Thanks God It's Friday Playlist

Jamie Rhind Jazz Collection 2

We're Swinging

2022 Recordings

A jazz original with the wonderful Georg Boehme again on baritone sax.   Georg's expressive warm and longing sound here reflects the title so well.  Check out his extensive gallery of woodwind goodness:  https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
And here's a playlist of the almost 30 tunes we have recorded together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/grooving-with-georg-boehme

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

It Didn't Have To End This Way - Georg Boehme / Jamie Rhind

Here's a feel good soul jazz original with a wonderful world lineup of such talented musicians and friends.  Joining me are:
Georg Böehme - baritone sax
Louis Taverna - guitar
Daniele Petrocchi - bass
Sergio Parraga - congas
Follow each of these players to hear more of their sounds and creations:
https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
https://soundcloud.com/louis-taverna
https://soundcloud.com/daniele-petrocchi
https://soundcloud.com/sergioparraga

Thanks as always to the players and also for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Souled Out - Georg Boehme, Louis Taverna, Daniele Petrocchi, Sergio Parraga, Jamie Rhind

More goodness with the wonderful Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski pushing it on guitar.  Love what Stephan brings to all musical situations and his playing on Pinner Pinner sets the table for our original blues.  

Follow his serious guitar work here on SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/pinner 

and for a large playlist of the 100+ tunes we have recorded together https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/smokin-with-stephan-stephan

Pinner Pinner Chicken Dinner - Stephan Lipinski / Jamie Rhind

Harry Jacobson joins Daniele Petrocchi and me on our original tribute to John Coltrane, Trane Wreck.  Coltrane and his quartet's sound with McCoy Tyler was so important in the 60s and together we explore some uptempo modal grooves and modes that drove Trane's seminal work with McCoy.  Harry's a teacher's teacher and brings the very finest sound to the Cloud.  Daniele's a monster electric bass player and musician and  lays down some beautiful bass lines and soloing too.  Sit back and smile:)

Follow these superb musicians and players:
https://soundcloud.com/harry-jacobson
https://soundcloud.com/daniele-petrocchi

And thanks as always for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Trane Wreck - Harry Jacobson / Daniele Petrocchi / Jamie Rhind

Mixing it up a little here with three other wonderful musicians on our original, Chill Down.  SuCole is a fine Spanish jazz vocalist, and she scats to the Weather Report inspired instrumentals.  Spanish percussionist Sergio Parraga joins again with his grooving latin beats and New York's Jon Lock anchors the great bass:

SuCole:  https://soundcloud.com/user-609550318
Jon Lock:  https://soundcloud.com/jon-lock-5
Sergio Parraga:  https://soundcloud.com/sergioparraga

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

Chill Down - SuCole / Jon Lock / Sergio Parraga / Jamie Rhind

Some seriously fine jazz guitar playing from the exceptional Harry Jacobson on our original, Truth or Consequences.  The denial of facts and truth has become a significant concern here in the US and abroad, and our democratic system is under serious challenge.  We've dedicated this straight ahead jazz to mark the issue and remind us all of the importance of truth. 

Follow Harry's superb playing here - he's a true guitar master, having taught advanced rock, jazz, blues, fusion, funk and more for almost 20 years at the famed National Guitar Workshop, and toured and played with Carmen McRae, Jaco Pastorius and so many more:  https://soundcloud.com/harry-jacobson

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

Truth or Consequences - Harry Jacobson / Jamie Rhind

Breaking The Bank - Mirko Borach / Lou Taverna / Jamie Rhind

The incredible bravery and will of the Ukranians continues to inspire the world

Bravery - Jamie Rhind

Sometimes a conversation on a walk is just what you need.  Be well in these difficult times

Walk With Me

High energy 12/8 grooving with the fabulous Georg Boehme and Stephan Lipinski.  Georg laid down 4 sax, clarinet and flute tracks and Stephan's got the tight wah rhythm and lead guitars. And as always, great soloing from both of these players.  This one’s risen to #8 in SC’s Hot & New Jazz & Blues category 

Georg Boehme:  https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
Stephan Lipinski:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner

And for playlists of our music together:

https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/grooving-with-georg-boehme

https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/smokin-with-stephan-stephan

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

Bari Him - Georg Boehme / Stephan Lipinski / Jamie Rhind

#1 in Soundcloud's Hot and New playlist in the Jazz & Blues category!  And how great to have Georg Boehme and Sergio Párraga joining again on our jazz original Chill Time.  Make sure to follow these fine musicians and creators:

https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
https://soundcloud.com/sergioparraga

And check out our playlists of the music we have created together:
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/grooving-with-georg-boehme
https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/swinging-with-sergio-parraga

