(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI All Rights Reserved)Guitars-Reynold I have a certain fondness for this piece and play it often on gigs. When I play it with violinist Gary Schulte, it is especially good because he plays the melody so fluidly, and that isn’t easy. The harmonic “cycle” of the tune also appeals to […]
(Written and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek, 1998 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars, bass, vocal-ReynoldViolins- David Haugen, Karen DahlPercussion-J.R. Hammond In the late 1990s, I went back to a pretty intense Jobim period. I say “went back to” because I had already played plenty of his music since I was about 20. I came up with this song at that time.
(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2004 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI All Rights Reserved) More than ten years ago I came up with the idea for “Butterfly” while jogging in the woods near my house. I watched the circuitous fight of a Monarch butterfly and the idea of the melody and mixing bars of 3/4 with one 2/4 bar
(Written by Reynold D. Philipsek Zino-Rephi Musc BMI)Reynold-guitarHarmonica-Clint HooverBass-Matt SenjemPercussion-Michael Bissonnette Engineer-Stymie Seamans This song is my tribute to Joe Pass. I took a lesson or two with the great Joe when I was in L.A. in 1975 for a couple of months. I had a two-month gig backing up a folk singer there (sort of a Jim Croce thing). I
(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2000 Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars, bass, snare brush-Reynoldviolins-Karen Dahl, David HaugenFlute-Don AndersonEngineer J.R. Hammond This song was an attempt at creating a similar mood to the Adagio movement of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. Maurice Ravel has been my favorite composer for many years. The approach here is very minimalist and the main