One Man Band

This 2016 release sees a return to writing my own compositions. The tracks were written to be played live; they are all simple for band members to learn and are all danceable. The album could also have been called Back To Boogie because they are in the vein of early Crusader type grooves.

The instrumentation is for a small 5 piece of keys, bass, drums, guitar, and horn/s. I play all instruments, arrange, produce the track. For this album I discovered Groove Agent 4, a piece of software designed to emulate drums and giving a lot of control. I'm sure you'll agree it sounds like a real drummer with plenty of spontaneous sounding fills.

Out Of Sight	Here's one that boogies along nicely with the Horns taking the lead and featuring guitar and piano solos.
Blue Samba	It seems everyone's gone Brazilian! Here we have a Latin beat with 12 bar blues structure. Guitar takes the lead with organ and guitar solos.
Bossa Nuevo	Another one with a Latin beat this time a bit heavier than Blue Samba. The guitar tone is a bit more raunchy. With all the sequencing of trumpets I've done recently I gave this one a (virtual) trumpet solo
Cold Duck Time	By Eddie Harris this Jazz Standard is a real foot tapper. Organ, synth and guitar solos.
Eddie's Groove	This original composition was inspired by Eddie Harris' 'Compared To What' jazz standard. The drum track might seem familiar, it's straight off of my version of Birdland.
Goin' Home	An original composition that boogies along. This has loads of strings and horns you my recognise are inspired by Earth, Wind and Fire.
Never Here	Inspired by the chord progression of Ronnie Laws' track 'Always There' - hence the title!