom have been deeply inspired by the music and genius of Stevie Ray. Many of these tracks I am playing keyboards on and others have been selected because of their blues authenticity and influence by SRV.  Friends included on this collection are:
Tom Adams
BigMamaDee
Joe Bongiovanni
Mirko Borach
BronzedGod
Zach Brown
Derek Cornett
Frank Fois
GuitarPhil7
Willie Johnson Jr.
Scott Jones
Rey King
Gavin McGough
Mike Orzek
Marco Oversteegen
Johnny Pugh
Al Schulman
Ian Tait
Telefan
Daniele Turani
Justin Valente
Dan van den Berg

Thanks to all who have invited me to add my keyboard blues sound to these and other tracks.  Hopefully this music will inspire you as much as it has me and others here on SC.  We thank you all for your time listening, for your comments and for your important shares.

BUY JAMIE'S MUSIC

Thank You Stevie Ray Vaughn - SRV inspired blues from SoundCloud Friends

Jams with Justin Valente

Funk Collection

Proud of this stuff.  So much new music with the finest players I know these past 5 years.
  
Thanks to all who have made this come to life.   

Jamie

And appreciative of your generous time spent listening, your comments and for your shares

Jazz Collection

Love finding great musicians from around the world here on SoundCloud and have developed these tunes with superb blues guitar players Joe Bongiovanni, Justin Valente, Tom Adams,  fusion guitarists and composers Ronny Heimdal and Benny Sutton, lyrical guitarist and prolific composer Igor Rajsa, wonderful electric bassist and composer Daniel Petrocchi, and jazz alto saxophone player, composer and recording artist Matt Criscuolo.    Such a treat to record with each of these fine musicians.  Hope you enjoy the music.  Check out each of their galleries for more of their playing.  

Collaborations

It has been a pure pleasure to play and record with the super talented Justin Valente @justin-valente. Justin lives and breathes guitar and has such a deep and wonderful understanding of blues, blues history, and its evolution and influence in rock. And Justin uses that to turn out some of the consistently baddest guitar playing on SoundCloud. Capital B. Almost every day. So impressive.

When I found him here on SC I was instantly attracted to both his sound and conception. Somewhere that I would love to be if I played the electric guitar. A ton of electricity in his playing, raw energy, and a great understanding of navigating through the changes. If you haven't already, click to go to Justin's SC gallery and follow him. He is a serious student, and makes everything we do sound better.

Here's a collection of about 10 tunes we have recorded together....some classic tunes as well as originals. Very proud of these recordings.

Thanks Justin. So many of you have liked, commented and often shared our music - thanks for such passion, and for helping keep the blues inspired music here on SC alive and thriving. Several other of my favorite musicians here on SoundCloud are on these recordings as well - Tom Adams, Joe Bongiovanni, Ian Tait and Johnny Pugh.

To quote Bob Marley, "We're Jammin...."

@justin-valente
@tytlblues
@joe-bongiovanni
@ian-tait
@johnny-pugh


Jamming with Justin Valente

Has been a very musical and creative 2015 with so many friends here on SoundCloud.  A huge thanks to all the players who continue to contribute to the wonderful tracks and music that we regularly create.  

Thanks as always for everyone's support!


2015 Collaborations

Here's a recent collection of tunes I have had the pleasure of recording with Germany's superb bassist Mirko Borach - aka, Stringburner https://soundcloud.com/stringburner 

Mirko is a deep funk player, always in the pocket, and has an extraordinary sense of rhythm that he demonstrates with his playing and soloing.   His solos on Sco-Mule and Sharing the Way especially show his command and artistry.   In addition to these tunes, Mirko has recorded with a number of other top electric guitarists here on SoundCloud, including Dan van den Berg.   Enjoy these tunes, which also feature guitarists Justin Valente and Ned Bolle, keyboardists Julien Apelian and Calaminus, and flute and sax player Santi-Caballero Mendez.  

Thanks as always for your time listening, your comments - which you can't add here - and for your sharing of the music and musicians.


Stretching It Out With Stringburner - Mirko Borach

August

An instrumental version of the blues classic Sky is Crying, made famous by Stevie Ray Vaughn.  My first work with Justin, who has been an inspiration and is truly a world class blues guitar player.  Fun to post today on Justin's birthday.   Check out @justin-valente to hear more of his special blues 

Guitars and Bass:  Justin Valente (@Justin-Valente)
Organ:  Jamie Rhind
Drums:  Blues Drums Vol.1 from the Loop Loft

Sky is Crying - with Justin Valente / guitar and bass

Jazzy blues collaboration with blues axeman Joseph Bongiovanni, who brings it home with an accompanying B3 organ groove, in the swinging style of jazz organ great Jimmy Smith.  Think you'll like this one.  Always fun working with Joe, who was just invited to the International Blues Competition in Memphis.  He can play his ass off...

