Christmas Special - (Music Only) O Come O Come Emmanuel 

Hello!

This month we wanted to share our reimagining of the Christmas classic O Come O Come Emmanuel. 

We hope you enjoy it. 

 

Instrumentation:

Lead Vocals: Charlie

Backing Vocals: The Gypsy

Guitar: The Gypsy 

Arco Bass: Charlie 

Steele Tongue Drum…

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I'm Still Here - Poem Reading, Message and New Song 

As we consider the world we inhabit, the atrocities and hardships endured and overcome perhaps a refrain we can all come to understand and agree upon is... I'm Still Here.  

The Langston Hughes poem Still Here inspired this song and…

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New Live Cut!  

Its been a wild ride lately. This is a live take on one of our original compositions. We hope you enjoy it! 

The song is called: Life's Got Me Down. We use a modified minor blues form. 

The blues has…

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Summer Time - Sunday Standard

Needless to say that Summer Time by George Gershwin is a timeless standard which needs no introduction. Part of the Jazz-Pop musical Porgy and Bess. This tune never gets old!

 

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Why Don't You Do Right - Sunday Standard

We decided to take an extended jam on this minor blue: Why Don't You Do Right?

Written and by "Kansas Joe" McCoy and Herb Morand in 1936. 

We hope you will enjoy this improvised jam on a theme of Why…

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Holding Back The Years

Todays Sunday Standard is a departure from the jazz repertoire into the realm of 80s brit pop. We ope you enjoy our cover of Holding Back The Years from the band Simply Red. 

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Smile - Sunday Standard

 

Adapted from the  instrumental version used in the film Modern Times (1936). This famous Charlie Chaplin song has been recorded by everyone from Nat King Cole to Micheal Jackson. Chaplin composed the music in 1936. But the lyric was written…

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Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You - Sunday Standard

Gee Baby - as we often refer to it. Is a fantastic jazz standard written by Andy Razaf and Don Redman in 1929. It has been recorded by virtually every notable 

jazz musician since the 30's and continues in the…

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Moonlight in Vermont - Sunday Standard

 

Moonlight in Vermont was one of the first jazz tunes I arranged for solo guitar. I first heard it on the Johnny Smith record which featured Stan Getz. If you have never heard his record titled "Moonlight in Vermont" I…

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When Sunny Gets Blue - Sunday Standard

When Sunny Gets is written by Marvin Fisher (music) and Jack Segal (lyrics).  Something about the lyric melodies and harmonies speak deeply to us. The composition lends its self well to our reimagining.  Evoking that deep blue place within each…

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