Hornheads Archives - Michael B. Nelson https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/category/hornheads/ Producer | Composer | Arranger | Trombonist | Head Hornhead Thu, 28 Jan 2021 03:45:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 EveryTHING bLOWs! – available now!! https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2019/03/19/everything-blows-available-now/ https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2019/03/19/everything-blows-available-now/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2019 20:31:41 +0000 https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/?p=267 The Hornheads latest CD EveryTHING bLOWs! has been released. Get you physical copy at Amazon now. “Side A” features the Hornheads signature “a cappella” jazz / funk sound, while “Side B” brings in a funky, high energy rhythm section featuring special guests, Vulfpeck guitarist Cory Wong, and Serbian phenom Petar Janjic on drums.

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]]> The Hornheads latest CD EveryTHING bLOWs! has been released. Get you physical copy at Amazon now.

“Side A” features the Hornheads signature “a cappella” jazz / funk sound, while “Side B” brings in a funky, high energy rhythm section featuring special guests, Vulfpeck guitarist Cory Wong, and Serbian phenom Petar Janjic on drums.

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]]> https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2019/03/19/everything-blows-available-now/feed/ 3 The rise of Cory Wong https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2019/02/09/rise-cory-wong/ Sun, 10 Feb 2019 02:35:20 +0000 http://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/?p=235 We’re excited to be a part of all the great music Cory Wong (of Vulfpeck, Ben Rector) is putting together these days. We hooked up with Cory for the tail end of his latest month long U.S. tour in Chicago,  Madison, and finally our home base of Minneapolis, at the Fine Line. Check out the live shot video and excellent live mix of the Mpls show!! Check out the Hornheads […]

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]]> We’re excited to be a part of all the great music Cory Wong (of Vulfpeck, Ben Rector) is putting together these days. We hooked up with Cory for the tail end of his latest month long U.S. tour in Chicago,  Madison, and finally our home base of Minneapolis, at the Fine Line. Check out the live shot video and excellent live mix of the Mpls show!!

Check out the Hornheads work on Cory’s most recent albums, The Optimist and Cory Wong and the Green Screen Band.

Cory has also made some of the horn arrangements and rhythm charts available from these albums!

and while you’re at it, why not pick up a Wong’s Pizza t-shirt.

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]]> R.I.P Prince https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2016/04/21/r-p-prince/ Fri, 22 Apr 2016 02:18:49 +0000 http://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/?p=230 4/21/2016 With great sadness we say goodbye to PRINCE, the musical genius that was the impetus for the Hornheads creation. My 25 year association with Prince started in 1991, traveling the world with him and the NPG on the Diamonds and Pearls tour. He was an uncompromising band leader and a flawless performer. Every show […]

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]]> 4/21/2016 With great sadness we say goodbye to PRINCE, the musical genius that was the impetus for the Hornheads creation. My 25 year association with Prince started in 1991, traveling the world with him and the NPG on the Diamonds and Pearls tour. He was an uncompromising band leader and a flawless performer. Every show was a thrill beyond description that left you drained, yet exhilarated. I also had the privilege to write horn arrangements for, and record on dozens of his solo CDs and related artist projects, beginning with the 1992 “Symbol” album, through his last release in 2016, as well as many, many tracks that are still resting in the vault. In 2014, after Clare Fischer’s passing, and in keeping with Prince’s mantra, “real music by real musicians”, he had me start producing full orchestral sessions with the Hornheads and Adi Yeshaya with StrinGENIUS. Sharing the studio with him was a revelation. His passion for music and the creative process was unparalleled and drove everyone around him to go beyond their own perceived limitation. His influence on my music was immeasurable. He was a force of nature and will be missed by me, along with the millions he touched from around the world. R.I.P. Prince

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]]> Hornheads on new Prince single w/Zooey Deschanel https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2014/03/17/hornheads-on-new-prince-single-wzooey-deschanel/ Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:17:34 +0000 http://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/?p=198 Prince’s new single FALLINLOVE2NITE feat. Zooey Deschanel, has been released by Epic Records (available on iTunes). The Hornheads got to drop in some funky licks throughout the song, and I had the pleasure of bringing in Adi Yeshaya and  STRINGenius to add the wonderful string work. The song was 1st premiered on the post Superbowl episode of “New Girl” in which […]

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]]> Prince’s new single FALLINLOVE2NITE feat. Zooey Deschanel, has been released by Epic Records (available on iTunes). The Hornheads got to drop in some funky licks throughout the song, and I had the pleasure of bringing in Adi Yeshaya and  STRINGenius to add the wonderful string work. The song was 1st premiered on the post Superbowl episode of “New Girl” in which Prince guest starred and performed a short version of the song. It’s seems the fan’s outcry for this catchy tune to be released finally paid off.