BUY JAMIES MUSIC

Walking On Hot Coals - Jamie Rhind and Joseph Bongiovanni

A Classic Hammond B3 organ jam in the style of the great jazz organ players, including Jimmy Smith and Joey DeFrancesco

B3 Boogie

What fun pulling this together with three serious musicians.  You probably know Joe Bongiovanni and Justin Valente's awesome blues oriented guitars, and they stretch out here on this funk / soul / fusion groove.  Burning it up they are.  And joining us on Alto Sax is recording artist Matt Criscuolo.  Look for him at mattcriscuolo.com.  These guys just play their ass off here.  Started with an internet fusion loop, I added many keyboard lines to funk it up to the max, and we added these pros.  Joe takes the opening solos for the first four minutes, Justin follows, and we finish with all the guys trading off.  So much energy.  Positive energy here.  Put this on and relax.  Hope you enjoy the entire tune - an extended play jam.  Damn this is burning.... Thanks for listening.  The guys would love your thoughts....

Funk And Burn - With Joe Bongiovanni and Justin Valente guitars and Matt Criscuolo alto sax

Created this tune to combine elements of rock and fusion, and was looking to set up soloing similar to what John McLaughlin and Jeff Beck did with Jan Hammer.   Norway's superb fusion guitarist, composer and recording artist Ronny Heimdal is featured, and just tears it up.  Into pieces.  Little pieces.  Check out his gallery here on SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/ronny-heimdal

Hope you enjoy our music.  Thanks so much Ronny:)

Busting Out - with Ronny Heimdal / guitar

Another fun one with Scotland's outstanding guitarist and master chef Ian Tait.  Ian once again brings it home with his signature funky solo and rhythm playing that matches so well with my jazz fusion roots.  Sure you'll enjoy this groove and tune I wrote, and be sure to check out Ian's gallery here too.  He cooks!  

https://soundcloud.com/ian-tait

Goin' Home - with Ian Tait / guitar

Bringing a soulful sound to SoundCloud with this one.  Lifetime recording artist, soul vocalist, saxophone and harmonica player Johnny Pugh sits in with blues guitarist extraordinaire Justin Valente and me on an emotional Ray Charles type slow jam.  What a wonderful surprise to hear Johnny's beautiful harp lines, which fit perfectly with Justin's raw electric blues energy.  Real proud of this one, as it captures the heart and spirit of why we all love SoundCloud.   Check out Johnny and Justin's music here - you will love their playing.  Thanks for listening.

Soul Brothers - with Justin Valente guitar and Johnny Pugh blues harp and horns

Can't take too much credit for this one, but loved the funky backing track and added an extended organ solo over the top.  Has a great groove and thought I'd have some fun with it.  Enjoy!

Fresh Funk

So much fun to have musicians all over the world play together, and this jam includes three of my very favorite guitarists and musicians here on SoundCloud...Tom Adams, Ian Tait and Justin Valente.  These guys can all light up a stage, and graciously came together for this funky collaboration.  If you aren't following them all you should be - you'll be getting fresh tracks almost every day from each.  Tom and Justin are both from the US (Austin and NYC), and Ian hails from Edinburgh, Scotland.   For our Summer Funk Jam here, we started with a very funky internet backing track, allowing everyone to dig in and do their thing.  You'll recognize each of the guys' styles if you've been listening to their galleries, and together it makes for some serious Summer Funk.  Thanks guys for all the ongoing support - each of you help bring out the best in SoundCloud.  Make that SoundCloud FUNk.  Let us know what you think - it is always inspiring to get feedback on our playing:

guitar: Tom Adams @tom-adams
guitar:  Ian Tait @ian-tait
guitar:  Justin Valente @justin-valente
organ:  Jamie Rhind @jamie-rhind


Summer Fun(k) Jam - collab with Tom Adams, Ian Tait and Justin Valente / guitars

A swinging shuffle with the outstanding Justin Valente on electric guitar.  Justin developed this 12 bar blues after listening to one of his favorite bands, Gov't Mule.  If you are into serious blues and electric guitar, you gotta check out more of New Jersey's own Justin Valente.  He's all over SoundCloud and loves to create and share new music almost every day.  Gotta love his complete understanding of how to play some serious blues - Gov't Mule style here!  Thanks as always for taking the time to listen and to comment.  Means a lot.

https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente

guitar and bass: Justin Valente
organ: Jamie Rhind (@jamie-rhind)
drums: Terrence Higgins Greasy Grooves from Loop Loft (@thelooploft)


Mule's Blues - with Justin Valente / guitar

Kicking back with a soulful Summer organ groove.  This one was inspired by my favorite Hammond B3 Organ players -- the greats:  Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Larry Young.

