Joe Heinemann

 This is one of Rachmaninov's early pieces my friend Kerry sent me and I just love it. I play this song every day. It is so short and sweet it really makes me want more. Sometimes I'll just play it over and over. It's fun to play it at different tempos and bring different voices out and experiment a bit. I have recorded improvised variations and extensions and will post here when I get one that's worthy. So, here's one of the many ways I play this.

This is probably the most beautiful version I could come up with for this song. Please enjoy.

 I think this is my favorite Chopin piece. It’s the Nocturne in B Major Op.9 #3. I’ve really enjoyed learning, memorizing and working the sections of this song over the last few months. I will perform it at the annual piano recital I have for my students this coming January. It will be videotaped and if the performance is very good I will post it here on my blog. I really want to get some video up on this site but the logistics of finding the right venue, piano and equipment is a task to say the least. I will find a way eventually as I love quick, accessible free video on demand and want to get into the game. Anyway, so far with this piece, I’ve accomplished to get a home-studio audio version I feel like posting so here it is.

 This is a song from a solo piano recording session I did at OTR in Belmont, Ca. around 1996 with Cookie Marenco engineering.

 This is the last song of a house concert performed at my dear friends Robert and Susan Tate's residence in Birmingham, Alabama in 2003. True fans of Keith Jarrett's piano music have heard him do a version or two of this song built on a repeating left hand vamp. I have the upmost respect for Mr. Jarrett and his music and decided to carefully transcribe this piece in 1986. I've learned to play it as he did in the Bremen/Lausanne concerts but have had a lot of fun playing the familiar melody and improvising my own solos within the piece. This is the only time I've recorded this song and I was warmed up and it flowed pretty well so I thought I'd share it with you. Hope you like it.

A little disclaimer: This recording was done on an old cassette walkman and the quality isn't great. My apologies for the scratchy noises and such.

 This is the beginning of regular posts of comments and audio (maybe video to come) from me. I have many recordings and am producing new ones all the time and want to share this with you. Check back with me often or subscribe. You won't be disappointed.

Thanks.

Joe