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.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

No title tonight.

I don't know if this is related to being a musician or what, but I usually awaken about 3:00 a.m. and then play piano for an hour or three.  I have some of my most creative moments at this time. I have met other musicians who do this, too.  

It is so quiet and peaceful during those hours except for the birds.  When I play the piano the birds sing along. And they talk to each other. Did you know that birds are telepathic? No kidding!

Skipping to another subject, am currently learning some songs of the sixties...brings back memories of those times.  The Beatles were a new group, and as you know, they changed the face of music forever.  When I first heard them, they sounded like extraterrestrials with indigestion from another planet, but then I "got their groove,"  so to speak. Used to play a Beatles record (they were records back then) and dance to the music, often with a friend, waving star jasmine boughs , twirling around and laughing.  Entertainment on a warm summer's day. Fun.

Still like to dance.  Do you?

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