Remarkable rendition of a jazz standard by young piano prodigy Georgie Dave. This version was developed by Professor Doug McKenzie. After 2 1/2 years of music instruction at a college in his hometown, Georgie shows his unusual talent in a studio jazz session accompanied by professional musicians: bass by Edwin Proaño (his ensemble professor), and drums byFidel Vargas (professional drummer).

This my version – “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” is a song with lyrics written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and original music written by Michel Legrand for the 1969 film The Happy Ending and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Legrand won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist for a version performed by Sarah Vaughan. More than thirty years later, Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein, and Heitor Pereira won the 2006 Grammy Award for the same category for a version performed by Chris Botti and Sting. Apart from the award winning versions, the song has been covered by many renowned artists including Frank Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Johnny Mathis, Julie Andrews, Shirley Bassey, Andy Williams, Barbra Streisand, Alyssa Karas, Bill Evans, Paolo Jannacci and Joe Pass. The only nationally charted version of this song was Jaye P. Morgan’s 1970 version on the Beverly Hills label. Info about the composer. Michel Legrand (born February 24, 1932 in Paris) is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist of Armenian descent. Legrand has composed more than two hundred film and television scores, several musicals, and made well over a hundred albums. He has won three Oscars (out of 13 nominations), five Grammys, and has been nominated for an Emmy. He was twenty-two when his first album, I Love Paris, became one of the best-selling instrumental albums ever released. He is a virtuoso jazz and …

‘All The Things You Are’ – Jazz piano tutorial. This is a second version I have done of this great song. The other re-harmonised earlier version is at www.youtube.com This was a midi file I did nearly 20 years ago! It has been one of the most popular midi files that I have done, with it appearing on dozens of midi sites! I thought that it would be worth upgrading to a video tutorial – and here I have added a bass and drums backing generated in PGMusic’s Real Tracks add-on to their ‘Band in a Box’ program. This is the first video I have tried in full1080p HD – but I mucked up along the way, and there are a few missing notes on the keyboard view.