Jazz

Spaghetti Western

(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 1993 re-released and mastered 2012)Reynold-lots of guitars, bass, knee slap horse hooves, wooden “train flute,” whoops and hollers, tambourineRecording engineer-Stymie Seamans This song originally came out in 1993 and I re-released it on the “Last Summer” album in 2012. On all of the more successful “solo” recordings, my friend Stymie Seamans was …

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Tango Blue

Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2012 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Recording engineer:Stymie Seamans Since the mid-1990’s, I have been interested in the “Nuevo Tango” of composer and bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992). The Piazzolla tango is known for its insistent 3-3-2 rhythm. Other elements are some Bach-like arpeggiated chords and even Bartok-like harmony mingle with the distinctly Argentinian music …

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Roma

(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2009 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitar-ReynoldHarmonica-Clint HooverAcoustic bass-Matt SenjemPercussion-Michael BissonnetteRecording engineer-Stymie Seamans It’s hard to believe that this album was recorded 14 years ago. This entire album was recorded live in the studio. As my original intention with this project was to combine the spontaneous feel of an early 1960’s Blue Note recording with …

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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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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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