Mac is righton here, as usual. The problem is Mixing the straight feel with the swing and its is going to sound strange. Think, John Denver singing Fly me to the Moon.

It may work for Country and Rock and Roll ( think Donny and Marie... I'm a little bit country, she's a little bit rock and roll). But here those outside Jazz notes, just sound, well, out of key! Like inviting Miles Davis to a hootanany (OK enough of the examples....)

I did listen to some of the other stuff on smoothie's site. Very nice vocalist with guitar backing. Perhaps Paul, you just need to be more careful in your selection of accompainment tracks. Remember the RT's which are labelled Solo, versus Rhythm, are going to improvise over the chords, which means they will indeed step in and out of the pocket rhymically and strech the harmony with leading tones which add tension (...its a Jazz thang). Do I also hear you singing with the Solo Horn (somewhere why low on the left channel)?? This won't work (IMO) since you are following one melody line and the horn player is following another. .

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