Hope you enjoy the groove and playing as much as I do.  Thanks as always for listening and commenting.

Jamie

B3 Groovin'

Created this Latin Jazz Rock tune with a very percussive latin groove over classic jazz changes.  Justin as always does a fantastic job with the guitar, helping anchor the mood while developing a fine solo to complement the salsa groove.  Put on your dancing shoes...

https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente

Latin Dancer - with Justin Valente / guitar

Such a pleasure to have Norway's brilliant guitarist Ronny Heimdal  https://soundcloud.com/ronny-heimdal join me again, this time on Purple Mountain.  Ronny's playing and creativity is world class, and he makes this heavy modal fusion original come to life with his listening, note selection and phrasing, interaction with my synth lines, and finally his engineering abilities.  My deepest appreciation goes out to him for jumping in to help us climb the Purple Mountain together.   

This photo is of the stunning Norwegian fjords, a magical place that I am looking forward to exploring someday.

Thanks as always for your listening, for your comments and for your sharing among your friends.  Please go to Ronny's gallery to check out more of the superb music he has created and recorded.  A very fine keyboard player as well as guitarist, Ronny should be followed by any musician interested in fusion, jazz rock and progressive rock.

https://soundcloud.com/ronny-heimdal

Purple Mountain - with Ronny Heimdal / Electric Guitar

Here's an original Latin Jazz groove that includes the very fine Spanish flutist Santi-Caballero Mendez https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero and German bassist Mirko Borach (Stringburner) https://soundcloud.com/stringburner.  Wrote this tune with kind of a Santana groove, and think you will love what Santi-Caballero does with his gorgeous flute playing.  I have the trombone patch solos.  Route 251 is named after the classic II-V-I chord changes around which the tune is built.  Please check out and follow both Santi-Caballero and Stringburner's galleries - you will love their musicianship.

As always, thanks for your time listening, your comments, and your shares.



Route 251 - with Santi-Caballero Mendez flute and Stringburner (Mirko Borach) bass

At the beginning, Jamie and I wanted to create a jam session with 3 keyboardists. We started the track with Calaminus at the organ solo, Jamie at the trombone patch and me at the electric piano. Later, Mirko "StringBurner" joined us on the bass, bring us beautiful bass arrangements and an outstanding solo. Thanks to Mirko and thanks to Jamie Rhind & Calaminus  for their amazing keyboards solos.
Check out those great musicians at:
@stringburner, @calaminus, @jamie-rhind

Sharing The Way - feat. Jamie Rhind - Calaminus & StringBurner

The brilliant Dan van den Berg https://soundcloud.com/danarchx and I are thrilled to share a tribute to two of our favorite bands, The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever.  These seminal bands and their musicians were so important to the merging of rock and jazz, many having come out of Miles Davis' fusion band, and featured virtuoso soloists and creativity that had not been seen before with electric music.  Dan here plays both electric and acoustic guitars, and has added so very much of himself to this modal tune.  The tune features a repeating simple lick, with dueling aggressive synth and guitar solos that these bands pioneered and took to a very high level, with John McLaughlin and Al DiMiola on guitars and Jan Hammer and Chick Corea on keyboards.     Please check out more of Dan's extraordinary music at https://soundcloud.com/danarchx .  

As always, we thank you for your time listening, your comments and your shares.  Enjoy Mahafusionu....

Mahafusionu - with Dan van den Berg / guitars

Excited to release Spring Blossom, an original jazz tune with three of the very finest true jazz players on SC.   I have known Alan for a decade, having worked and played with him here in New York.  He's a world class digital marketing professional, superb and highly educated musician, collector of extraordinary guitars, and created the melody here for Spring Blossom.  Santi-Caballero Mendez is a wonderful multi-instrumentalist from Barcelona, and plays saxophones and flute with both ease and taste.  Santi opens the tune up on alto saxophone.   This is my first collaboration with Manuel, who is from the island of Sardinia, Italy.  Manuel is a superb bass player, and performs here on his fretless 6 string - an instrument I am certain Alan would love to get his hands on:).  Despite being born with a handicap to his right hand, Manuel has overcome this hurdle to create and play remarkable jazz and fusion bass lines and music, in addition to drums.  I'm looking forward to doing some very electric fusion tunes with him too, as his understanding of bass and rhythm is simply stunning.  Straordinario.

