Goodnight Piano (Epiphany day 3)

Sometimes I sit down at the piano and improvise with no form or direction in mind. It's where I get some of my best ideas. (It's also where I get some of my worst ideas — and discard them.)

But sometimes I start with a particular song in mind and just solo over the changes. This is exactly what you hear every jazz musician do with a classic jazz composition, except that traditionally we play through the entire melody at the beginning and end.

Today, I sat down at my in-laws' grand piano and rambled through the changes to one of my own compositions, called "Goodnight," the first song I wrote for Catherine. The gorgeous vocalist Maggie Worsdale included it in her 2002 album "Joy," accompanied by the Jazz Protagonists. Here, it's just me. Enjoy.

You can hear the full song as I wrote it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HYOzK7g6GI

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[jjoherl]

yes, quite nice!.....thanx

[mangowine81]

very nice, Barry.