Stephen Buzzell's musical compositions meld breathtaking melodies and grooves. A New England-based artist who studied at Berklee College of Music, his compositions evoke a wide array of settings and eras, from the 1920s to the Mississippi Delta and urban streets. Stephen has written music for TV and film, including the soundtrack for a documentary that debuted at the Telluride Film Festival to critical acclaim. Having been called a "musician's musician," he favors the warmth and quality of live instruments over synth tracks and loops.
Moving On is baritone guitars, piano, upright bass, conga and brushes drums. Guitar improvises over a mesmerizing background expressing the hopes and unknowns of moving on. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Mr Whiskey is male voice and baritone guitar in D tuning. This is for my uncle Fred who spent two and a half years in WWII and never really came back. Good for folk radio. Male Vocals, Singer/Songwriter, Folk Singer-Songwriter
Music To Meditate + OM is a harp synth patch over djembe, bongos, gourd shaker, tambourine, classical guitar, bass and vocals. It was made for meditation and there is a base version without the harp part. Good for meditation. Instrumental, New Age, Meditation
Muzzy is electric guitar lead over electric guitar picking rhythm, bass and drums. It is sweet with some John Mayer bluesy lines along with existential elements. Good for scenes of love and wonder. Instrumental, New Age, Contemporary Instr
My Eyes Are Set On You is alto sax, Rhodes, electric and bass guitars, HipHop drums. The track is sparse leaving room for the sax melody. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Smooth Jazz
My Love for You is acoustic guitar, piano, bowed upright bass patch and roots brushes drums. Guitar plays a heartfelt melody over an emotional repeating rhythm section. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Emo
Mystery of Life is fingerpicked acoustic guitar. It is plaintive and open to the beauty of life on earth. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Mystical Journey is piano, electric guitar, bass guitar and drums. All instruments play melody over the drums. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Naked Branches is piano, upright bass and brushes drums. It is an introspective waltz using the winter image of branches without leaves. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Lounge Jazz Piano
Native American is male vocal, piano, bass guitar and percussion. It is a story of northeast Native Americans to recall or learn of some of their ways from long ago. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Male Vocals, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Nature Supreme is acoustic guitar, upright bass and percussion. Guitar plays melodies with chords interspersed on this tribute to nature's enduring splendor. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Navigating is acoustic guitars, Wurlitzer pianos, Rhodes piano, 808 bass and drums. One acoustic guitar improvises over a repeating rhythm section that introduces multiple keyboard and guitar lines. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Soul
Need For Speed is clarinet, piano, acoustic guitar, upright bass patch and brushes drums. It is up tempo and fun in the Django style. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Gypsy Jazz
Never Enough is acoustic guitar in D G D G A# D tuning and percussion. There are two themes in block chord with melody style that portray a solemn mood when thinking of how much billions of people want. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Never Stop Believing is three sets of electric guitars, bass guitar and drums. It has four sections with lead guitar and two counterpoint guitar lines with strong bass lines and heavy drums. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Rock, Rock Fusion
New Beginnings is acoustic guitar in standard tuning. It is a gentle song about old things ending and new things beginning. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
New Dawn is tenor sax over piano, upright bass sample and modern R&B drums. It has modern chords in two sections and a more pop third section with strong sax melodies throughout. Good for jazz radio. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
New Day is tenor saxes, soprano saxes, piano, upright bass patch and drums. Tenors play melody over soprano lines. It moves along at 180bpm. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Cool Jazz
New Grass Jazz is mandolin, piano, upright bass and brushes drums. It is upbeat and fun with some jazzy licks on the mandolin. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Gypsy Jazz
New Horizons is tenor sax over Wurlitzer, organ, electric guitar, bass and drums. It has a hint of Motown with a tender emotional melody. Good for restaurant or cafe backgrounds. Instrumental, Jazz, Smooth Jazz
New Orleans Boogie is piano, bass guitar and drums. It has a hint of Dr. John in a really infectious style. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Blues, Delta Blues
New Start is electric guitar, piano, Rhodes, bass guitar and Motown drums. It has a hint of Steely Dan and Jeff Beck. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Next To You is electric guitar over Wurlitzer, Vintage Vibe, bass and Neo soul drums. It has a Mac Miller feel. It has jazzy chords and a vocal type of guitar lead. Good for restaurant, cafe, business background. Instrumental, RnB, 1970's Vintage RnB
Night Chills is electric guitar, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Finger and Stinger bass patches and trap drums. It is a chill background with improvised guitar throughout. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Soul
Night Life is tenor sax over Wurlitzer, upright bass, electric guitars and funk drums. It is very rhythmic with tight lines in two sections and a third section that is more legato to break it up. Good for jazz fusion radio, restaurant, club backgrounds. Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz-Funk
