In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles performance on the Ed Sullivan Show, I have put together several Beatles tunes and arranged them for solo guitar. I have multi tracked and added layers of nylon string acoustic, steel string acoustic, arch top and solid body guitars. It has been a pleasure recording these songs, I hope you enjoy…Dr. Glenn Heller

WHEN I'M 64

Afro Cuban Jazz -- Chance Hayden: "House Of Many Years"

Neal Smith - Drums
Mulgrew Miller - Piano
Eric Alexander - Tenor Sax
Steve Wilson - Alto Sax
Mark Whitfield - Guitar
Dezron Douglas - Trumpet

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Instrumental arrangements made with my workstation ROLAND FA08.

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i first saw P-Funk in 1995, and watching Micheal Hampton play the solo on Maggot Brain blew my mind. i thought, "that's what i wanna do!" and i finally got to play the song with the funk mob at the House of Blues a few years ago and it made me cry, it was such a powerful experience for me. in fact i cried every time i played or heard it, and i kept playing it with P-Funk on the road and ended up creating an arrangement of it with Double G, the mastermind of the DaKah Hip Hop Orchestra. we performed it at Disney Hall and the Hollywood Bowl before we recorded it at Capitol Records studio, where Frank Sinatra and the Beatles recorded. the recording was funded by the great activist and entertainment guru Norman Lear, who upon hearing it at Disney Hall offered to help me, no strings attached (and no pun intended). when i got to make "Place Between Places" i just knew Maggot Brain had to be on. it's been covered by Jeff Beck, Santana, Mike Watt, Buckethead, to name a few guitar heroes, but i feel it in my way, and i'm so glad i finally get to share it on this record.

Maggot Brain (Featuring DaKah Hip Hop Orchestra)

excerpts from the vijay iyer trio's new album ACCELERANDO (release date: march 2012).

2 Optimism

One more playlist of Italian pure lounge music; 

Stelvio cipriani - Mary’s theme
Piero umiliani - Bob e hellen 
Bruno nicolai - Rive bianche
Francesco de masi - Diamond bossa nova
Berto pisano - To jean
Augusto Martelli - Berryl’s tune
Ieri oggi e domani -Armando trovajoli - Flowers for a poor milionaire
Piero Umiliani - Svezia inferno paradiso -Stoccolma my dear
Roberto Pregadio - Iena sequence
Piero Piccioni - Abigaille
Bruno nicolai - I want it all
Augusto martelli - The frog
La poliziotta - Gianni Ferrio - Il veglione
Armando Trovajoli - Giochi d’infanzia
Medico della mutua - Piero Piccioni  - Samba fortuna

Love in the elevator; 30 minutes of pure rare Italian classic lounge, 100% vinyl.

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Josh Lava is a musical chameleon who has amassed an impressive and eclectic body of work as a multi-instrumentalist, producer/engineer, composer, and songwriter across the genre spectrum.  Whether he's composing for full orchestra, performing live with a jazz trio, or producing an electronic dance track, Josh is musically at home pretty much anywhere.

Josh has written and produced music for National Geographic, Sephora Cosmetics, Brave New Films, and Sony Music; performed with notable artists such as rock drumming legend Max Weinberg and the world-renowned string ensemble Kronos Quartet; engineered for pop icon Ronnie Spector and the Rock Band/Guitar Hero video game series;
and has played on dozens of records that have been featured on television networks including CBS and WGN, television series such as New Girl and Bloomers, and various print media and radio including NPR, Time Out, Chicago Tribune, and The Onion A.V. Club. No matter what genre he's working in, Josh strives to create music that is equally rewarding to the head and the heart, merging sophistication with accessibility, intelligence with passion.


Afro Cuban Jazz -- Chance Hayden: "House Of Many Years"

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