Always There

This section consists of my arrangement,  performance  and production of existing music and music/video I recorded at the VOA.  The first selection is a 1975 jazz funk release by Ronnie Laws entitled “Always  There”. The video consists of some drone footage and still pictures of  Tampa, Fl at night. 

I'm trying my hand at recreating existing works. This piece was composed by an obscure English singer/songwriter named Nick Drake in 1969. He never gained much notoriety until after his death in 1974 although this song has been redone by numerous artists. This is my arrangement/performance. I chose to play the melody on Flugel Horn and edited together the video element using video clips from various sources.   A great song from a great musical era. Enjoy!

This is my arrangement and instrumental performance of the 1983 song  “Ain’t Nobody” by Rufus and Chaka Khan. I played the horns live. Everything else I played through my Yamaha  keyboard. The vocals are the actual isolated tracks from the original recording. I edited the video using original footage and shots of my studio.

I played the horn parts and trumpet solo live using my Schilke B3  trumpet and Yamaha Flugelhorn. All other parts were played using my  standard studio setup. The video is a combination of original album  cover artwork and still images i edited together to present a central  theme.

 Here is my arrangement and musical performance of "Never Gonna Let You Go", written in 1982 by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. The vocal performance is by Benjamin Krmer and singer/songwriter.een, a young music student, perfo