Nights On The Beach is tenor sax over Rhodes, piano, bass, drums and percussion. It has sections where keys and sax play lines together and others where the sax carries the melody. Good for restaurant, cafe, smooth jazz radio. Instrumental, Jazz, Bossa Nova Jazz
No Moss Stone is lead and rhythm electric guitars, bass guitar and rock drums. Shout out to The Rolling Stones who definitely gather no moss. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Rock, 80s Rock
No Ordinary Girl is male vocal, piano, upright bass patch, classical guitar and brushes drums. It is a jazzy bluesy song about being out when someone catches your eye. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Male Vocals, Jazz, Lounge Jazz Vocals
No School Like is clarinets, upright bass patch and drums. Clarinets play melody over bass and drums in a bluesy jazzy style. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Lounge Jazz
Nor'easter is electric guitar, bass and drums. It is a blues improvisation over active bass lines. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Blues, East Coast Blues
Northbound Train is acoustic guitar in drop D tuning. It dances along with sparkling energy as if on a journey home to where the heart is. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar
Not Bat Crazy is male vocal, Wurlitzer, Synth bass, electric guitar, soprano, alto and tenor saxes. It is political satire simply taking a look at rhetoric and advising not to stress. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Male Vocals, Blues, East Coast Blues
Nothing Like a Good Time is electric guitars, organ, keyboard bass and drums. It has three strong sections with one guitar playing melody and the other chopping rhythm. Good for radio, restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, RnB, Blue-Eyed Soul
Now That You're Here is baritone guitars, upright bass patch and drums. Guitar improvises over succinct guitar chords with minimalist bass and drums. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Pop, Easy Listening
Now That You're in Love is tenor sax, triple keyboards, bass guitar and drums. Sax improvises melodies over a sparse rhythm section on this good feeling song. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Nurture Yourself is acoustic guitar, piano, bass guitar and drums. Piano and guitar share much of the melody in this 150bpm piece that uses three sections and a bridge. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Singer/Songwriter, New Acoustic
O Come All Ye Faithful (2022) is soprano sax, clarinet, baritone guitar, piano, electric piano, bass guitar and brushes drums. The melody starts with sax, goes to clarinet and ends with both together. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Christmas, Christmas Acoustic
O Little Town of Bethlehem is soprano sax, clarinet, acoustic guitars, prepared piano, bass guitar and brushes drums. Sax and clarinet play the melody separately and then together. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Christmas, Christmas Acoustic
Ocean Sailing is two baritone guitars, bass guitar and drums. It has syncopated sections for a Latin feel and then moves into more classical style sections before starting over. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Lounge Jazz
Ocean Sanguine is male vocals, acoustic guitars, mandolins, piano, organ and trap drums. It is dreamy with three sections that repeat. Three part harmonies with existential lyrics. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Male Vocals, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Ocean Voyage is pano, mandolins, synth basses and drums. It has many sections depicting the wonder and treachery of ocean voyages. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Folk, Contemporary Folk
Ode to the City is electric guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, upright bass patch, percussion, drums, saxophones. It is an urban sounding track with electric guitar melodies. Good for radio, restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Latin Jazz
Ohhh is male vocal, piano, electric piano, upright bass patch, acoustic guitars, percussion and drums. It is a coming of age story turning into family experiences in Fall, Winter and Spring. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Male Vocals, Pop, Acoustic Pop
Old Friends Walking is piano, acoustic guitar, upright bass sample and brushes drums. A delicate pairing of acoustic guitar and piano playing melody over a jazzy rhythm section. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Dramatic Jazz
Old School Cool is electric guitar over an alto sax section, piano, bass and drums. The piano and electric guitar play off of or with each other and the alto saxes do harmony rhythmic lines joining all together in the last section. Works well for gritty upscale urban scenes. Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Old World Mandolin is mandolin, sampled plucked strings, sampled clarinet and upright bass. A Mediterranean melody with clarinet counterpoint. Good for Mediterranean cooking show. Instrumental, Themes, Food & Cooking
On a Sunny Day is classical guitar, pianos, bass guitar and percussion. Piano and guitar play off of each other or together in this lively against a rhythm piano. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Latin Jazz
On Our Way is classical guitar over classical guitar, Rhodes, bass and drums. It is fast moving and rhythmic. Good for restaurant, cafe, club. Instrumental, Jazz, Latin Jazz
On Our Way Home has unison soprano saxes and tenor saxes along with an acoustic guitar all playing melody or counter melody while piano, Rhodes, bass guitar and drums complete the backdrop. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Smooth Jazz
On the Edge is baritone guitars, piano, upright bass patch and drums. A guitar improvisation lays over a strong bass line played by bass and baritones against rhythmic piano chords and funky drums. Good for restaurant, cafe or business background. Instrumental, Jazz, Jazz-Funk