 

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]]> Prince releases new single featuring the Hornheads https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2013/06/20/172/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:10:12 +0000 http://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/?p=172 Prince has just released “Extraloveable Reloaded” for download on his 3rd Eye Girl website. This is a remake of a song of his from the early ’80s that now includes a signature Hornheads breakdown in the middle. There’s a sample of it on Dr. Funkenberry if you want to check it out, but it doesn’t get to the real […]

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]]> Prince has just released “Extraloveable Reloaded” for download on his 3rd Eye Girl website. This is a remake of a song of his from the early ’80s that now includes a signature Hornheads breakdown in the middle. There’s a sample of it on Dr. Funkenberry if you want to check it out, but it doesn’t get to the real funky horn stuff. Prince asked me to do a horn break in the style of my Hornheads composition “Intermission”, which we used to play with Prince on tour. We did this session in Nov. of 2011, which ended up being the start of a very active stretch of recording with Prince that lasted up until he went on his 3rd Eye Girl tour in April of 2013. This recording marked the 20th anniversary of when we first worked with Prince. What an experience it was and still continues to be.

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]]> More Hornheads work with Prince released https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2013/06/14/new-prince-songs-with-the-hornheads/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:10:23 +0000 http://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/?p=174 The Hornheads appear on 2 more Prince singles”Boyfriend Demo” and “Ain’t Gonna Miss U When U’re Gone” featuring Ledisi. Both are available for download at 3rd Eye Girl. (update – Boyfriend is no longer available at the 3rd Eye Girl site). “Boyfriend” has some fun interplay between 2 differently configured Hornheads passes. So 10 horns! This arrangement came together in […]

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]]> The Hornheads appear on 2 more Prince singles”Boyfriend Demo” and “Ain’t Gonna Miss U When U’re Gone” featuring Ledisi. Both are available for download at 3rd Eye Girl. (update – Boyfriend is no longer available at the 3rd Eye Girl site).

“Boyfriend” has some fun interplay between 2 differently configured Hornheads passes. So 10 horns! This arrangement came together in a very different way than most Prince charts. He sent me a very simple track that had just a basic rhythm section and instructions that it was an instrumental. I created an arrangement with two 5 piece sections. One ensemble is muted brass, tenor, and alto while the other is a standard Hornheads instrumentation of 2 trumpets, bone, tenor, bari. The muted ensemble carries the hook played in unison and the 2nd ensemble fills things out more like a standard horn section. Prince took this arrangement and essentially edited out the some of the horn parts to make it work with the vocals, synth parts and other elements that he had added in. It was really fun hearing how much the final version had evolved from the way it had originally been presented to me.

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]]> Hornheads featured on new IKV CD and used in Target commercial https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2013/06/08/hornheads-featured-on-new-ikv-cd-as-well-as-new-target-commercial/ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 06:29:27 +0000 http://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/?p=159 Who would’ve thought that when we recorded horns in my studio in South Minneapolis last year for our old Argentinian friends, Dante and Emmanuel of Illya Kuryaki and the Vallderramas, would end up on a Target commercial and get a shout out from Oprah. Here’s the Billboard article about their new project “Chances”, which features 4 of my arrangements with the Hornheads. The […]

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]]> Who would’ve thought that when we recorded horns in my studio in South Minneapolis last year for our old Argentinian friends, Dante and Emmanuel of Illya Kuryaki and the Vallderramas, would end up on a Target commercial and get a shout out from Oprah. Here’s the Billboard article about their new project “Chances”, which features 4 of my arrangements with the Hornheads. The Target ad is kind of an odd edit, which is typical of commercial jingles, so be sure to check out the full Ula Ula video.

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]]> Discography https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2013/04/26/discography/ Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:21:15 +0000 http://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/?p=134 Prince Love Symbol PAISLEY PARK/WB Prince Morning Papers (single) PAISLEY PARK/WB Carmen Electra Get On Up (single) PAISLEY PARK/WB Prince My Name Is Prince (single) PAISLEY PARK/WB Carmen Electra Carmen Electra PAISLEY PARK/WB Prince Greatest Hits PAISLEY PARK/WB Mavis Staples The Voice PAISLEY PARK/WB NPG Gold Nigga NPG RECORDS NPG 2gether (single) NPG RECORDS Tevin […]

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Prince

Love Symbol

PAISLEY PARK/WB

Prince

Morning Papers (single)

PAISLEY PARK/WB

Carmen Electra

Get On Up (single)

PAISLEY PARK/WB

Prince

My Name Is Prince (single)

PAISLEY PARK/WB

Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra

PAISLEY PARK/WB

Prince

Greatest Hits

PAISLEY PARK/WB

Mavis Staples

The Voice

PAISLEY PARK/WB

NPG

Gold Nigga

NPG RECORDS

NPG

2gether (single)

NPG RECORDS

Tevin Campbell

I’m Ready

QWEST/WB

Hornheads

Hornheads

BONE 2 B WILD RECORDS

Prince

Come

PAISLEY PARK/WB

Prince

LetitGo (single)

