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Check this out! 12 years old!

"Turn Out The Stars" by the great Bill Evans. One of my favorite compositions from Bill. I remember seeing him many times at the Jazz Workshop in Boston. First with Eddie Gomez and Marty Morrell or Eliot Zigmund and after with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera. I sat right next to the piano. Talk about inspiration. Besides Berklee, going to the Jazz Workshop almost every week was an important part of my jazz education.

“In The Moment” - I composed this song yesterday on the piano. It sort of wrote itself in about a half hour. Sometimes for me they come quickly and others not so much. Besides the great composers of the American Songbook, a few of my favorite composers are Ennio Morricone, Astor Piazzolla, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Pat Metheny. While sometimes it can be a very laborious process, it also can be quite enjoyable. A composer like an improviser can lose themselves “in the moment” while involved in the process.

Hi All,
Boy, I was really in a hurry when I made this video. Please excuse all the times I mis-speak. I say 2-5 when I mean 2-5-1, I say scale when I mean chord, and I even named the video wrong. Oh well! I'm still really busy, so I'm not gonna sweat it. You get the idea anyway.

"Farmer's Trust" - a beautiful song from guitarist Pat Metheny. I'm a huge fan of Pat's compositions. A tricky one to do solo.

"Oblivion" by the great composer Astor Piazzolla from Argentina.