I worked on practicing the beautiful but sad tune, “You Don’t Know What Love Is”. Click here to listen to my practice on piano midi format. Click here to listen to me sing and play the piece (Mp3 format). I am going to work a lot on my singing from now on, because I would…

some-work-on-stuff.mid – worked on some standards as well as composed a new original tune (click here to listen to my new tune, American Video Game).

> simone-joy-alice-in-wonderland.mid Fingers are getting stronger!!

Because two practices are better than one practice! 🙂  Earlier in the day I worked a bit on the tune “Sophisticated Lady” – this is a really beautiful standard. sophisticated-lady.mid  Then before bed I worked more on the tune ‘Simone’. I am finally starting to get it. This one is a difficult piece; I’ve done…

I worked a bit on two great jazz standards, Alice in Wonderland and Close Your Eyes. I did this practice by ear, without any chord charts (although I previously saw chord charts for these pieces a long time ago). Check out Marian Mcpartland’s piano jazz interview with Bruce Hornsby for a great version of Close…

This is a really hard tune! (Simone) I find the melody challenging to play because my technique is still not what it once was (and will yet be, I am certain!:)  It’s also so different harmonically from the other tunes that I know in my head. Please click below to listen: simone5.mid

Please click below to listen: simone2.mid

This is a great tune. Taken from Elvin Jones – Coalition (I haven’t heard that CD but I believe I heard Lee Morgan on a CD playing this). Click below to listen: simone.mid

Worked on a Brad Mehldau tune that I tried to remember from a CD, and also played a bunch of standards – Voyage, the Nearness of You, Alice in Wonderland. Please click below to listen: brad-mehldau-tune-and-alice-in-wonderland.mid