Glen, thanks. I "found" that piece while I was avoiding doing an assigned piece and just fell for it immediately!

Captain Kawai - singing and playing - I'm impressed. I can't manage that. Nice job!

Jim -what a treat to hear your Shadow of A Smile, after hearing you talk about it over in AOTW! Beautifully done.

Supertorpe - You're doing wonderfully well - I really liked your Top of the Morning piece, I'd never heard it before. Lovely job on the Tiersen and the Entertainer.

There are a stunning number of performances in this thread already! I hope to enjoy more of them soon!

Cheryl - nice to see you here listening & commenting - hope you post a tune soon!

Trap

Thanks for the welcome Trapper John, I actually did post a piece, yesterday!
My first offering in the piano bar!

I like this a lot Augustina. It sounds pretty involved. Sounds like you are not too far away from completion.

JimF - A very enjoyable performance of Shadow of Your Smile. This is a wonderful melody and your tempo is just right. I have heard pianist rush through this one - you let it breathe. Very good job.

Bill -your Candle in the Wind is marvellous - I always enjoy your music and singing, but this one is especially poetic.

Mary Ann - loved your minuet - I enjoy that period of music and it can be challening to keep it smooth. Nice work!

Augustina your Jiedao De Jimo is beautiful. I really enjoyed listening to it. It is delightfully delicate.

Thanks Rickster, Cathy, Glenn, BillM, Cheryl, and Supetorpe for your kind comments.

Cheryl - Really enjoyed Romanza and can't wait to hear the Blues piece in a couple of days.

Supertorpe - After listening to your Bach and Teleman, I was going to comment on how you really seem to have the ear for Baroque music, bringing out both hands beautifully. Then to my surprise you put up the Joplin and lo and behold I can hear that baroque technique transferring beautifully over to The Entertainer. Very nice work.

Jim

Glen, I just listened to midnight sun and Stormy Weather. Very peaceful and enjoyable to listen to. Good to know you can play for a bit now!

I couldn't get the 3rd link to work so I haven't yet heard Unsquare Blues.

Casinitaly - I couldn't get your link to work. Maybe you can double check it.

CaptainKawai - very nicely played and sung!

Hi Zoe,
I did double check - thanks for looking.
It seemed fine to me, and I see that about 23 people have looked at it, so I think the link is ok.
But I'll try again, just in case....


Romanza


Jim: Thanks I like this piece a lot - and I only swapped it out for the blues piece because the blues piece made me really happy (go figure!)....

JimF - very nice rendition of Shadow of Your Smile. It was so well done!

Thank you, Zoe - glad you liked those standards!


UnsquareBlues...

Glen

Casinitaly, I loved your presentation, Romanza! And, it's nice to see you participating in the ABF piano bar!

And, Glen, all your pieces are great! You sound like a pro, no doubt! What are you doing on the ABF, you and several others here! Never mind, I meant that as a complement!

I know I don’t comment on everyone’s presentations like I should, but I do listen to them. I've been a little blue myself here lately.


Keep up the wonderful playing all!

Rick

Glen - I just listened to UnsquareBlues. It was great! Do you play profesionnaly? Did I ask you this already? Just the ease and dynamics of your playing is awesome. Was this your own composition? Sweet!

Casinitaly - Very nice. I'm not familiar with this piece but I liked it alot. Made me wish it was longer. I didn't want it to end.

P.S. your link on my computer worked fine. It wasn't working on my phone for some reason which is how I usually listen/read PW. Same for Glen's 3rd piece. Worked fine here. Go figure. Glad I didn't miss out on these 2 though.

Thanks, all for kind comments - so much fun playing the walking bass style. Bill: Yes, Gwen said she was shooting for a C9 chord there (or some kind of jazzy chord ). =^o^=

Inlanding: Very nice noodling/improv with Stormy Weather.

Here's another pretty tune by Michel LeGrand...

What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life

Doesn't he just.

And his hands seem so relaxed while also in command.

Thanks Casinitaly and Zoe Calgary. I think my beginning by playing guitar and singing at the same time many, many years ago is part of the answer. But equally impressive to me are those of you who play triads in the one hand and the melody in the right. So, when I think about that ... maybe my voice is my right hand?

Rickster and Zoe, thanks for your feedback Glad you liked my little piece.

Captain Kawai, I can sing and play guitar....but I can't sing and play piano! I think you'll just have to accept that you are talented

Glen - I listened to your trio of pieces - as always, your music charms and delights me. I had never heard the QJ piece before, so that was new. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is an old favourite of mine - I loved your version. The Unsquare Blues was great I was bouncing about in time with the music!

Elssa: What are you doing the rest of your life - Lovely piece - I especially like the way it starts. I am amazed that you can change settings without missing a beat. I also went back to see what you were talking about when you mentioned the walking bass-line. The A-Train piece was great fun! Well done indeed!

Augustina - your Cirque du soleil piece is very pretty. I bet you won't have to work too much longer with it before you feel satisfied. I think you've got a really good handle on it. I will look forward to hearing your next recording!

Elssa~ Nice work on Michele LeGrand - nicely played - can't go wrong with any of his music.

Glen

CK, Zoe, Cheryl, Rick - no pro here, and I can't quit my day job, darn it! Still, lots of things to learn. Unsquare was an idea waiting to get out. Thank you for the super kind words of encouragement!

Here is a short piece, Lullaby

http://www.box.com/s/i6vyabhccmzqksqp7fyo

Glen

Glen- that's really sweet.
There are elements of it that remind me of your Sun-up /Sun Rising pieces, - I think the tones of optimism and the sense of well being are what come through here.

I'm sure anyone would be happy to be lulled to sleep with this one!

Thanks, Casinitaly! I got used to making the quick changes and "pushing buttons" from playing electric organ for many years starting when I was a kid.. I also picked up some bass lines such as the walking bass by playing the pedals.

I really loved your "Romanza" - beautiful piece and very fine playing!

Okay, Elssa, you are telling on yourself now... if you've been playing since you were a kid, no wonder you play so well!

Rick

Glen,

Lullaby was very sweet. Particularly liked the last 40 seconds or so, when you used the space between the notes with great effectiveness. Nicely done, as always.

Jim

Thank you

As for your multi-tasking skills -good think you started young! I can't imagine how complicated it is playing an organ - too many things to have to concentrate on!
I find 2 hands and 1 pedal are more than enough to keep my mind hopping!

I'm just learning about bass lines and was watching your fingers very closely in A-train I was really pleased I was able to recognize what you were doing - that was fun!

As a teen in the 80's, I took organ lessons from the regular organist at Radio City Music Hall. I asked him how he could play that monster organ there, I'd be too intimidated, and he said it was actually easier because there were a lot of "tricks" you could do with it, like change settings with your foot so you can keep playing with your hands and not break the flow, etc.

That's great that you recognized the bass pattern.. I have a couple favorites that I use quite a bit - lots of fun to play.