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The Pain, The Torture, and The Demise

Iron Mom

homage to Gil Evans small big band sensibility..playing hot music in a cool home studio and playing with a small big band of myselves

funky Jazz on a HOT Humid day

Go Up & Down for a bit

it in the pocket in this morning

Deep Pocket morning

JUST CHECKIN

My hero the chicken (Foo Fighters meets Jaco Pastorius)

Its Just a phase

you can't  make this beat up

drumStrumBlowings

A soulful Western Swing ballad wrapped in dusty tension and gospel truth. “The Shot That Missed” tells the true story of the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump — a moment when the world held its breath as a bullet grazed his ear and history nearly took a turn.

With a raw Texan vocal, gospel call-and-response, and a groove led by fiddle, steel guitar, trombone, and piano, the song balances reverence with reflection. It's about survival, silence, and the thunder that never landed — told through Harrison McGraw's signature style: honest, heartfelt storytelling with a swinging backbeat and just enough grit to raise the hair on your neck.

The gospel choir echoes throughout with lines like (It missed…) and (Still standin’, still breathin’…) — reminding us that sometimes fate steps sideways, and the dance goes on.

The Shot That Missed

Who dat dere? -

This project, “Fables” consists of contemporary jazz compositions. Each song is based off a fable from around the world. Old Dragonbeard comes from the Chinese Fairy Book (published 1921), which is a collections of Chinese fairy tales.  This features Manuel Trabucco on Tenor Sax and bass solo by Doğa Ay. 

Old Dragonbeard

The Right Stuff (Womens At Numbers)

My tracks are influenced by disco, early 80s funk and early house.  Let me take you on a journey.

Singer-Songwriter  ALL INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS BY BONNER HARRIS FROM WAIKIKI NOW RESIDING ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII

jazz,blues,funk,brasil,latin,africa....improvisation.
second soundcloud:
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Dark turns on familiar tracks — Lord Vantros reimagines the world of Thomas & Friends with suspenseful, cinematic fanmade soundtracks. Atmospheric, intense, and crafted to bring a new edge to the Island of Sodor.

“There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus.

The music industry (like many things) has changed greatly since I bought my first 45 record (Green Eyed Lady) at my hometown record shop in 1970. It would be very easy to lament over these changes (and I have.) However, with change comes new opportunities, and thanks to websites/apps like Soundcloud we musicians and composers have the opportunity to to be heard as never before. So thank you Soundcloud and thank you for visiting my page. - Jim Combs

Bio
* Born 1959
* From Southern New Jersey, USA
* Instruments: Guitar (jazz & classical), Bass, Piano, Voice 
* Influential LPs/music (not all and in no specific order): Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire, Miles Davis - Nefertiti & Sketches of Spain, Larry Coryell – Spaces, Weather Report - Heavy Weather, Pat Martino – Consciousness, Return to Forever  - Romantic Warrior,  Chick Corea - The Leprechaun, Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow,  Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures, Santana & McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender, ELP – Trilogy, Genesis - Wind and Wuthering, Yes - Close to the Edge, David Sancious - The Bridge, Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish, Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Traveled, Journey – Journey,  Rite of Spring & Petrushka – Stravinsky, Don Quixote - Richard Strauss, La Mer - Claude Debussy, Pavane pour une infante défunte & Daphnis et Chloé – Ravel, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta - Bartok ,  Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar, Jerry Goldsmith - MacArthur, The Omen, Planet Of The Apes (1968), Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing & The Bermuda Triangle.

I have played and loved jazz since the 1960's and now love to share my music with others.

New tracks tagged #Funky Jazz