Oh! How nice! Great version of this classic pop song from the 60s.

Excellent treatment to this beautiful standard song!

Amazing composition !! So fine and wonderful !

A lovely version of this great song. Very nice arrangement, superb trumpet and beautiful vocals :)

Amazing pro production guys Respect...Awesome vocals, arrangement and trumpet solo... I loveed it from start to the end!

Hey Oddrun you are my fav nightingale... fantastic support by Jimmy of course... A real pleasure listen to you all!!

From Pete Rodriguez's "Obstacles" (8/6/21) on Sunnyside Records.

Life is a journey filled with ups and downs. The trials and tribulations the traveler encounters shape his or her personality and relationships, determining the kind of person he or she is. It is healthy to measure both the positives and the negatives, as even bad things can eventually work for the good. 

Trumpeter/composer Pete Rodriguez has had an eventful life. Born in New York and raised in the Bronx and Puerto Rico, Rodriguez, son of the famed salsero Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez, has been ensconced in music since birth. His love for music set him on a path to make it his life’s work, whether through performing or teaching. Rodriguez’s new recording, Obstacles, was recorded as a way to confront his obstacles and working through them in a healthy way, by channeling his emotions and feelings into art. 

Before college, Rodriguez spent four years in the army and then moved to New Jersey, where he attended Rutgers University in the 1990s to broaden his musical base into the realm of jazz music. Instructors like bassist Larry Ridley, pianist Kenny Barron, guitarist Ted Dunbar, trumpeter William Fielder, and saxophonist Ralph Bowen were instrumental in building both his love for jazz and his chops. At the same time, Rodriguez began to perform professionally in the vibrant salsa scene, which he had already become well immersed in because of his father and his Godfather, Johnny Pacheco. 

While living in New York, Rodriguez familiarized himself with many of the local jazz players, but it wasn’t until he was on his first tour with Eddie Palmieri that he met pianist Luis Perdomo. It would be a couple years until he and Perdomo became fully acquainted in the City. It was Freddie Hubbard who had told Rodriguez that the most important thing in picking a band would be to have a good rhythm section. Having already found a great pianist, he asked Perdomo who else he would suggest. 

Perdomo suggested drummer Rudy Royston, a true monster behind the kit, and they also brought in bassist Ricky Rodriguez, who the trumpeter already knew could handle any music put in front of him. Already familiar with the rest of the group, saxophonist John Ellis fit in perfectly as a counter voice to the leader’s trumpet. From there, Pete Rodriguez never needed to look to other musicians for his ensemble and made a number of recordings featuring derivations of this group. 

Growing up in the City presented many challenges for a Latino; Rodriguez was regularly profiled by police. In 2000, his father passed away, which led Rodriguez to stop playing trumpet for three years. His work as a physical therapist assistant led him to meeting high level runners and bicyclists, activities that he would adopt and that would bring him out of his depression. The birth of Rodriguez’s daughter led to fluctuations in his family’s life and his practice routine, something that was difficult to adapt to. Rodriguez and his family moved to Austin, Texas ten years ago. He took a teaching job at a local State University, where he faced a number of hurdles and individuals who got in the way of his success and eventually led to his dismissal. 

All of these events could have taken a real toll on Rodriguez, but he decided to use them as inspiration. He began to compose pieces that conveyed his feelings about situations and individuals who stood in his path. The resulting pieces were composed and presented to knock down another stigma he faced as a Latin American jazz player, frankly, that he could only play Latin jazz. Obstacles is a straight-ahead jazz album that swings with the best of them.

Obstacles

Pete Rodriguez - 50

This is the album version of REFLECTIONS with guitar solo. Hope u like it. Check out the rest of the album when u get a chance here, https://theacidjazzguitarist.bandcamp.com/
 

Buy This Song

REFLECTIONS - Album Version w/Guitar

My take on trumpet badass Takuya Kuroda's Afro Blues. 

