Remarkable rendition of a jazz standard by young piano prodigy Georgie Dave. This version was developed by Professor Doug McKenzie. After 2 1/2 year...
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).
For high quality free audio download, go to the following link: 7notemode.bandcamp.com You can download as 320 mp3, AAC, FLAC or Apple Lossless format. This is a great tune to play. I recorded this last night after an evening out — very relaxed after midnight playing session. I used chord subs that were fairly close to the original changes, but color the tune a bit differently — (I hope in a positive way This was played using Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand and then processed in Logic on a MacBook Pro.
FOR STEREO PIANO GO HERE: www.youtube.com “You’ve Changed” is a popular song originally written by Bill Carey and Carl Fischer in 1941. It has been covered by many singers , including: Harry James’s band with vocals by Dick Haymes (1941) Nat King Cole (1947) Connie Russell (1954) Billie Holiday (1958) Julie London (1959) Sarah Vaughan (1960) Lita Roza (1955) Jackie Gleason (1956) Frankie Laine (1958) The Three Sounds (1964) Ella Fitzgerald (1966) Nancy Wilson (1967) Eydie Gormé (1967) Kay Starr (1969) Diana Ross, in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues (1972) Jimmy Roselli (1975) Lillian Terry (1982) Marie Wilson (1983) Lee Torchia (1985) Miki Howard (1988) Bobby Vinton and George Burns (1992) Jeanie Bryson (1993) Charly Antolini & Dick Morrissey (1993) Kate Hammett-Vaughan (1999) George Michael on his album Songs from the Last Century (1999) Joni Mitchell on her album Both Sides Now (2000) Etta Jones (2001) Eva Cassidy on her album Imagine (2002) Michael Ball (2003) Renée Fleming (2005) Nnenna Freelon (2005)
Easy Living (1937) is a screwball comedy film, directed by Mitchell Leisen, written by Preston Sturges from a story by Vera Caspary, and starring Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, and Ray Milland. Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin composed the song “Easy Living” for the film, and it has since become a jazz standard, made famous by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and many other jazz singers. For Stereo Piano Sound Just Go Here: www.youtube.com More Information: Leo Robin (6 April 1900 29 December 1984) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and studied at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Carnegie Tech’s drama school. He later worked as a reporter and as a publicist. Robin’s first hits came in 1926 with the Broadway production By the Way, with hits in several other musicals immediately following, such as Bubbling Over (1926), Hit the Deck, Judy (1927), and Hello Yourself (1928). In 1932, Robin went out to Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures. His principal collaborator was composer Ralph Rainger, together they became one of the leading film songwriting duos of the 1930s and early 1940s, writing over 50 hits. Robin & Rainger worked together until Rainger’s untimely death in a plane crash on 23 October 1942. Robin continued to collaborate with many other composers over the years, including Vincent Youmans, Sam Coslow, Richard Whiting, and Nacio Herb Brown. Leo Robin collaborated with Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning …