The DLP Jazz Series will be released in early 2012. Once in a while when we're describing the Kore Series or Jazz Series to a potential new user they'll ask, "Will I be learning REAL songs in here or just exercises?".  The answer is, we believe, that these are real songs BUT that they are also songs that function as exercises to review ONLY the concepts you have learned up to that point.  They are songs built specifically for where you are in your musical learning and for where you are in your technical development on your instrument at this time.

So, from a concert I did this past Monday (12/12/11) are 2 songs from the upcoming DLP Jazz Series.  These feature; myself on Keyboards, Jennifer Escue (from the DLP Staff ) on Vocals, Jeff Plant on Bass, Larry White on Steel Guitar and Lamont Taylor on Drums.

I hope you enjoy these songs

I'm honored to have been selected by The Dallas Jazz Piano Society as the next performer on their series.  The line-up was selected by their artistic director Dan Haerle, who we are thrilled to have as a DSM staff member.  Dan was the main reason I came from New Jersey to study Jazz at North Texas State University, so it has extra meaning to me.

The concert will be from 7-9 PM on Monday 12/12 in Frandsen Hall here at DSM. It is titled "Jazzers Without Borders" and will be a slightly different look at songs that could be considered jazz, like Amber Rubarth and Radiohead, and some different ways to play some standard Jazz songs.

The playlist will be:
All The Things You Are- (1939) Kern/Hammerstein
In Your Eyes- (1986) Peter Gabriel
Full Moon in Paris- (2010)  Amber Rubarth
All Day and All of The Night- (1964) Ray Davies
When I Fall in Love- (1952) Young/Heyman
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning)- (1943) Rogers/Hammerstein

Bye Bye Blackbird- (1926) Henderson/Dixon
“Where This Story Goes”- (2010) Mike Finkel
Jigsaw Falling Into Place- (2007) Radiohead 
“Desert Wind”- (2010) Mike Finkel
Bodhisattva (1973) Fagen/Becker

My two original songs are from our upcoming Jazz Series.  If you're in Dallas, you can reserve a spot at;http://bookwhen.com/dsminfo

Admission is free, but they do request a donation to the DJPS foundation.If you're not in Dallas, you can view the concert online at;http://www.justin.tv/mikefinkel

I hope you're able to attend or watch, it should be a great show

.Thanks,
Mike