"Through My Eyes" (Edit.: Mastered with iZotope Ozone 11 on December 4th, 2023)

This is a partly improvised "smooth jazz" or "lounge" track made as a humble tribute to my - for the most part American - collection of the wonderful musical adventure called smooth jazz that has given me so much over the years (maybe also the term "Westcoast music" could be relevant here). 

I shall call this track "Through My Eyes" because it kind of tries to capture and present something about the American smooth jazz tradition - as seen through my eyes. 

This track was loosely inspired first by Mr. Keith Jarrett's two wonderful songs, "The Good America" and "Country" which both express an enormously positive and hymn-like feeling, and second by Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 3 in F Major, III. Poco allegretto (Op. 90), the beauty of which has been "haunting" me for many years (and maybe also to some extent by Mozart's Symphony No. 40, I. Molto allegro, and Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished", I. Allegro moderato, etc.).

I have not found out much about the origins of the two Mr. Jarrett's songs but in a recent interview he talks about them and rightly describes - if I understood correctly - the song "The Good America" as almost like a prayer. I also got the impression that both of these two Mr. Jarrett's songs kind of represent a view of America. 

I have also gotten inspiration here from the music of one of my all-time favorite jazz bands Spyro Gyra and from all the wonderful music that Mr. Carlos Santana has provided to the world. Last but not least as a source of inspiration I shall mention the music of Mr. Burt Bacharach (especially his breath-taking song "Bells of St. Augustine"). There is again also a bunch of other classical and popular music and jazz lurking on the background as a source of inspiration. 

The instruments and plugins I have been privileged to use here are once again my old workhorse Korg SGProX digital stage piano (master keyboard), Yamaha Montage 8 synthesizer (CFX Concert) and the wonderful instruments from Scarbee (Rhodes, EP-88S), Native Instruments (Abbey Road 80s Drummer), the UVI SonicPass and Arturia V Collection. The drum grooves, fills etc. are from the 80s Drummer and edited by me.

Through My Eyes

Epic, Cinematic and Orchestral Music
Picture from Darksouls1
Franck C Production
Music by Franck Charles ©
ASCAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpi96FEOe0U

New Hope

Thanks to Paul Mc Cartney, Johann Sebastian Bach and Franck Leconte

Bass guitares Franck Leconte
Guitars and voices Rino Lauciello

Blackbird ( Reprise / Cover )

Bass guitars : Franck Leconte     Drum Prog, Keyboards , Guitars and Vocals : Rino Lauciello              

Bimboland ( I'm with you in Rockland Italian Version )

Over There - Guit 1

Hey I’ve done a collab with @ipg1 on his cool rap Untapped 

https://soundcloud.com/ipg1/untapped-voxes-92-bpm

Enjoy!
Dx

UNTAPPED**IPG1 & RICØ

A simple cello tune with a challenging accompaniment.

Andante for Piano and Cello

6th piece in a series of experiments to try other approaches:
'The A Priori' (piano / strings, bass, art painting: Ax.W.)
You're welcome to listen if you like, if you can.

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” (Mark Twain)

https://soundcloud.com/axelweis/sets/future-collection

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THE PRINCE OF EGYPT by REGIS MINA 2025

Shenyang (2024) Anthology CD5 Track 08

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For many years I concentrated on painting, but meanwhile I come back to music more and more. I always like to connect the different mediums, also writing lyrics. I play several instruments with main instrument classical guitar. I'm no singer, but sometimes I like to send a message.
I enjoy your music on SC very much and often hear my likes. It's much better then the mainstream.  Many thanks to you all!
Hope, you enjoy my music too:)
You can buy some albums on Bandcamp.

Want to have a look at my paintings? Go on my website:

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Gabriele C. Kunz