Half way through the week-- hang in there! Maybe grab some coffee and chill out to some jazz standards before hitting the news. Join me every day here on Bluesky for more music 🎹 Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael ✨

I've been thinking about Karen Carpenter lately and her amazing talent cut short. There have been so many amazing versions of this Leon Russell song, but her and Richard's always touched my heart. Check in on your loved ones as often as you can my friends. "A Song for You" ❤️

Your daily morning jazz for Tuesday☀️ 🪊 This time Goodbye Pork Pie Hat from the mighty Mingus, later reworked with added lyrics by Joni Mitchell on her tribute album to him. Have a great day my friends 😌🎹

Monday morning jazz ☀️ I'm immensely enjoying this daily tradition here on Bluesky as I work through the many fake books I've collected. Today's pick is a Cole Porter tune from 1936, nominated for an Academy Award (losing to "The Way You Look Tonight"). I've Got You Under My Skin- Cole Porter

I've been thinking about Karen Carpenter lately and her amazing talent cut short. There have been so many amazing versions of this Leon Russell song, but her and Richard's always touched my heart. Check in on your loved ones as often as you can my friends. "A Song for You" ❤️

Lazy Sunday morning jazz ☀️ 🎹 This time a cover of a Johnny Mathis song I first heard from the incredible Nina Simone. Wild is the Wind- Tiomkin/Washington 🌬️ 🍃

Saturday morning jazz before I make my coffee ☕ Follow along for jazz piano every day here on Bluesky! This was a request I was happy to fulfill. "I'll be looking at the moon, but I'll be seeing you" 🌙 ✨ I'll Be Seeing You- Fain/Kahal 🎹

We made it to Friday ☀️ Here's a short and sweet big-band tune from the WWII era done in a jazz style 🎹 I'm here every morning on Bluesky until I run out of gas! Thanks for following along 💙 It's Been a Long, Long Time - Styne/Cahn

Thursday morning jazz 🪊 🎹 ☀️ Join me every morning here for more jazz tunes and take a break from the news awhile. It will still be there! Also, please don't set our world on fire! It's all we have. I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire

Deeply saddened to hear the news this morning that Glen Hansard died. I adored the Once soundtrack in high school and was proud for all indie musicians when he won the Oscar with Markéta Irglová. Hold your loved ones close. Falling Slowly.

I would expect a comment like this on X but here? Yeesh :/

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The Anglicization of your last name has been made in spades over hundreds of years. Why is a skinny little twink like you posting to this app? You need attention or friends? No one cares. The rest are prostitutes.

We made it to Wednesday friends ☀️ I'm choosing to begin the day with a Duke Ellington tune. Follow along for more jazz favorites each morning here on Bluesky 💙 Satin Doll- Ellington/Strayhorn 🎹

Jazz in the mornings to wash the blues away ☀️ I enjoy this time of day for how quiet the world is before the usual hullabaloo. Thank you for joining me each day on Bluesky and sharing your stories of life and music 💙 I feel like a real community is growing here! How My Heart Sings - Zindars

Some jazz piano to help ease into Monday ☀️ Posting these daily here helps me focus on something other than the news for a bit. Hope they're helpful for you too! Embraceable You - Gershwin 🎹

Early morning jazz to bring pep to your step ☕ This was my first post on Bluesky months ago, before I had any followers whatsoever. I'm honored these clips have found their way around lately! L-O-V-E -Kaempfert/Gabler 💙

It's a joy playing for you all each day here on Bluesky 💙 I ask for nothing, just to share these clips around! Killing Me Softly with His Song 🎹 Fox/Gimbel

I'm currently liking what @pazforthepeople.bsky.social has to say for Massachusetts, from opposing AIPAC donations entirely to abolishing ICE 👏 Certainly more than @whipkclark.bsky.social has done beyond a symbolic vote recently.

Jonathan Paz@pazforthepeople.bsky.social · 3w ago

I wonder how much AIPAC gave @whipkclark.bsky.social to NOT whip up votes to cut billions in Israel aid? 🤔

A little piece I wrote called "Playground" 🎹 Thanks for following along! ☀️

No one in my family knows about my online presence here or on rednote where I'm modestly popular. A lot of childhood insecurity about not being taken seriously or understood as a musician perhaps. And my family is very lovely! I tend to hide it from most people I know.

Remembering Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, 9 years gone. His voice was truly incredible and always stood out on the radio growing up. Here's a piano version of In the End in honor of a talented man 🎹

Evanescence, but make it jazz 🎹 I'm staying indoors as the Boston air quality is still low. Stay safe everyone. My Immortal - Lee/Moody

Taking some liberties with Earth, Wind, and Fire this morning, in an effort to calm my mind. There's so much happening in the world that I turn to music as an emotional guide. Hope you can enjoy it as well. September - Willis/White

Another jazz take on a Beatles classic. I woke up, once again, to sad news in Florida and am standing in solidarity with *all* our neighbors, regardless of immigration or work status. I am trying to play my feelings out. Abolish ICE. Yesterday- The Beatles

A jazz rendition of a Beatles tune for your day :) I make these videos to calm my nervous system in trying times and am always pleasantly surprised when others find them helpful. Stay strong my friends. Something - The Beatles

More jazz piano for your day, hoping to bring some calm to your scrolling. I'm currently in Maine for vacation where the public temperature is, rightfully, quite high. Stay safe and stand up for your neighbors. When Sunny Gets Blue - Fisher/Segal 💙

When people ask why I'm not on TikTok or YouTube or insta or X they ask "don't you want to be a famous musician?" and that's most definitely a "NO" -- I just want to be in a community with more or less shared values. I appreciate it here so much.

Back to jazz for today's post, this time a more obscure one from 1957 brought forward by Nat King Cole. Thanks for your continued support everyone 💙 The Lonely Ones- Hambro/Heller 🎹