RG, you never really sang lead that much when we were little. I dig your pipes! proud of u and Your collab with theBaron

Deep Jazz - Celestial Blues

The Meters  /Cissy Strut（1969）

Carol King - It's Too Late (DJM Long Build Chillout Re - Edit)

Brian Auger, the London born keyboard genius and musical pioneer, lauded and loved by everybody from Herbie Hancock to Mose Allison, from The Brand New Heavies to The Beastie Boys. His tracks have been sampled by Mos Def, Common, Air and Kid Loco. He’s had original compositions covered by Sarah Vaughan and Richard 'Groove' Holmes, plus he is the proud recipient of a US Congressional Award for Services to Jazz!

Since the 2015 release of Volume One of “Back To The Beginning - The Brian Auger Anthology”, it’s fair to say that a whole new audience of fans and taste makers have joined the massed ranks of music lovers who were already aware of this great mans incredible, pioneering music and career that now spans over 50 years. After more sell out tours of the US, UK and Europe in the last 12 months, magazine features and an epic 2-hour interview with Gilles Peterson on BBC 6 Music - more people than ever now grasp what a genre busting, pioneering artist Brian is.

Volume Two brings together not only remastered classics from Brian’s career, but also super rare, and previously unreleased tracks. Check out his blistering jazz piano tracks from the early 60s including “Poinciana” and “Work Song”, the barely known, late 60s Hammond organ and big band versions of jazz standards “Moanin’”, “Sister Sadie”, and the incredibly gritty version by The Trinity of Jimmy McGriff’s “MG Blues”, and the Big John Patton penned “Funky Mama”! The version of Miles Davis' “All Blues” featuring Trinity vocalist Julie Driscoll needs to be heard to be believed.

As well as Oblivion Express perennials such as “Straight Ahead”, “Inner City Blues” and “Happiness Is Just Around The Bend” (Brian’s original composition, made famous by Cuba Gooding Snr's The Main Ingredient), there is also a demo version of “Black Octopus”, featuring The Headhunters’ Mike Clark and Paul Jackson, recorded in Brian’s Bay Area garage after Herbie Hancock split that equally groundbreaking group.  

You will also be swept away by “Ella”, the rare track Brian wrote and dedicated to his wife of nearly 50 years - and you will no doubt be up on your feet when checking out brand new, previously unreleased live versions of “Whenever You're Ready” and “Freedom Jazz Dance”, featuring original Oblivion Express vocalist Alex Ligertwood - recorded on 2015's epic and triumphant European tour and released here for the very first time.

Anthology Volume 2

Brian Auger - Inner City Blues

Original appears on his 1973 album "Summer The First Time"

Enjoy

Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time) (Ole Smokey's Demon Sun Edit)

Quincy Jones

- Into My Soul (Nicola Conte Rmx) Gabin Feat Dee Dee Bridgewater

Jamiroquai  - Picture Of My Live (Radio Acoustic Session)

Maceo Parker - Shake everything you've got

Words and Music by Donald Fagen

All vocals and instruments performed by Randy Grohs

This cover is extremely close to the original and was approached primarily as a learning exercise (Fagen is truly a Master).

New Frontier (Donald Fagen Cover)

Jamiroquai - Blow Your Mind Live At Pori Jazz 2003

Collaborations and solo recordings made at home.  See each song for more information 

New Frontier (Donald Fagen Cover)

Randy Grohs & Friends

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