What it Is was one of Miles Davis’ hottest grooves from his early ‘80s band. Recorded on his classic ’83 album Decoy, it featured the driving bass of Darryl “Munch” Jones, who went on to play with Sting and still now the Rolling Stones, and the unreal two guitar lineup of Mike Stern and John Scofield.  I was able to see this seminal band with both guitarists in Chicago, and it stays in my mind to this day as one of my favorite concerts of so very many, including 10 of Miles.  

Germany’s wonderful slap funk bassist Mirko “Stringburner” Borach came to me last year to ask if I could join him on What it Is, sending me the  outline recording we have here of this heavy chromatic funk fusion classic.  I was thrilled and quickly asked the superb fusion guitarist Stephan “Pinner” Lipinski to join us, with his perfect Scofield sound and approach.  But we needed a second guitarist to take Mike Stern’s place, and the remarkable Scott Nelson accepted.  Check out the incredible lines that Stephan and Scott create here for this.   Miles’ band at the time also featured Bill Evans on saxophone, and so we’ve grabbed the finest alto player I know to join us, recording artist Matt Criscuolo, who is just all over this.   As luck would also have it, my brother David Rhind is a fine trumpet player and Miles lover at the highest level - he has more than 400 Miles CDs in his collection - volunteered to handle and create the opening and closing trumpet lines.

Our recording of What it Is is truly special to me because of significance of Miles in my musical growth, and also because of what each of these superb musicians and friends means to me.  Please stick through to the very end to hear exceptional musicians playing their hearts out:

In order of appearance:

Mirko “Stringburner” Borach - bass  https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
Jamie Rhind - keyboards
David Rhind - trumpet
Stephan “Pinner” Lipinski - guitar (head)  https://soundcloud.com/pinner
Matt Criscuolo - alto saxophone  matt criscuolo
Scott Nelson - guitar  https://soundcloud.com/scott-nelson-364333064
Stephan “Pinner” Lipinski - guitar

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

What It Is - with Mirko Borach, Matt Criscuolo, Stephan Lipinski, Scott Nelson and David Rhind

Music is heavenly, of divine nature and of such beauty, enchanting the soul.

What Is Life Without "MUSIC"

I love, love, love good music, so here I will repost what I love.
You can hear my music @https://soundcloud.com/nayj-2

Thanks much for 815980 Plays, 43392 Likes, 26920 Reposts, 10222 Comments and 7243 Downloads since 2016 !!!
Explanation to my open collabs (You see it in the title or the description):
The track is downloadable as a mp3 or wav file!
You can complete what you want!
If you publish it, you have to mention me in the description and title!
If you want the track different ...contact me!
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Unfortunately there are always people who use my open collab tracks, but don't have the decency to like the original track or to repost and comment...shame on them!
I will not support such collaborations anymore, no matter how good they are!

I'm just a Ratzzz ... half human being half past five
Key Player and Lover of Elecrtonic Stuff, Jazz & Blues, Funk and Reaggy, Love to collaborate with other People here!!!!!

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||Productor|| Sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴇɴɢɪɴᴇᴇʀ||.

I am Musician,explorer, sculptor and painter Petri Kiviniemi from Finland. 


Visit the CALAMINUS MAIN PROFILE for more recent releases: http://soundcloud.com/calaminus-music
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Calaminus was a one-man-project from Germany, producing original works of groove-orientated instrumental music between 2009 - 2021. 
Its main focus was on genres like Funk, Fusion, (Acid/Nu)Jazz and Groove Pop, sometimes enriched by diverse ethnic influences of our Worlds' Music.

All original tracks - performed, arranged, recorded, mixed & mastered by myself - are still available under Creative Common License (CC-NC-ND) for free non-commercial use.
If you want to use my music for any media projects commercially, please contact me. You can purchase a licence of your choice then.

I also released  5 ALBUMS  you can listen to for FREE as well:

"Filet de Fonque" (2010)...  http://www.archive.org/details/Calaminus-FiletDeFonque/ 
"On the Trail" (2012)...  http://www.archive.org/details/Calaminus-OnTheTrail/ 
"Grooveyard" (2013)... https://archive.org/details/Calaminus-Grooveyard/
"To Another Place (2014)... http://archive.org/details/Calaminus-Another-Place/
"No Lament" (2015) ... https://archive.org/details/Calaminus-NoLament

For even more releases feel free to visit my side project https://soundcloud.com/quipmusic/ 
which expands the Calaminus stuff in a proggy, multigenre way.
Some music tracks of mine, that aren't represented on this profile anymore are there as well.

If you like my music, spread the word, leave me a comment & share the groove with your friends... Or simply ENJOY :-D
If you don't like something, please feel free to criticize constructively...
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PLEASE NOTICE:
As mentioned already above, all albums and my whole music catalogue can be downloaded for private non-commercial purposes without any costs.

BUT: if you want to use it in any media project of yours, please contact me first. Commercial usage of my music is strictly prohibited unless otherwise expressly agreed!
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Respected musician friends on SC,  I had the honour to make music with and/or I can really recommend to you:

- https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind
- https://soundcloud.com/danarchx
- https://soundcloud.com/jules-keys-1
- https://soundcloud.com/michel-martineau
- https://soundcloud.com/roysmith
- https://soundcloud.com/stringburner
- https://soundcloud.com/simon-reich
- https://soundcloud.com/tunesma
- https://soundcloud.com/audric-jankauskas
- https://soundcloud.com/4pickupguy
- https://soundcloud.com/aleckrand
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THANK YOU for your music.... and for the moments we shared!
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Some artists beyond SC whose music inspires me and influences my works:

Incognito, Maceo Parker, Nils Landgren Funk Unit, Steely Dan, Soulive, Lettuce, Jamiroquai, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Victor Wooten, Bruce Hornsby, Toto, Sting, Beady Belle, Bill Evans, Derek Trucks, Joshua Redman, John Scofield, Adam Holzman, Dave Matthews, Iona, Snarky Puppy, Raw Stylus, Tribal Tech, Spocks Beard, Robben Ford, Ron Spielman, Sceaming Headless Torsoes, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Yellowjackets, Weather Report and many more...

Thank you for your inspiration!
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And now, last but not least: 
have fun(k), enjoy the listen & share the Groove!

Cause ALL MY MUSIC during the years WAS MADE FOR YOU
and I enjoyed creating all the tracks for your pleasure!

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.

http://soundcloud.com/emperor-mansa-musa  Repost My PlayList I will repost your page