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Grey Chalet

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2002 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars-Reynold Bass-Mike Zeleny Recorded by J.R. Hammond “Grey Chalet” is what we named our house of 39 years, for the simple and obvious reason that it looks like a ski chalet and the house is grey. The song and recording have a certain jaunty charm but I can’t help but […]

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Paint Your Own World

(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 1995 Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Guitars and vocals-Reynold Drums-Jon Niefeld Bass-Luke Kramer Horns-Zane Schaefer Recorded by Stymie Seamans I recently had archive shelving built in the basement to house all of the CDs, vinyl, cassettes, master tapes, ADATS and scrapbooks I have accumulated over a long music career. All of this recorded media

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Prince of Samois

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2022 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans Tomorrow, May 16, 2023, will be the 70th anniversary of gypsy guitar great Django Reinhardt’s departure from this quaint old vale of tears. The town of Samois-sur-Seine, France (near Fontainebleau) is where he made his home toward the end of his rather short life

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Rococo

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2011 Zino-Rephi Music)Recording engineer: Stymie Seamans This tune is still in my active performing repertoire. I especially like playing it with violinist Gary Schulte who sails through the melody with real flare. The changes are also fun to improvise on. I heard this one by chance on Spotify yesterday and decided to

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Tales From The North Woods

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2010 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer-Stymie Seamans This song and recording is one I sometimes forget about because it isn’t part of my normal performing repertoire, which typically includes about 30 original pieces. I like it though. I recently heard it on Spotify quite by accident and was pleasantly surprised. As for the

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All I’ll Say

(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 1993 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)All vocals and instruments by ReynoldRecorded by Stymie SeamansMastered at Bernie Grundman MasteringRecorded May 1993 This new video revisits an old tune that I forgot about until recently when going through my archive of CDs and tape masters. Thirty years ago I hit on the idea of a song where

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