Rob Birdwell's music performance calendar:
When We Met
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From his recorded release, Sweet Surrender: an intimate and heartfelt collection of Flugelhorn and Trumpet impromptus that showcase Rob Birdwell's distinctive sound, improvisation, and spontaneous craftsmanship.
From Rob's liner notes:
When it comes to the musical side of my creativity (and especially my jazz/improvisational side) , although I don't fully understand how it works in that realm, things do seem to gel when I simply let go and give free reign to those mysterious forces and simply let them work their magic - let them say what they apparently need to say. And that's just what I did on this collection of music I affectionately call Sweet Surrender.
All This Stuff
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A song about a guy who goes down into his basement and gets caught up for a long time in the past: tapes, photos, memories, love, lost, etc. What to do with it all?
Beautiful Moments
This song is about memories - poignant times in life. "I can Google your name / but I won't find a trace / of those beautiful moments / from another time and place..."
I'd written this song a while back but could never figure out how to record it (and perhaps I wasn't ready - maybe I'm still not!) - my own demos on vocal/piano just didn't seem to capture that special "something." So I made a date with fellow Lubian and musician/composer extraordinaire Dave Leslie. We recorded other tracks, but for this particular one I set up my three chinsy video cameras to (hopefully) capture a "live" performance. And we did! First take too. Dave was definitely that special "something" - with his playing I could feed off his energy and together we made this very special recording. I hope you enjoy it.
- Beautiful Moments - words and music by Rob Birdwell
- Dave Leslie - piano
- Rob Birdwell - vocals
Swimming Upstream
This lyric video tells the story of a little fish in a big strong river, swimming upstream. Oh, the things he sees - but how will it end for him? Will he be wise and learn from his journey? Watch and listen to find out!
Credits:
- Swimming Upstream - words and music by Rob Birdwell
- Creighton Lindsay: guitar
- Rob Birdwell: vocals, keys, bass, horns, drums, percussion
