My daughter just adopted a dog, so this one is particularly hard to read about.

You've captured this perfectly. And it breaks my heart.

We lost a daughter in a motorcycle accident, RIP Darcy.

Really moving piece of music. Such a sad story behind the tune. Take care.

Sonni Quick!!! This is beautiful! I'm curious, what piano you're playng on. You're certainly a seasoned player and know how to make the keys speak to us! Beautiful moving work!

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In my early years I spent a lot of time in the country - hours spent cycling with friends through deserted country lanes, helping and riding mother's horses and later earning my pocket money shifting bales of hay and straw in the summer. Plenty of time to contemplate the future. These are some of the thoughts that this melody evokes for me.

When I Was A Little Boy

This is Mia. She tragically died Monday night when a truck with 4 men out partying intentionally ran her down, circled around and ran her over again as my son and his girlfriend watched. They were out of town and stopped to get gas and Mia jumped out of the truck after being cooped up for two days. My son was heartbroken. It was painful to hear his grief. 

Mia was 11. When she was a tiny pup he found her by the side of the road in NM. Far away from a town someone must have dumped her there. She was almost dead from lack of food and water. My son immediately took her to a vet and hadn't planned on keeping her but the vet convinced him, after he saved her, to take her home. His children were ecstatic and his daughter Moya named her Mia. So I did what I usually do and poured my emotions into music. 

Pets are often like family members and losing them can be very difficult. I told my son she had 11 years she would not have had, just like myself. I first saw her about 15 months after my liver transplant. I am grateful for these years and I am sure, so was Mia. Think of the years she had, not the years she lost. Rest in Peace, Mia.

Rest in Peace

High energy 12/8 grooving with the fabulous Georg Boehme and Stephan Lipinski.  Georg laid down 4 sax, clarinet and flute tracks and Stephan's got the tight wah rhythm and lead guitars. And as always, great soloing from both of these players.  This one’s risen to #8 in SC’s Hot & New Jazz & Blues category 

Georg Boehme:  https://soundcloud.com/georg-boehme
Stephan Lipinski:  https://soundcloud.com/pinner

And for playlists of our music together:

https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/grooving-with-georg-boehme

https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/smokin-with-stephan-stephan

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

Bari Him - Georg Boehme / Stephan Lipinski / Jamie Rhind

A track from the new album "A Distant Arcade"
www.jeffchipman.com

In Search Of Lost Time

Endless Sky

Emotional cinematic orchestral track, like a tribute to every people who can keep head up day by day.
https://youtu.be/FrbqcPouSks

La tête haute

This track was created for the Naviar Haiku group.
485
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/04/19/naviarhaiku485-the-rain-is-over/

2023-04-20

The Rain Is Over  (Naviarhaiku 485 )

King Of Stones

UNE PHRASE...

An impressionist piano piece which makes me think of dreams and under the ocean.

Theory/Performance Notes: Influences are Ravel, Debussy, and Villa-Lobos. Makes use of pentatonic and whole tone scales as well as various lydian-mixolydian hybrids found in Brazilian music. Also incorporates 12-tone rows; the passage starting around 1 minute uses a tone row accompanied by modal harmony to convey heartfelt emotion.

Dissolving

My music pieces are all piano improvisations expressing emotions. It is music telling stories without the words. In my earIy years I sang and played piano in piano bars or fronted bands  I've been composing, teaching and performing most of my life.  I'm getting old(er) now 😔 but the great thing about creating music is it gets better the longer you play, and you have more to write about! 

This is what I leave of me to my generations to come who wonder where their desire to make music comes from. My mother also played. I learned recently that my grandmother and great grandmother were both accomplished pianists when they were young. My great grandmother sang and danced in minstrel shows in the early 1900's. I know have great-grandchildren. They will know who I am through my music. When I am gone my music will still be here. What a wonderful thought!

Rest in Peace

Sonni Quick

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