This is jazz!! Pure and simple! There are ballads for the occasions when you want to be slow and soulful and there are uptempo tunes for those bebop moments. Of course, there are a few inbetween as well. Accompaniment by bass, drums and the occasional piano and guitar.

 

Song name:

Small Soap Suds
Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

Guitars: Yamaha AE500 recorded direct through a Boss GS-10 using a Ethos for clean tone shaping
Bass: Bornemark Software Broomstick Bass
Other instruments: NI Akoustik Piano
Drums: Native Instruments Battery 3
Recorded with: Cubase 4
Comments:

Here's a fairly straight jazzy tune with no difficult chord changes nor any starnge modulations. Just a piece of happy jazz. No funny story behind this one. Wanted to play a bit of jazz and couldn't find a BT I liked so I wrote this tune.
Publishing date: 09-10-18
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Song name:

Gone Flat

Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

Guitars: Yamaha AE500 recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Bass: Sandberg Bullet Special recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Other instruments: NI Kontakt 3
Drums: Native Instruments Battery 3
Spectrasonics Stylus RMX
Recorded with: Cubase 5
Comments:

This tune resides somewhere between a bossa and smooth jazz. It's the sort of thing I like to play over every once in while. The tempo makes it easy to play slower melodic lines or just blow away those longer scalar licks. Why not a combination of both? In case you wonder about the title, it's got nothing to do with pitch. I decided to go with flat wound strings on my jazz box so now I've "gone flat".
Publishing date: 09-09-11
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Song name:

Walnut Creek

Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

Guitars: Yamaha SA500 recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Bass: Sandberg Bullet Special recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Other instruments: NI Kontakt 3
Drums: Native Instruments Battery 3
Spectrasonics Stylus RMX
Recorded with: Cubase 5
Comments:

Here is a faster latin type tune in a sort of samba style. I got the inspiration from walking a very nice summer day and as I had my summer vacation I took the time to write and record it.
Publishing date: 09-07-25
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Song name:

20 More Years
Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

Guitars: Aspen/Landola recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Bass: Bornemark Broomstick Bass
Other instruments: NI Kontakt 3
Drums: Native Instruments Battery 3
Recorded with: Cubase 5
Comments:

This is a tune I wrote in the end of May 2009 to celebrate me and my wife's 20th wedding anniversary. Something light, airy and a bit romantic.

Publishing date: 09-06-06
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Song name:

Like Never Before
Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

Aria FA-71 recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Sven Bornemark's Broomstick Bass
Native Instruments Elektrik Piano and FM8
Drums: Native Instruments Battery 3
Recorded with: Steinberg Cubase 4
Comments:

As I wanted a more old style sound in my archtop I put on flatwound strings. The resulting sound inspired this tune.
Publishing date: 2009-02-08
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Song name:

Hopefully
Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

Aria FA-71 recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Sven Bornemark's Broomstick Bass
Steinberg The Grand
Drums: Native Instruments Battery 2
Recorded with: Steinberg Cubase
Comments:

A slow jazz ballad. In my humble opinion, the most beautiful tune I have written so far. If you want to get into archtop playing this is the way.
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Song name:

Mahogany and Maple
Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

PRS McCarty recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Sven Bornemark's Broomstick Bass
Steinberg The Grand
Drums: Native Instruments Battery 2
Recorded with: Steinberg Cubase
Comments:

This is a suitable tune for doing the jazz thing with a clean sound. Backing consists of double bass, brush drums and a piano.
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Song name:

Matte Finish Babes
Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

Gibson ES-335 recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Sven Bornemark's Broomstick Bass
Steinberg The Grand
Drums: Native Instruments Battery 2
Recorded with: Steinberg Cubase
Comments:

Here's a tune with familiar chord changes. Just start playing that jazz swing.
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Song name:

Swamp Ash Trio
Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

PRS Swamp Ash Special recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Sven Bornemark's Broomstick Bass

Drums: Native Instruments Battery 2
Recorded with: Steinberg Cubase
Comments:

A backing track consisting of a walking double bass and brushed drums playing a 12-bar blues progression is always good to have at hand. Then you can practice all those wonderful chord voicings and substitutions without the piano getting in the way.
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Song name:

TW
Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

Aria FA-71 recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Sven Bornemark's Broomstick Bass
Steinberg The Grand
Drums: Native Instruments Battery 2
Recorded with: Steinberg Cubase
Comments:

During a rehersal with a big band I came up with the melody for this fast boppy tune. I remembered it when I got home and I put to tape (sequencer) before I forgot it. There is a fast walking bass line that really drives the tune foreward. It's dedicated to Tommy Wiklund, one of the greatest alto sax players in Sweden and one of the greatest musicians I have ever had the pleasure to play with.
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Song name:

Yes, There Is More
Backing track: Backing track
Instruments:

Yamaha AS-500 recorded direct through a Boss GS-10
Sven Bornemark's Broomstick Bass

Drums: Native Instruments Battery 2
Recorded with: Steinberg Cubase
Comments:

A little latin jazz anyone? Bossa style quartet jazz. I love this style and never get tired of playing it.

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