I really enjoyed the "Americana rock" albums of "Bruce Hornsby & the Range" featuring Hornsby's distinct syncopated piano style. Unfortunately I lost track of Hornsby post - "the Range".
Recently I've been listening to Cory Wong. I love his funk stuff, and was blown away by his strings arrangement to a funk corporate promo composition he was commissioned to write for DHL Corp.
As a guitarist that began playing (rock-pop-R&B...) in 1965, I feel extremely fortunate over the last 20+ years to be involved in quite a number of fully orchestrated productions that had been a dream of mine since I was a young kid. But honestly, I'm a hack.
Wong is a Hornsby fan and had contacted him about doing a collaboration. Hornsby sent him demo piano-synth recording that was done while flying on an airplane(!) complete with the background noise. After a lot of work, here is a pre-release result. Wow, just WOW!
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