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I said I'd post this, so I am. :)

This is going on my daughter's FB page as a little 'gift' for her birthday. Thank you David for the inspiration! And the writing...

I wish I'd had more time for a 2nd take, haha. Not terribly satisfied but getting closer to making music the way I'd like. This is a tough instrument!

Blow over the first 30-45sec or so, which is a bit of a personal message to her. (FWiW, this recording was done with my trusty and "high tech" i-phone!) :)

"You Are My Sunshine" - I love the piano trios with pianists like Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris and Monty Alexander. Straight ahead jazz with an easy and swingin' time feel. Also of course in this category would be the Ray Brown trios with Gene Harris, Geoffrey Keezer and Benny Green. Here's a clip with that style in mind.

Recorded this on the fly yesterday with the phone for Fourth of July 2018. With some reharm here and there. A beautiful and timeless song.

Way too hot to work in the yard today so I'm in the house playing some vibes. I was running through an Astor Piazzolla book featuring his compositions and came across this song titled "Tango Choc". I'm basically sight reading through this. The song plays itself. Beautiful melody and harmony. I love Astor Piazzolla's music.

Pedal on every chord.

This will teach you about chord melodies.

The pedal for the most part can be down for two beats at a time for most of the tune. However there are a couple spots where the chords change on beats 3 and 4. Use a lead sheet and your ears to figure out where they are.

Study the original harmony and see where I add upper partials not in the lead sheet.

Even if the harmony is too complex this also for beginners, just work on the music, don't worry about the advanced chords. Just play it as is.

I would love to see a beginning post their version of this!

Download the PDF. Learn 1 chorus. Once you can play it, then next add the chords and figure out all the upper partials I'm using.