Jazz

Afraid of the Dark

(Composed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2019 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitars, bass, vocals-reynoldDrums-Beth VarelaKeys-Gregg InhoferEngineer- Stymie Seamans I wrote and recorded this around Halloween time in 2019. Since I was a kid I have loved that time of year. This song appears on my most recent album “All You Can Do (Is All You CanDo)”. The lyrics were supposed to reflect

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Kiki

(Written and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 2015 Zino-Rephi) “Kiki” was the name of our female Lhasa Apso. She lived to eighteen years and four months, which is a long life for a dog. This tune is for her and it tries to depict the innocent playfulness of a high spirited dog. We now have a beautiful Havanese female

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TIME

(Composed and performed by Reynold D. Philipsek 2018 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI) I worked on this during the winter of 2018-2019 in the pre-pandemic time while we were in Fort Myers Beach which has sadly been hit very hard by a hurricane. I have always liked the “Theme and Variations” form. While writing this, I often referred to Rachmaninoff (variations

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Mary

(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek 2010 copyright Zino-Rephi Music BMI)Guitar-ReynoldHarmonica-Clint HooverBass-Matt SenjemPercussion-Michael BissonnetteRecorded by Stymie Seamans This is a song written for my wife. Probably one of the best sets of “harmonic changes” I have came up with (so far). This recording is a favorite because it originally was done for a project which was all recorded “live

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20th Century Good-bye

(Composed and arranged by Reynold D. Philipsek copyright 1997 Zino-Rephi Music BMI) In the late 1990’s, I came up with this idea and went to great lengths to record this song by bringing in so many instrumentalists to play their part. I really thought this song would make some sort of deep impression and while the Minneapolis Star Tribune gave

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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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