Our cover photo is a shot I took just today in Pategonia, Chile, in the magnificent Torres del Paine National Park 

And thanks as always for your motivating likes, comments and shares.  Each one is most appreciated

Chill Time - Georg Boehme / Sergio Párraga / Jamie Rhind

With the tragic news of jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco's death at 51 last week, Al Schulman and I created our Blues For Joey D tribute.  Al's got the guitar and bass here and sure swings hard.  Check out his wonderful collection of jazz  https://www.alanschulman.com https://soundcloud.com/alanschulman including his beautiful duet and ensemble music with his wife Stacey and ASIS https://www.asisjazz.com 
And here's a collection of the 20 tunes we have recorded together :  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/swinging-with-al-schulman

The great Joey DeFrancesco will be missed by so many, but his incredible recordings live on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkpb63NNlAI

Blues for Joey D reached #7 on SoundCloud's Hot and New playlist in the jazz and blues category

Blues For Joey D - Al Schulman / Jamie Rhind

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

Cissy Strut is a funky, New Orleans type groove recorded initially by the Meters, and then performed and recorded by so many musicians.   Scott suggested the tune and we've decided to style it after a favorite version recorded by John Scofield.  We've lined up some great great players to bring Cissy Strut to SoundCloud - Scott Nelson and Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski on guitars, Mirko "Stringburner" Borach on bass and Alpha Roots with his signature djembe sound.  Scott's got the first solo and plays sweet rhythm guitar over the track, Pinner takes the second guitar solo, and I follow on Hammond Organ.  What fun this was for all of us.  
Follow each of these serious players:
Scott Nelson / guitar:  https://soundcloud.com/scott-nelson-364333064
Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski / guitar:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner
Mirko "Stringburner" Borach / bass:  https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Alpha Roots / djembe: https://soundcloud.com/alpha-roots

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

Cissy Strut - with Scott Nelson, Stephan Lipinski, Mirko Borach, Alpha Roots and Jamie Rhind

Back with a grooving original funk tune with the fabulous Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski on guitar.   Pinner is on fire here once again with his driving wah rhythm playing and comes at us with such a great solo as well, before I follow up with that signature Hammond Organ sound.  
Follow Stephan's wonderful guitar work here on SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner
And here's a playlist of the 20 tunes we've done together:  https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/smokin-with-stephan-stephan

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

What The Funk - with Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski / guitar

Gotta love Les Thomas' outstanding guitar work on our original, Get the Funk Outta Here.  Each of the guitar lines so tight!  No wonder he's got it going in the Silicon Valley area.  Check out his fine gallery:  https://soundcloud.com/les_thomas

And thanks too for your generous time listening, for your comments and for your shares

Get The Funk Outta Here - Les Thomas / Jamie Rhind

The Netherland's incredible Rients Draissma tears up our blues rock original Change It Up.   He's simply one of the finest guitar players we've heard, pushing sound, rhythm and harmony.   Check out Rients' superb jazz-rock fusion guitar and arrangements:  http://www.rientsdraaisma.com - his latest album Guitales is simply burning http://www.rientsdraaisma.com/shop-guitales/, and follows up on so many Tribal Tech and Weather Report influenced compositions:  https://soundcloud.com/rients-draaisma.  Also check out his iJam album, of heavy fusion burners.
I've been fortunate to have recorded a number of tunes with Rients, among some of my favorites here on SoundCloud. 

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

Change It Up - Rients Draaisma / Jamie Rhind

Has been way too long since the exceptional Al Schulman https://www.alanschulman.com and I got together - this time for our R&B instrumental original, Too Political Blues. Al just runs with this and has so much fun. He's a master jazz player and brings that blues infused soulful style to the music. Follow his great playing: @alanschulman and also Al's gorgeous duets with his wife Stacey, AS IS: @asisjazz

And for a playlist of our 15 pieces recorded together: soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/swinging-with-al-schulman

Al was great to write the liner notes to my album I Believe. Will be forever thankful for the words and music.

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

Too Political Blues - Al Schulman / Jamie Rhind by Jamie Rhind is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.
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Too Political Blues - Al Schulman / 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!

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

SC Blues

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

The exceptional Michael-Louis Smith joins me on guitar on our fusion original WTF.  What a crazy 2021 we are already having here in the US, and our edgy music represents a little of the tension we are all feeling.  Mike's such a wonderful person and recording artist, and leads his killer jazz ensemble Brooklyn Circle:  http://www.mlsmusic.com
Follow him here on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/michael-louis-smith

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

We'll get through this tension - somehow

WTF - Michael-Louis Smith / 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.