Chris Neill, 14 - Duke Ellington Satin Doll jazz piano

Chris Neill on piano, playing Duke Ellington Satin Doll with the Helen Keating Jazz Combo at the Belvedere Jazz Bar in Billericay, Essex.

Musicians:
Phil Snack - Alto sax
Alan Berry - piano
Sid Thompson - drums
TBA - bass

Chris is a 14 year-old semi-professional multi-instrumentalist who goes to the Leventhorpe School in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.

Chris plays various instruments with various bands, including lead guitar with his rock band Random Law, jazz piano with the Melvin Beddow Big Band, and saxophone with the Horace Stone Dance Orchestra and with Young Essex Jazz and jazz piano with the Pelly House Jazz Orchestra. His main specialism is jazz piano. You can find out more about him at www.chrisneill.co.uk, or join him on MySpace - www.myspace.com/chrisneillmusic.

About Satin Doll by Duke Ellington (from Wikipedia):
"Satin Doll" is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded countless times, by such artists as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Nancy Wilson.

Johnny Mercer, regarded as one of America's great songwriters (in the early 1940s, he was one of the co-founders of Capitol Records), was often asked to write lyrics to already popular songs; the lyrics to "Satin Doll" were written after the song was already a hit in its instrumental version. Duke Ellington used "Satin Doll" as the closing number at most of his concerts.

It's possible that the music was not composed by Duke Ellington but by pianist-arranger Billy Strayhorn, who worked closely with Duke Ellington.

Popular 1950's group the Gaylords had a minor hit with "Satin Doll" in 1958, with a version containing lyrics completely different than those written by Johnny Mercer.

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Good stuff Chris. I liked it. Best wishes for your playing career.