Charlie has has just acquired a Yamaha P155, which is one of the best portable electric pianos around, both in terms of touch and of sound. He has of course played piano for years. Now he can do gigs on piano too.
Charlie's preferred line-up for piano is a trio with guitar/vocals
- piano
- double bass
- guitar/vocals
...or the classic piano trio
- piano
- bass
- drums
He also offers a duo...
- piano
- double bass
Solo cocktail piano is another possibility and can be great in some situations.
The Piano Trio repertoire is based around jazz standards, with the addition of a few original compositions.There are also one or two jazzy versions of classical pieces, such as JS Bach's Prelude No 1 in C from The Well Tempered Clavier.
Below is a list of some of the pieces in the Piano Trio repertoire.The list is by no means exhaustive; we know dozens more.
| composer | recorded by | ||
| At Last |
Harry Warren | 1941 | Etta James |
| Autumn Leaves |
Joseph Kosma | 1945 | Nat King Cole |
| Bill Bailey | Hughie Cannon | 1902 | Ella Fitzgerald |
| Blues in F | Charlie Hearnshaw | 2013 | |
| Bring Me Sunshine | Arthur Kent | 1966 | Morcambe & Wise |
| Everyday | Charlie Hearnshaw | ||
| Five Foot Two | |||
| Georgia | Hoagey Carmichael | Ray Charles | |
| I'm In The Mood For Love | |||
| Let's Dance | Charlie Hearnshaw | 2015 | |
| Misty | Errol Garner | 1954 | Errol Garner |
| Make You Feel Mty Love | Bob Dylan | 1997 | Adele |
| My Blue Heaven | |||
| Night and Day | Cole Porter | 1932 | Shirley Bassey, Doris Day |
| Now That You've Met Me | Charlie Hearnshaw | ||
| Once I Had A Secret Love | Doris Day, Kathy Kirby | ||
| Prelude in C | Johan Sebastien Bach | ||
| Racing Car | Charlie Hearnshaw | ||
| The Girl From Ipanema | Antonio Carlos Jobim | ||
| Sway | Pablo Beltran Ruiz | 1953 | Dean Martin, Michele Bublé |
| The Nearness Of You | Hoagey Carmichael | 1938 | Norah Jones |
| This Can't Be Love | Roddgers and Hart | 1938 | |
| When You're Smiling | Shay, Fisher, Goodwin | 1898 | Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra |
contact
01884 840 015
email charlie@charliesax.co.uk
Charlie has played piano since he was 9 years old, which was quite a long time ago.