PAISLEY PARK/WB

Various Artists

1-800 New Funk

NPG RECORDS

Various Artists

Pret-A-Porter Soundtrack

COLUMBIA

Ricky Peterson

A Tear Can Tell

POLYSTAR

Prince

The Gold Experience

PAISLEY PARK/WB

Ben Jor

World Dance

WEA

NPG

Exodus

NPG RECORDS

Various Artists

Artists For Camp Heartland

TRIAD

Mayte

Child Of The Sun

NPG RECORDS

Phil Upchurch

Love Is Strange

GO JAZZ

Rosie Gaines

Closer Than Close

MOTOWN

The Steeles

This Must Be Christmas

LAKEFRONT

Prince

Chaos And Disorder

PAISLEY PARK/WB

Prince

Emancipation

NPG RECORDS

France Gall

France

WEA

GeGe Telesforo

Gege And The Mother Tongue

GO JAZZ

Various Artists

Girl6 Soundtrack

WB

Pedro Abrunhosa

Tempo

POLYDOR

Hornheads

5 Heads are Better Than 1

BONE 2 B WILD RECORDS

Pedro Abrunhosa

Nao Da (single)

POLYDOR

Setimo Ceu

Setimo Ceu

POLYDOR

Pedro Abrunhosa

Tempo Remix

POLYDOR

Prince

Crystal Ball

NPG RECORDS

Chaka Khan

Come 2 My House

NPG RECORDS

Graham Central Station

GCS2000

NPG RECORDS

NPG

New Power Soul

NPG RECORDS

Setimo Ceu

Setimo Ceu (single)

POLYDOR

Hornheads

Lifescapes Swing

COMPASS

Various Artist

1998 Billboard Song Contest Winners

BILLBOARD

Prince

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic

ARISTA/NPG RECORDS

Illya Kuryaki And The Valderramas

Leche

UNIVERSAL

Ricky Peterson

Souvenir

WINDHAM HILL JAZZ

Prince

The Vault – Old Friends For Sale

WB

Melanie Rosales

Can’t Change It

BIG BUDDY RECORDS

Hornheads Big Band

Big Band Christmas

COMPASS

Hornheads

Lifescapes Christmas Swing

COMPASS

Blenders

Loveland

COWTOWN RECORDS

Scott Krippayne

All Of Me

SPRING HILL RECORDS

Illya Kuryaki And The Valderramas

Kuryakistan

UNIVERSAL

Prince

Rainbow Children

NPG RECORDS

Dante

Elevavdo

UNIVERSAL

Various Artists

Friday Night Jazz at the G

GABBERTS

Mandy Moore

Coverage

EPIC

Patrick Allen

…‘bout time!

OBSTINATE MUSIC

Yumi Matsutoya

Faces

TOSHIBA/EMI

Pedro Abrunhosa

Palco

POLYDOR

Hornheads

Fat Lip

BONE 2 B WILD RECORDS

Mandy Moore

The Best of

EPIC

Hornheads

2004 Top Sellers

CD BABY

Hornheads

Smokin’ Cuban Jazz

COMPASS

Hornheads Big Band

I Love Las Vegas

COMPASS

Pedro Abrunhosa

LUZ

POLYDOR

Hornheads

Jingle Bell Jazz

COMPASS

‘tis The Season

Deck The Halls

COMPASS

Jonas Brothers

Lines, Vines and Trying Times

HOLLYWOOD RECORDS

Ricky Peterson

Best Of Vol. 1 & 2

CELEBRATION RECORDS

Honor Society

Fashionably Late

HOLLYWOOD RECORDS

Steven Page

Page One

NEW ROUNDER

Fabiana Passoni

Naturalmente Brasil

WILBUR MUSIC

Andy Allo

Super Conductor

NPG RECORDS

Illya Kuryaki

Chances

SONY MUSIC

Prince

Rock & Roll Love Affair (single)

NPG RECORDS

Benoit Delbecq

Crescendo in Duke

NATO

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]]> The Hornheads on Baby Blue Arts https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2013/01/30/the-hornheads-as-seen-on-baby-blue-arts/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:53:03 +0000 http://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/?p=129 The post The Hornheads on Baby Blue Arts appeared first on Michael B. Nelson.

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]]> hornheads.com https://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/2012/02/25/hornheads-com/ Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:09:23 +0000 http://www.bone2bwildmusic.com/?p=102 Check out the new Hornheads website. You can listen to samples, watch videos, and view photos of our work with world-class artists, such as Prince & the New Power Generation, Mandy Moore and the Jonas Brothers. The Hornheads, an extraordinarily talented group of horn players, has been gathering international acclaim from artists and critics alike, since 1991.

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]]> Check out the new Hornheads website. You can listen to samples, watch videos, and view photos of our work with world-class artists, such as Prince & the New Power Generation, Mandy Moore and the Jonas Brothers.

The Hornheads, an extraordinarily talented group of horn players, has been gathering international acclaim from artists and critics alike, since 1991.

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