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A special welcome to those of you who are receiving this for the first time! Thanks to all for your continued interest in what I do. I'm delighted to be able to keep you informed. Here's what's happening:
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This month I will begin sharing a series of pandemic era Facebook livestream videos. The "Escape, From Home Piano Hour" was the continuation of the "DYI Piano Hour" that I livestreamed on the Mainstay Facebook page for the initial weeks of the pandemic, backing them up using a camcorder (you will see the phone camera capturing the livestream in these videos). This series was later moved to YouTube, becoming "Piano For My Friends",
Hope you enjoy the Escape, From Home Piano Hour, from 6/30/2020. .
News/Event Highlights
My new solo piano CD: "Tunes, Melodies and Detours" will be available soon, and announced in the next newsletter. Stay tuned!!
"In Her Own Voice ... Celebrating Women in Jazz" originally scheduled for Sunday evening 3/22 for the Intimate Jazz series at 49 West,
in Annapolis,MD, is (this) Sunday 5/24.
Beth McDonald and Sharon Sable will be doing the celebrating.
I'll be doing the accompanying ;)
49 West is a wonderful intimate space venue, with a seating capacity of 40. Make sure you call to reserve - 410-626-9796. $25 cover
On Friday, April 17, I had a wonderful evening with Ronda Apple and Kiara Vos at the Mainstay, for my Special Fridays series. Unfortunately, there was an audio issue with the livestream audio, which was paid a visit by the Rice Krispies boys (Snap, Crackle and Pop). With apologies for the annoying background noise, here is the archived livestream video from the show.
My "Special Fridays" series at The Mainstay continues on Friday June 26,
with a solo piano "Unsupervised" show
more info
tickets
more engagements (check schedule for details)...
Upcoming dates with Rhonda Apple
Oyster and Scales, Ocean City, MD - 6/26, 8/20
Freeman Arts - 9/20
Upcoming dates with Beth McDonald
49 West - 5/24
Charlestown (MD) - 7/30 (tba)
The Mainstay - 9/25
Upcoming dates with Sharon Sable
BrewHaHa (Trolley Square) - 5/24
49 West - 5/24
The Mainstay - 9/25
Upcoming dates with Holly Lane and Shore Jazz
Room at Cedar Grove - 8/28
Bluecoast Rehoboth - 10/17
Upcoming dates with Libby York
Room at Cedar Grove - 7/31, 9/13
Upcoming dates at The Mainstay
solo piano - 6/26
w/guest Robert Redd - 8/21
w/guests Beth McDonald and Sharon Sable - 9/25
w/guest Doug James 11/20
Visit the schedule for info and a complete listing of public performances.
(many engagements are private, and not listed)
The best way to follow my day-today musician journey is with my Facebook musician page. This is a fully public page, and you do not have to be a Facebook member to view it. Check it out! And bookmark it for later. :)
Buy Me a Coffee
You can now tip/support the piano player, if you are so inclined :)
Buy Me a Coffee/leave a tip/support here
New YouTube video
Ain't Misbehavin' - solo piano
Performed as a solo feature in a 2 piano concert with Robert Redd. Though I already have several posts of this tune, this one seemed to effectively connect, so I wanted to share it.
And it just happened to work out that the camera angle could find a straight line to crop out whoever was sitting at this piano. Not so much the other one. Oh well, glad to have this.
BTW, Robert Redd and I have another 2 piano concert at The Mainstay, in Rock Hall, MD, on Fri, August 21, 2026. Perhaps you can come and see us. :)
When You Wish Upon a Star - solo piano
Came across a video file from a retirement community concert 10 years ago (March 19, 2016) and figured - Why not post this song? So I did :)
From the Video Archive
Honeysuckle Rose - solo piano
Performed at the Cabaret at Germano's, in Baltimore, MD, on 3/9/11
New From the Journal
"Here is there,
When is where,
Space and time are intertwined.
How we seek and what we find,
Are subject to interpretation,
In out heart and in our mind,
Which also can be intertwined,
If we're inclined to notice.
In the vast expanse,
The stars align to form their patterns,
They speak to us of what we know,
And of what we don't,
Until we do,
Or begin to...."
read more
"A few years ago, as I was watching an late-in-life interview of Dave McKenna, my ears (and heart) perked up when he said "As I get older, I consider myself more a song player than a jazz player ...."
read more
"VBT Bike Tours season (for me) began this week. For a couple of months in the late spring, then again in the early fall, I get to perform a solo piano entertainment show on the closing night
of each week's VBT 5 night adventure..."
read more
From the Journal Archive
From January 26, 2011
"After the concert last Sunday night at the Washington Grace Church of the Nazarene. I felt as warmly accepted and connected as could be, in an entirely African-American congregation"....
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read the journal
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