Grazi Manuel, gracias Santi-Caballero and thank you Alan.  Proud of what we have created here.  

Please check out and follow these wonderfully creative musicians:
https://soundcloud.com/alanschulman
https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero
https://soundcloud.com/manuel-muzzu

As always, we thank you for your time listening, your comments and your shares, which go so far to spread the word and vision of these wonderful players.


Spring Blossom - with Alan Schulman guitar, Santi-Caballero sax, and Manuel Muzzu bass

Here's a tasty blues shuffle with New York's outstanding guitarist Alan Schulman laying it down.  Thanks for joining me on this one Al.  Alan used to tour and record with Charles Earland, one of the top B3 players in the world.  Hopefully I didn't pull him down too much with this swinger.  And don't forget to check out Al's wonderful playing at https://soundcloud.com/alanschulman 

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



Big Al's Blues - with Alan Schulman / Guitar

Yay! We finished it! We all 3 love Hendrix! marco and zach presented this idea to me a while back...Marco provided the structure and backing track..

Marco ;plays the guitars from intro through til the 5 min mark or so..

Zach plays the guitars from there on out

Marco mixed it! ...Zach played around and came up with the cool artwork!!!!!!!!!!

I sing on the whole thing! these cats know how to play! i am honored to be in such company!

Voodoo Child (slight return ..and colab with MARCO OVERSTEEGEN and ZACH BROWN ))

This one is quite a crazy funky fusion track! A great bass player Mirko Borach aka Stringburner(https://soundcloud.com/stringburner )came up with the idea to cover this track by Los Lobotomys, a fusion group that was formed by Steve Lukather in 1989 with some of his friends and talented players, like David Garfield.
Mirko asked Jamie Rhind (https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind) and me to join on this one to complete the blend. Jamie brought his Miles' oriented synths, I brought my loud and funk rhythm guitars. We reworked the original, added different sounds and flavours to it, turning it into "Entanglement".  All of us have one solo spot around the main theme. Quite interesting is the turn of events with a more quiet interlude after the guitar solo, something we just had to keep in from the original.

Anyways! We hope to entertain you with this cover of a great fusion track and band. Do check them out if you don't know them already! Los Lobotomys...

Bass and bass arrangements, initial drum programming by Mirko Borach https://soundcloud.com/stringburner

Keyboards, synths and synth arrangements by Jamie Rhind https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind

Guitars and guitar arrangements, drum programming, mixing and mastering by Dan van den Berg

Drum samples from Amplitube
April 2015




Entanglement (cover) - feat. Mirko Borach | Jamie Rhind | Dan van den Berg

Open collaboration with Tom Adams https://soundcloud.com/ytlblues/weekend-open-collabdownload-and-jam-your-version-then-post

Tom is back on Soundcloud with this open collab.  I added some guitar and vocals to his track.  Hope you enjoy!  

Thanks Tom!

The Texas Bluebell Blues - featuring Tom Adams (Weekend Open Collab)

Here's another collaboration just packed with funk and great players from around the world.  Represented on this tune are musicians from Germany, Spain, Scotland, France and the US (3).  Pretty sure you will enjoy this one.  It's an original funk fusion tune that lets everyone here stretch it out a bit.  Germany's Mirko Borach (Stringburner) holds down the deep groove on bass, with Barcelona's multi horn player Santi-Caballero Mendez creating the head.  Solos from Mike "Land of Orz" Orzek with a fuzzed out wah guitar, Santi-Caballero smoothing it down on sax, Scotland's finest Ian Tait bringing it back up again with his signature electric funk guitar playing, France's wonderful keyboardist Julien Apelian on a great synth patch, and then New Jersey's fine jazz guitarist Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski bringing it home with his serious Scofield funk guitar style.  Wow.  So much playing here.  Great job guys!

Thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares here on SoundCloud and on social media.  Please check out and follow these superb players. 

Funk The Blues   -  Stringburner, Land of Orz, Santi-Caballero, Ian Tait, Julien Apelian and Pinner

Delay Of Game is a soulful trio interplay between New Jersey's Mike Orzek's bluesy talking wah guitar, Germany's Mirko Borach's funky bass playing and my delayed Rhodes groove.  These guys found the pocket immediately, and together have turned out another fine one...just in time for your weekend listening pleasure.  

