I Love the Piano

This is my piano.

I bought it a few years ago at the local hospice thrift store.  I grew up with a piano, but I hadn't had one in more than 25 years.  This is an old piano manufactured in 1910 and probably not cared for very well.  Nevertheless, I was so happy to get it.  It was only $350, but I spent more than that to get it home and tuned.

When I was a child I took piano lessons at different ages with different teachers and different styles.  I learned to read music and I learned the chord method.

Playing the piano was and still is a favorite past time for me.  I love music, listening to it, singing along with it and making it.  I want to let anyone who might be reading this blog know that I am not very accomplished at my chosen instrument.  This is not false modesty.

But the truth is, I love to play anyway even though I get frustrated by my mistakes.

Some of my favorite pianists are:

Liberace

Boogie Woogie Live

Vince Guaraldi

Ginza Samba by Vince



Lori Line

Hymne

(I can play this, but not like Lori. It is one of my favorite melodies)



Roger Williams

Autumn Leaves



Thelonious Monk

"Round Midnight



Brian Crain 

Italian Summer
Composed and played by Brian.
 (I can play this one too)


Dear friends, I cannot even begin to name all of the pianists, piano players that I love. So I won't try. However, if you think of one and I've heard of them, I more than likely love to hear them play.

So today and everyday, I am thankful to God for music and the piano.

P.S.  All the photos are from the internet and all the links are from YouTube.

Music I like

I just discovered this great video by accident on YouTube.  It's a look at all the different singers from different countries who sang for "Frozen" .  They took one song and edited all the different languages.  Well, have a listen.  I haven't even seen the movie, but this is very good.

Frozen, behind the mic

You know from my post about the sea that I like the album "The Sea".  So here is another selection from that.  There's no video, just the music, but that's enough.
 
The Gypsy Camp

Earlier today I was watching a movie and there was Billy Eckstine singing in a scene and then during the closing credits.  So here's one of Billy's.

Everything I Have Is Yours

And speaking of the 40's how about some big band music?
Glenn Miller Moonlight Serenade
This one has some moonlight photos sliding by while you dance.  You are dancing aren't you?

I study Italian and I love listening to Italian singers.  Here's one of my favorite funny songs, about a crazy cat.  He bothers the singer, comes in his house, eats his food, dominates his bed, he watches everything with suspicion. And he keeps coming back.

Gatto Matto by Roberto Angelini

Someone fixed this one with some funny cat photos.

And lastly, one of my favorite songs from years ago.  It's from the movie "Black Orpheus", which I only saw much later, but I always loved the song    Manha de Carnaval.  It's in Portuguese.

Perhaps I will make another post with other favorites.  How do you like quartets?   Acapella?   Fiddle music?  Come back and see.