Here's the original: https://soundcloud.com/bluenoterecords/takuya-kuroda-afro-blues

Takuya Kuroda - Afro Blues, Eleven Krause Remix

INTERNATIONAL RELEASE DATE: 10/6/14
U.S. & NORTH AMERICA RELEASE DATE: 10/7/14

Bill Frisell - electric guitar
Greg Leisz - pedal steel, electric guitar
Tony Scherr - bass, acoustic guitar on Rebel Rouser
Kenny Wollesen - drums, percussion, vibes

Produced by Lee Townsend

More Info at www.billfrisell.com


Baja

Website: http://jtrio.com
Albums on Spotify: goo.gl/loRORz
Live version of Couperin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgZJ215AODE

Couperin

From the album 'Vol. Two' - The Cookers Quintet out now Do Right Music

Tim Hamel, Trumpet 
Ryan Oliver, Tenor Saxophone 
Richard Whiteman, Piano 
Alex Coleman, Bass 
Joel Haynes, Drums

The Cookers Quintet - Vol. Two - out now on Do Right Music 

Tim Hamel, Trumpet 
Ryan Oliver, Tenor Saxophone 
Richard Whiteman, Piano 
Alex Coleman, Bass 
Joel Haynes, Drums

Featuring: Leron Thomas, Dawn Pemberton, Johnny O'Neal

iTunes: http://apple.co/1NzmRZe
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1CsNwUp
Google play: http://bit.ly/1aeGxpc
CD / Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/1Ctb25s

www.thecookers.ca
www.dorightmusic.com

The Cookers Quintet - Blindside

Born ( from "Born")

Lyle Mays

Mirror of the Heart

Oddrun Eikli, James Rivashttps://soundcloud.com/j-rivas/tracks: vocals
Chuck Weirich: fluegelhornhttps://soundcloud.com/chuck-weirich
Aleck Randhttps://soundcloud.com/aleckrand: arrangement other instruments

Original music, lyrics and vocal:  Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Dionne Warwick

I Say a Little Prayer (Oddrun Eikli, Aleck Rand, James Rivas, Chuck Weirich)

Alicia Keys - Marian & Alicia Blues (Piano Jazz)

Chick Corea - piano
Christian McBride - bass
Steve Gadd - drums

01 Humpty Dumpty [Live]

Thank you for listening and for your comments.
Music is Magic:)
Thank you soundcloud 20.08.13. for SCOTD http://soundcloud.tumblr.com/post/58744738434/soundclouder-of-the-day-oddrun-eikli-if-theres 
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Biografi
Oddrun Eikli is the singer in Loops and Bridges. A project headed by Oddrun Eikli and Arne Hiorth. Oddrun Eikli sings, composes the melodies and writes the lyrics , Arne Hiorth does the arranging trumpet work and studio engineering.
Loops and Bridges released their debut album in jan 2010 (mtgmusic)
http://www.mtgmusic.no/artist/73/Arne-Hiorth-og-Oddrun-Eikli
Doors And Windows released september 2014.



New cd out mai 2013:
SPIRALI
massimo berizzi: trumpet & electronics 
oddrun eikli: vocals & lyrics
alessandro monti: bass

 CD RELEASES AUTUMN 2012:
"ENDRING" WITH Raphaelgtr and
 THE INTERNATIONAL  JAZZ CD  "FLOW"

"FLOW":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtaKeETfQ4g
The musicians on the "FLOW" album are:
Cheryl Pyle (New York City) - flute, Oddrun Eikli (Oslo) - vocals, Arne Hiorth (Oslo) - trumpet, Stanislav Zaslavsky (Kamensk) - piano), Sean O'Bryan Smith (Nashville) - bass, and Axel Weiss (Obernbreit) on guitars and art.

"ENDRING":
Raphaelgtr & Oddrun Eikli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghdVeFgfPIA

ODDRUNS COLLABS. AT SOUNDCLOUD:
you can find my collabs. in these sets:



with Arne Hiorth:
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/oddrun-eikli-and-arne-hiorth
with Axel Weiss
http://soundcloud.com/axelweis/sets/oddrun-and-axel/
with Vicente bueso:
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/vicente-bueso-and-oddrun-eikli
with Raphael GTR and Massimo Berizzi
https://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/raphael-gtr-and-oddrun-eikli
a set with many of my souncloud-collabs:
http://soundcloud.com/oddrun-eikli/sets/collabs-with-my-sc-friends/

Thank you. :) Thank you to you all !:)

I Say a Little Prayer (Oddrun Eikli, Aleck Rand, James Rivas, Chuck Weirich)

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