Hi Everyone,
thank you for the explanations, and Bill thank you for the file ( haven't had a chance to try it yet).

Late last night , I actually ended up checking my "Jammer " software to see if it had any "stop" rythms. It had a couple in fast jazz, boogie woogie etc ( just the type of rythms you mentioned Tony)
All the instruments appear to stop on the 1st beat, but in the jammer style, a drum beat keeps the rythm going.

Very effective actually. One learns something new everyday.

Bill, I think you mentioned you created the rythm as one of the variations, I would imagine that would be the only way it could be done. Fills or pads wouldn't really work?

thanks everyone

best wishes
rikki