Month: May 2009

  • Piano Practice on Lee Morgan’s Ceora (and the original Lee Morgan recording)

    On of the tracks that I have been listening to on my cell phone lately is Lee Morgan‘s tune Ceora (you can listen to the recording on Imeem by clicking here or by using the player below). Jazztrumpetsolos.com has a transcription of Lee Morgan’s solo on Ceora. Ceora – Lee Morgan Anyways, tonight I practiced…

  • My Foolish Heart – Gio Escueta and Geoff Peters (and Kurt Elling!)

    Two weeks ago, Gio Escueta and I made a video of us performing the jazz standard My Foolish Heart. Click here to view the video on Youtube, or feel free to use the player below. If you’d like to download the MP3 of the performance, feel free to grab it here. > My Foolish Heart…

  • New Composition: I Spy

    Last weekend I wrote a new song, it’s called I Spy, and it starts off with a “haunting minor” mysterious opening, builds some tension, and then has a cool major-7 bridge section which I really like. I made a recording of it which you can view in the Youtube video player below or view on…

  • Chick Corea and Hiromi play Windows

    Found a nice recording of Chick Corea and Hiromi Uehara playing Chick Corea’s wonderful tune, Windows. Click here to listen on Imeem or feel free to use the player below. Windows – Chick Corea & Hiromi

  • Piano Practice: Lucky Southern and Alice in Wonderland

    Tonight I did a short practice where I ran once through the tune Lucky Southern (Keith Jarrett) but didn’t really work on it, and then played Alice in Wonderland (composed by Bob Hilliard and Sammy Fain) for a bit. Feel free to listen to my practice in Midi format by clicking below. Lucky Southern and…