Solo Guitar

• Standards

  • Mame Frank Singer on solo guitar. 2 choruses of the head.

  • Donna Lee  This is actually me playing with a sequence I did for a demo. This is NOT the current solo version from oFF tHE tOP: standards 1.

• Originals

Double Tracked Guitar (Frank Singer on 2 tracks of guitar)

• Standards

  • It's You Or No One 

  • The Days Of Wine And Roses   This is a reharmonization of mine. Check it out here.

  • The Song Is You   These are Charlie Banacos changes. The form is not correct in the current fake books, so try to learn this tune from a recording.

  • St. Louis Blues

  • Cherokee

  • Confirmation

  • Half Nelson

• Originals

  • Sophie

Duos

• Standards

  • I Mean You (Thelonius Monk) Recorded and Mixed by Marty O'Conner from a 2002 session at the Papermoon Restaurant, Gallery and Jazz Club in Erie, PA. Basil Ronzitti is on piano and I am playing guitar.

  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow   This is a reharmonization of mine. Check it out here.

  • Spain (Chick Corea)  This sequence is from the Cat's A Bear Electronic Era. The drums (Joe Dorris) and guitar (myself) are live.

  • Take the "A" Train  This is the second cut from a contest entry Joe Dorris and I did. Joe sequenced the percussion, and I did the organ / bass pedal track. There are some horns mixed in with the melody in the head.

• Originals

  • P.C.'s Blues  Joe Dorris and I entered a trio contest once, and this is the entry. I sequenced the organ / bass pedal part.

Trios

• Standards

  • 4 X 5 (McCoy Tyner)  This is a Cat's A Bear trio recording from 1986, with Bob Dorris on bass and Joe Dorris on drums. 

  • Footprints   I play piano on this one, with Mike Ohm on guitar and Steve Trohoske of 3Bop on bass. Recorded 4/30/96 at Fredonia SUNY

  • Great Gorge (Joe Farrell)  This is a Cat's A Bear trio recording from 1986, with Bob Dorris on bass and Joe Dorris on drums. I play a piano solo in the middle, but otherwise stick to guitar. 

  • Scrapple from the Apple (Parker)  I play guitar with Mike Ohm on guitar and Steve Trohoske of 3Bop on bass. Recorded 4/30/96 at Fredonia SUNY

  • Solar   I play guitar with Mike Ohm on guitar and Steve Trohoske of 3Bop on bass. This is Mike's signature tune. Recorded 4/30/96 at Fredonia SUNY

• Originals

  • Peppermint Tea On Friday c2002 by Frank Singer (guitar), with Nokes Kelley on alto sax and Brian Baker on bass. Recorded 1980 as "Weird Winds" led by Brian Baker. Here is a link to the chart.

Groups

• Standards

  • Binky's Beam (John McLaughlin)   This cut is from the Live at the Annex tapes, 12/17/93. This was once Cat's A Bear's only cover tune. Frank Singer on guitar, Phil Papotnik on sax, Tony Stefanelli on bass, Joe Dorris on drums. Binky's Beam is in 19/8 (big 6, little 7).

  • There Will Never Be Another You (Warren, Gordon)   This is an eleven-minute live version from a performance by 3BOP; Steve Trohoske on Bass (Leader), Brad Amidon on Drums, Frank Singer on Guitar; and guest Trumpeter Delano "Volcano" Choy. The gig was a JazzErie event at the Avalon in Erie PA on February 16, 2003.

  • There Will Never Be Another You (Warren, Gordon)  This cut is from a Valentine's Day concert (2-14-06) at the Blasco Library's Hirt Auditorium with Steve Trohoske's 3bop Jazz Trio. Steve plays bass and Brad Amidon plays drums, with Frank Singer on guitar.

• Originals

  • Theme (J.D. and the Sons of Rhythm) 
    WARNING (Modem users): THIS IS A 14,926 KB FILE.
    This track is one of my personal collection favorites. It's from a January 2003 Midtown Recording Studio session, which became parts of MUSIC FROM ANOTHER PLANET. J.D and Sons is a Collective Improvisation group. There is no planning here! Frank Singer on all keyboards, guitar, guitar synthesizer, Mike Ohm on guitar, guitar synthesizer, Scott Cravener on guitar, slide guitar, Kenny Cornelius on bass, Jayson Hopkins and J.D. Hopkins on electronic percussion, Rickie Hopkins on Drums. Randy Hetherington engineer (Midtown), Band web-site: http://www.jdhopkins.com

  • HSA (Frank Singer). 
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    This cut is from the Live at the Annex tapes, 12/17/93. The studio recording is included on Cat's A Bear's Tito: In Search of a Revolution CD. Frank Singer on guitar, Phil Papotnik on sax, Tony Stefanelli on bass, Joe Dorris on drums.
    Here is a link to the chart.

  • Change (Frank Singer). 
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     In 2003 John Trevethan of PlayErie.com organized a regional Compilation CD sampler, which included cuts from all styles of music. Since there were 19 of these cuts, the 12 minute version of Change from Cat's A Bear 's Tito In Wonderland could not be included, so John edited a 6 minute version for the CD.
    Frank Singer on guitar, Joe Dorris on drums, Tony Stefanelli on bass, Phil Papotnik on sax, Band web-site (press kit oriented): http://www.catsabear.com
    Here is a link to the chart.

  • Eye Of The Pyramid (Frank Singer)
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    This is a ten-minute version recorded in the summer of 2005 at Erie PA's Forward Hall by Midtown Recording, at a J.D. and the Sons of Rhythm concert. I got a hold of the tracks and mixed them, getting used to my new home studio (2006 - this was a first mix attempt).
    Cat's A Bear:
    Frank Singer on guitar, Joe Dorris on drums, Tony Stefanelli on bass, Tito on congas.
    Here is a link to the chart.

  • 4-20 | Liberation Day (Frank Singer)
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    This features me as chelaBOP flipping lyric. I wrote the tune in 2001, after the government tried to equate smoking marijuana with terrorism. The cut is from the third One World Tribe CD, Armed and Dangerous which is available at CD Baby.
    On the track:
    Frank Singer on lyric & programming, Mike Chin on bass, Kennedy Thompson on keyboards, Kenny Hollis on guitar.