#TunesOnTuesday shares Bobby Hebb's classic song "Sunny" on a hot summer day in DC. BMI ranked it the number 25 top song of the 20th century. #jazztodon #jazzpiano #solopiano #sunny https://ohljazz.com/2025/07/15/tunes-on-tuesday-sunny/

For #TunesOnTuesday, sharing the "title track" from my District Fringe show "Are You Out Of Your Mind?," which I recorded in 2022 with Barbara Papendorp. Hear us perform it live (along with 11 other songs!) between July 17 and 25. Tickets $15 at districtfringe.com/tickets https://ohljazz.com/2025/07/08/tunes-on-tuesday-are-you-out-of-your-mind/
#songwriter #songwriting #cabaret #theater #festival #washingtondc

#TunesOnTuesday shares our rehearsal of "Nothing To Say" for our gig at the Lamond-Riggs library DC (6.26, 6:30 pm, 5401 South Dakota Ave NE, free!). Vicki Golding added a beautiful second verse to my song inspired by writers block. #JazzSky #songwriter #songwriting #washingtondc #jazz #jazztodon #ballad https://ohljazz.com/2025/06/24/tunes-on-tuesday-nothing-to-say-2/

For #TunesOnTuesday, Tony Gudell and I rehearse Ray Jessel's "Short Term Memory Loss Blues" for Tony's show at Alfio's in Friendship Heights, MD on June 21, 2025. Join us then to hear Tony and guest Cindy Moses sing this one plus songbook standards and some of my songs! #jazz #jazzmusic #livemusic #livejazz #washingtondc https://ohljazz.com/2025/06/17/tunes-on-tuesday-short-term-memory-loss-blues/

#TunesOnTuesday shares "The Last Banana," an apologetic tango I wrote in response to a breakfast faux pas. Wait for the surprise ending! https://ohljazz.com/2025/06/10/tunes-on-tuesday-the-last-banana-2/ #songwriter #songwriting #bananas #tango

#TunesOnTuesday shares another original "Conversation," after several rounds of revision, in the spirit of "the best writing is rewriting" #songwriter #songwriting #jazz #jazztodon #jazzpiano https://ohljazz.com/2025/06/03/tunes-on-tuesday-conversation/

#TunesOnTuesday shares a Dave Frishberg tune I'm preparing for my show at Blues Alley in #washingtondc tonight. I'll play "Can't Take You Nowhere" along with a song I wrote in Frishberg's honor after his passing. Lots of other original songs (and a few surprises) in the set! Tickets still available at bluesalley.com #jazztodon #jazzmusic #jazz #jazzpiano #songwriter #songwriting

#TunesOnTuesday shares the latest version of "Rubato," a song about taking a break to slow down the music and catch your breath. #songwriter #songwriting #subato #jazztodon #electricpiano https://ohljazz.com/2025/05/20/tunes-on-tuesday-rubato/

#TunesOnTuesday shares an untitled song in progress, building on a theme by my old friend Manisha Shahane that she posted several days earlier. https://ohljazz.com/2025/05/13/tunes-on-tuesday-may-exploration/ #Jazztodon #jazzmusic #jazzpiano #solopiano #songwriter #songwriting #workinprogress

#TunesOnTuesday shares "If You Could Fly,"' the fourth version of a song I've been tweaking for at least three years. A tribute to the value of revisiting and revising. #songwriter #songwriting #jazzmusic #jazztodon #jazzpiano #jazzsong https://ohljazz.com/2025/05/06/tunes-on-tuesday-if-you-could-fly-2/

#TunesOnTuesday shares my tribute to Dave Frishberg "A Little Late" which I'm preparing for my Blues Alley show in #washingtondc on May 27 (along with one of Frishberg's songs and other musical treats) #jazz #jazztodon #jazzpiano #songwriter #songwriting #davefrishberg https://ohljazz.com/.../29/tunes-on-tuesday-a-little-late-2/

#TunesOnTuesday celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month with another seasonal classic "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" by Fran Landesman and Tommy Wolf #songwriter #songwriting #jazzpiano #solopiano #jazzappreciationmonth https://ohljazz.com/2025/04/22/tunes-on-tuesday-spring-can-really-hang-you-up-the-most/

#TunesOnTuesday celebrates #Passover with an interpretation of the "Song of the Sea" from Exodus 15, sung after the dramatic crossing of the Red Sea. https://ohljazz.com/2025/04/15/tunes-on-tuesday-down-in-the-deep-passover-2025/ #songwriting #songwriter #mazeldon #jewish #pesach #torah #TorahTunes

#TunesOnTuesday goes back to the American Songbook for "Everything Happens To Me" by Matt Dennis and Tom Adair (1940). Maybe the lyric needs a 21st century update? #songwriting #songwriter #americansongbook #jazzstandard #jazztodon #jazz https://ohljazz.com/2025/04/08/tunes-on-tuesday-everything-happens-to-me/

#TunesOnTuesday (on Wednesday this week) marks the start of spring with "You Must Believe In Spring," a seasonal classic by Michel Legrand with lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman #jazzpiano #solopiano #jazzmusic #songwriting #jazz #jazztodon https://ohljazz.com/2025/04/02/tunes-on-tuesday-you-must-believe-in-spring/

#TunesOnTuesday shares another new song that I started in February as part of the #FAWM Challenge. "Easy" is a reflection on AI and other labor-saving tools. #songwriter #songwriting #jazzpiano #jazz #jazztodon #jazzsong https://ohljazz.com/2025/03/25/tunes-on-tuesday-easy/

#TunesOnTuesday goes back to the standards with "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" by McHugh and Adamson from 1943. Next step is to learn the lyrics! #jazzstandard #jazzpiano #solopiano https://ohljazz.com/2025/03/18/tunes-on-tuesday-a-lovely-way-to-spend-an-evening/

#TunesOnTuesday shares another song from the end of this year's FAWM.org challenge, a sad story about a breakup in a grocery store parking lot called "Void and Return." I find in FAWM the freedom to explore styles and topics that I wouldn't generally work in the rest of the year. #songwriter #songwriting #fawm https://ohljazz.com/2025/03/11/tunes-on-tuesday-void-and-return/

#TunesOnTuesday shares a song from the last day of this year's FAWM challenge - I went back to my favorite classic song structure for this light ditty about "Harmony." https://ohljazz.com/2025/03/04/tunes-on-tuesday-harmony/ #songwriting #songwriter #jazz #jazzpiano #jazzsong #originalsong

#TunesOnTuesday remembers Roberta Flack with "The Closer I Get To You," her hit duet with Donny Hathaway from 1977. May her memory be a blessing. https://ohljazz.com/2025/02/25/tunes-on-tuesday-the-closer-i-get-to-you/ #piano #jazzpiano #solopiano #jazztodon #robertaflack