If you are not following them, head to their impressive galleries immediately - Mike https://soundcloud.com/lando-orz has a ton of great music across many genres, and Mirko's https://soundcloud.com/stringburner doing his serious funk and slap bass and fusion tracks with other world class guitarists.  

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

Delay Of Game - with Land of Orz / guitar and Stringburner / bass

Here's a slow blues in G playing with a fine Jamey Abersold backing track.    Ever have the backseat blues?

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

Backseat Blues

Mike Orzek and I thought we'd break out some blues here, and created this 12 Bar blues to let off a little steam.  (12 am Bar Blues).  It's the standard form for the blues, and we've got a lot of guitar and organ in this one.  Mike has done so many fine collaborations with people on SoundCloud, and his command and understanding of the blues is impressive.  Some of that is from his years living in Dallas, Texas, where he lived just a few blocks from a serious blues bar and was able to perform there regularly.  

Check out Mike's extensive gallery at https://soundcloud.com/lando-orz .  

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

12 (am) Bar Blues - with Mike "Land of Orz" Orzek

Ever since I saw Jaco with Weather Report with his Word of Mouth Band I have wanted to play this wonderful funk groove, The Chicken.  Jaco Pastorius was the most virtuosic electric bass player of his time, and brought this Pee Wee Ellis tune to life with his funky and soulful playing.   I've asked Germany's wonderful electric bassist Mirko "Stringburner" Borach https://soundcloud.com/stringburner to play the famous baseline, and New Jersey's electric blues rocker Justin Valente https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente to light it up too.  With these players you just know it has to be good:)  Thanks for joining guys!   Serious grooves.

Thanks for your time listening, your comments and your shares.  

The Chicken - with Mirko Borach and Justin Valente

Here's an original latin jazz tune featuring three world class musicians and friends.  Joining me on this are Spain's Santi-Caballero Mendez on flute, California's Vivek Patel on trumpet and Holland's Dan van den Berg on acoustic guitar.  Each is at the very top of accomplishment levels and together represent something very special.  

Santi-Caballero - flute https://soundcloud.com/santi-caballero
Vivek Patel - trumpet   https://soundcloud.com/vivek-patel
Dan van den Berg - guitar  https://soundcloud.com/danarchx
Jamie Rhind - piano, bass, vibes, drum track, composition

Check out everyone's gallery if you aren't already following them - exceptional talents and people.

We thank you as always for your time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Latin Satin - with Santi-Caballero Mendez, Vivek Patel and Dan van den Berg

Thought I'd ask the great Justin Valente https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente, my favorite blues rock guitarist on SoundCloud, to join me on this modal blues rock original. I'm such a huge fan of fine guitarists, and ever since I heard Justin's sound here I quickly fell in love with what he is doing.  Was going to create space to join him on the soloing, but in the end wanted to share his full playing.  Justin's laid back blues orientation works so well with this groove, which was written for him in mind.  Reminds me of the opportunities so many of us have had in rehearsal and recording rooms, in basements and (I guess) in garages to stretch out.  The name stands for Justin and Jamie...we both love a great jam.  And if you love the blues and blues rock, be sure to jump onto Justin's page and follow him.  Always a great tune coming your way.  We have now done over 25 tunes together here and each one is a thrill.  Thanks Justin!

And for those interested, I have just released Barcelona and I Believe, 2 CDs of my own music and a few jazz standards. SoundCloud's Dan van den Berg and Al Schulman wrote the liner notes for them. Here's a link if you are interested in checking them out - itunes.apple.com/us/album/barcelona/id1071251143

Thanks so much for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares.

J & J Jam - with Justin Valente / guitar

Time for some more funk.  A special thanks to the very kind and knowledgable G-Deed, who jumped in with final sound editing and compression, creating a better overall sound and balance:).  He loves great funk and soul and groove, so check out his gallery here....https://soundcloud.com/g-deed

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

I Don't Funk On The First Date

Sometimes that workload just gets a little heavy.  This is one of those times.

Joining us here is SoundCloud's finest blues rocker Justin Valente and slap bassist extraordinaire Mirko Borach.  Check out their deep galleries with other fine musicians:

Justin Valente:  https://soundcloud.com/justin-valente
Mirko Borach:  https://soundcloud.com/stringburner

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

Heavy Workload - with Justin Valente / guitar and Mirko "Stringburner" Borach / bass

This is a cover of Little Milton's "That's What Love Will Make You Do" with Jamie on keyboards and me on guitar and bass.  We did this as an instrumental and the track is based on the Jerry Garcia Band version.  

Thanks as always to Jamie :)  We hope you enjoy!

That's What Love Will Make You Do (featuring Jamie 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.