This is so sad! Very atmospheric, and delicious melancholy.

Must be the autumn grabbing hold on you. A good thing, cause I like it, a lot ;-)!

Jazz

* Jo Privat * Paul Desmond * Dave Pell Octet 
* Melody Gardot * Dusko Goykovich * Peter Guidi Qartet

Dzezva 2013-09-14

533 - Abandoned Places

Alternative version of the "Alma mater" track from album Heritage 

Guitars -Axel Weiss
Keyboards - Vicente Bueso

Alma mater (Calm evening version - feat. Axel Weiss)

Steps inside you.

That's The One

The pulse of connection_01

noxpox presents deep purple space truckin___

An itendlent symphought

Expect light showers

line it up

Meet me at the cocoon

Inner Voice

Late 2010 saw the world premiere of an exciting new work for guitar, orchestra and big band with the creation of ‘The Spirit of Django Suite’ by two of the biggest names in jazz, guitarist and composer Martin Taylor MBE and composer and arranger Guy Barker.  Guy Barker came up with the idea of basing the Suite around some of the themes that Martin Taylor had already written for his award-winning group Spiritof Django by creating an orchestral piece featuring Martin Taylor, Spirit of Django, the Guy Barker Big Band, and a full orchestra.  This recording is from the BBC Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall and the performers are:

Martin Taylor - Guitar
Guy Barker - Conductor
Spirit of Django 
Guy Barker Big Band
Britten Sinfonia

The Spirit of Django Suite was composed to ‘reek of nostalgia’, with many elements of Django Reinhardt and Debussy coupled with the sounds of black and white films of summers in France.  In fact France would also be the home of another key element to the piece, the great Jaques Tati, and this is reflected in a comedic almost cartoon like section in the piece.  The 54-minute orchestral suite is a very rare settingof a full symphony orchestra, a big band plus a small group and Martin Taylor.

Award winning guitarist MARTIN TAYLOR has established a unique musical career as an internationally acclaimed musician, and his inimitable style has seen him recognised as the world’s foremost exponent of solo jazz guitar playing.  As well as being a true guitar innovator, he is also a master concert performer, dazzling audiences with his solo shows, which combine virtuosity, emotion, humour, with a strong stage presence.  In addition to his solo concerts and recordings, he has also collaborated with musicians from many different musical genre including, Stephane Grappelli, Jeff Beck, Chet Atkins, Bill Wyman, George Harrison, Dionne Warwick, Sacha Distel, Bryn Terfel and Jamie Cullum.  He spends much of the year travelling the world, playing in concert halls in Europe, North America, Japan, Asia, and Australasia as well as presiding over the uniquely innovative Martin Taylor Guitar Academy online.

GUY BARKER is an award winning musician/composer and arranger.  As a trumpet player he has performed with many great artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Sting and Lena Horne.  His composing and arranging credits include The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Kurt Elling, Jamie Cullum, Paloma Faith, Melody Gardot plus many large orchestral projects for the BBC and the London Jazz Festival.  He has also composed music for films including The Talented Mr. Ripley and The Number One Ladies Detective Agency.  Two of his solo albums were nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.
www.martintaylor.com

Spirit of Django Suite at the Royal Albert Hall

Orchestral arrangement of Nuages by Django Reinhardt performed at the Royal Albert Hall by: 

Martin Taylor - Guitar
Guy Barker - Conductor
Spirit of Django 
Guy Barker Big Band
Britten Sinfonia

Nuages

1.  Ba Dada  -  Jazzual Suspects (4:37)
2.  This Beat  -  Jazzual Suspects (4:51)
3.  Funkin Koobad   -  Jazzual Suspects (4:24)
4.  Jazzual Suspects  -  Jazzual Suspects (2:44)
5.  Sweet Lost Night   -  Nujazz (4:21)
6.  Green Tea   -  Everydayearthkid (3:47)
7.  Feel Somet   -  Everydayearthkid (2:06)
8.  Summer Love  -  Everydayearthkid (5:25)
9.  Ass Kickin Bass  -  Gramatik (2:14)
10.  Afternoon Soul   -  Gramatik (4:16)
11.  Nightime  -  Beat Demons (3:14)
12.  Jazz Selecta  -  Beat Demons (5:12)
13.  Desperado  -  Beat Demons (3:32)

Acid Jazz Mix (Jazzual Suspects, Gramatik, Everydayearthkid, Nujazz, Beat Demons)

Hi, I'm a keys player and I like making up grooves to existing jazz and latin standards. Over the last few years I've been mainly working on original numbers.

It's just me in the music you hear, I play all the parts off a keyboard recording in midi and layer up into the finished version.

I started playing the piano as a kid , then took up the trombone and played for fun in various local amateur bands and orchestras. Then at 18 went to college and didn't do anything  musically  for many years. Started playing the saxophone and tuba more recently, and in the last four years or so got back into the keyboard which is now my main instrument.

I like making up jazzy  late night music & music you can listen to when travelling. Sounds like a strange thing but I find the most enjoyable part of a holiday is the travelling part, whether that's on a plane , train or even a car on a quiet road with some nice views. Looking through a window with a changing view, in a bubble of suspended time between two worlds, that's what travelling feels like to me, and I like to write music that sounds that way - http://soundcloud.com/markd54321/361-stolen-moments-320kbps . Can't really explain it any better than that for now. Cheers Mark

533 - Abandoned Places

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