Ciao!
I play classical, forties standards, some jazz, some boogie, and so on. Please be aware of the following: I do not sing. I used to sing, but a frog got into my throat and never left. However, once in awhile, I get carried away, when I'm so into the music and forgetting that I don't sing anymore, start singing along. No one has said anything so far. Either they are deaf or don't mind.
Not everyone can say this...but I can. It's not that I'm bragging, but I am!! In the spring of 2008 I was playing classical music professionally at a grand piano in a Clearwater, Florida hotel. Much to my surprise and delight, Chick Corea, the grammy winning jazz composer, came running up to me, and embracing my waist with his famous hands said: "You're smokin', you're really smokin'"! He just about lifted me off the piano bench. Mario Feininger, a well known European classical concert pianist recently told me that I played from "knowingness." When I was younger I was a folk singer with acoustic guitar, and I took lessons from Jerry Garcia of the "Grateful Dead" an "instant" before he became famous.

Please mail me at jerrye.albert@rocketmail.com to engage me for your event. I am located in Clearwater, Florida close to Tampa.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

I am really bent on learning "Take Five" by Paul Desmond, and played by Dave Brubeck's group.  This is really an exquisite piece of music, but whew!  It is very difficult, and possibly the most difficult piece I have ever tried to master.  One of my friends, also a pianist, told me she actually swore while learning this piece. I am learning it in the original key...Eb minor.  Take a look at a keyboard, and you'll see the black keys. Where there are two black keys, the second one is Eb.  There are actually 6 flats in this piano piece, which means it's played mostly on the black keys.  Very rich tones. Anyone else learn this yet?  If so, wow! Isn't it sweet!    j.
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