Adventure
Guitarist and composer Bernhard Reinke is always looking for how to transform emotions and thoughts into music. Over the years, this quest has led him to new influences and styles, allowing him to use more and more musical 'colours'.
As a boy, he sang music by Mozart in the Cathedral Choir, grew up with the Beatles and the Stones and found his first guitar hero in Jimi Hendrix. He listened to Frank Zappa and the British symphonic music of Yes and Softmachine and came to jazz via Django Reinhardt and Wes Montgomery where he found style-mates like John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Scott Henderson and John Scofield.

Musical background
This path can be found in his musical playing history. For instance, he played jazz-rock in the early 70s and came to rock, blues and pop in 1976, during his time in Groningen. He played with Herman Brood, made the album 'Love Vendetta' with Harry 'Cuby' Muskee and the album 'Phoney Hits' with the group Phoney And The Hardcore. With jazz pianist Martin van Dijk, Bernhard also had a group playing jazz, funk and fusion pieces at the time. From the 1980s, he became bandleader of Transfusion with bassist David de Marez Oyens and drummer Fred van Vloten and later of Rollercoaster with which he played jazz rock and fusion with many esteemed fellow musicians. 'Love For Life' is Bernhard Reinke's ninth album of his own compositions.

Versatile
On the new album 'Love For Life', you can hear the broad palette of musical styles Bernhard Reinke possesses. Whatever a piece sounds like on first hearing: from swinging blues to solid rock, from spicy funk to melodic, atmospheric ballads; in the melodies, the elaborate harmonies and the improvisations, his jazz attitude is always the basis.
The album is about existence with its beautiful and fine, but also vulnerable and dramatic twists and turns. This is reflected in the titles: 'So Unforgettable', 'Between Two Worlds', 'Groovin', 'Flowers In The Dark', 'When It Comes Down To It', 'Hope And Strenght', 'Love 4 Life'. It is about life, from highs to lows, over the past (corona) years.
For each piece, Bernhard Reinke chooses the stylistic elements needed to tell the musical story. 'Love For Live' has thus become a varied album, both in style and content.
Bernhard gladly invites you to join him on a journey along the diverse atmospheres of 'Love For Life'.

Album
Bernhard Reinke wrote the compositions for this album and arranged the pieces. He played the guitars, bass guitars and keyboard parts. Léon Klaasse played drums, percussion and claps on three tracks. On three other tracks, Peter Doppen played drums. The album was recorded, mixed and produced by Bernhard Reinke at Mr B's Studio in De Heurne, the Netherlands. Analogue mastering was done at Aria, Atlanta, USA.