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14 tracks | 55 minutes
Released Jan 2006
on Key Player Music Productions
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:00 I Can't Give You Anything But Love lyrics BUY MP3 04:00 I Can't Give You Anything But Love lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:00 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:01 Exactly Like You lyrics BUY MP3 03:01 Exactly Like You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:01 Exactly Like You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:35 A Hoagy For Dave lyrics BUY MP3 03:35 A Hoagy For Dave lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:35 A Hoagy For Dave
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:10 Body And Soul lyrics BUY MP3 05:10 Body And Soul lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:10 Body And Soul
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:27 'Deed I Do lyrics BUY MP3 02:27 'Deed I Do lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:27 'Deed I Do
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:35 Serendipity Blues lyrics BUY MP3 05:35 Serendipity Blues lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:35 Serendipity Blues
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:48 Nature Song lyrics BUY MP3 04:48 Nature Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:48 Nature Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:06 Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me lyrics BUY MP3 03:06 Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:06 Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:24 Pure Imagination lyrics BUY MP3 04:24 Pure Imagination lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:24 Pure Imagination
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:12 Satin Doll lyrics BUY MP3 04:12 Satin Doll lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:12 Satin Doll
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:36 Rosetta lyrics BUY MP3 02:36 Rosetta lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:36 Rosetta
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:54 Mean To Me lyrics BUY MP3 02:54 Mean To Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:54 Mean To Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:39 She Never Says Goodbye lyrics BUY MP3 05:39 She Never Says Goodbye lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:39 She Never Says Goodbye
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 Memories Of You lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 Memories Of You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 Memories Of You
Featuring "Pure Imagination" from the movie "Willy Wonka". An easily-accessible but sophisticated solo piano album that anyone can enjoy.
Bio / Background
Jason Myers’ third album “Body And Soul” is solo piano that anyone can enjoy. It includes four of Myers’ originals as well as his usual fare of jazz standards from the 1930's and 1940’s.
“I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”, “Exactly Like You”, “'Deed I Do” and “Rosetta” capture Myers’ fun-loving style with up-beat tempos that are peppered with walking bass lines and stride piano—a trademark of Jason’s unique piano stylings.
“A Hoagy For Dave” is a Myers original dedicated to his hero on piano, Dave McKenna. Myers says, “There hasn’t been any piano player in my life that inspires me more than Dave. He is the only player that I can listen to all day long without tiring. The first McKenna album I really listened to was “A Celebration Of Hoagy Carmichael”. “A Hoagy For Dave” came out of that.”
“Body And Soul” has been recorded so many times one wonders why anyone would attempt it…again.
↓ more ↓But Jason proves it is worth his effort as his sensitivity and personal touch shines through.
“Serendipity Blues” is just that. After a long day of recording, Jason told the engineer he wanted to just “doodle” a bit to clear his mind. Fortunately, producer Maye Cavallaro instructed the engineer to keep the “record” button on and this improvised blues was born.
“Nature Song” shows a more contemporary side of Myers than the usual “standards” repertoire that he has become known for. A waltz with a dream-like melody and carefree innocence renders images of a child spinning around while looking up at the clouds.
From the Duke Ellington Songbook “Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me” is Jason’s sassy interpretation showing his appreciation of the irony in the lyrics “…I’ve been seen with someone new/but does that mean, that I’ve been untrue?”
“Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory” gave us the theme “Pure Imagination”. Myers’ rendition allows the listener to revisit the first time when the guests of Willy Wonka get their first glimpse inside the factory walls.
In “Satin Doll”, another Ellington favorite, Myers stretches a bit and really lets loose. Especially in the second chorus of the solo where he doubles up the time ending the solo with a quote from “Take the ‘A’ Train”.
“Mean To Me” seems to come right out of vaudeville. Even the intro seems vaudevillian. Myers says, “I had been using this intro for years and wasn’t sure where I had heard it. I didn’t realize until recently that Tommy Flanagan had used it for “What Am I Here For” on one of his albums.
“She Never Says Goodbye” is one of Jason’s more introspective tunes. A sense of melancholy surrounds the tune with the somber tone of unrequited love.
“Memories of You” a Eubie Blake tune popularized by Benny Goodman finishes off the album. Myers has a couple of “six degrees” connections to Benny Goodman. Steve Allen, who collaborated with Jason, played Benny Goodman in the movie “The Benny Goodman Story”. Second, one of Jason’s regular bass players, Al Obidinski, performed with Goodman from 1979 to 1981.
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