Solo Thoughts

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#		Title	Length
1		You Go to My Head	5:24	Play
2		Sunshine Morning	3:29	Play
3		Have You Met Miss Jones	3:22	Play
4		I Thought About You	4:16	Play
5		The Very Thought of You	4:18	Play
6		There's a Small Hotel	3:36	Play
7		A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square	3:40	Play
8		O Barquinho (little Boat)	2:39	Play
9		Skylark	4:11	Play
10		Ain't Misbehavin'	2:26	Play
11		Autumn Leaves	4:25	Play
12		I'm Getting Sentimental Over You	3:30	Play
13		We'll Be Together Again	3:09	Play
14		You Stepped Out of a Dream	2:47	Play
15		For You, For Me, Forevermore	3:55	Play
16		Blood Count	4:55	Play

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ABOUT SHEP MEYERS
Shep Meyers is a pianist, conductor, composer and arranger, from New York City, who has been living in San Diego, California for the past thirty years. His impressive list of credits include recording with Ella Fitzgerald, and playing with other musical greats such as Woody Herman, Billy Daniels, Julie London, Terry Gibbs, and Anita O'Day, as well as playing for comedians Lenny Bruce, Steve Allen, Redd Foxx, and Henny Youngman. Shep served as conductor for comedian George Burns, and for Johnny Carson at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas.
SHEP'S NOTES
During my musical career, I have been blessed with so many wonderful recording opportunities where I composed, arranged, conducted and played Music in so many different and interesting contexts--all with some of the finest musicians in the world. This CD, “SOLO THOUGHTS”, was the first time I ever recorded alone with no one else in the studio except the recording engineer.
VERY INTIMIDATING!!! ......."OK, Shep, here’s a piano. Now sit down and play an hour’s worth of Music and make sure it’s interesting." So I sat down to play- -no earphones, no slating the tunes, no punch-in edits, no ten takes on every tune--just did it the same way if I were playing in my living room, and in that light, I just picked 16 tunes that came into my mind at the time. (15 standards and 1 original) Here then, are some "SOLO THOUGHTS" -Enjoy!!
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eJazznews.com---Tuesday, January 30, 2007
CD Reviews: Shep Meyers..Solo Thoughts
By John Gilbert

Shep Meyers has chosen his tunes wisely and he performs them with style
and finesse.
From "Have You Met Miss Jones" which he swings nicely, to the haunting
Strayhorn piece "Blood Count" Meyers takes command of his instrument and
pays tribute to the composers with due deference to their intent.
Stylistically Meyers runs the gamut from a hint of stride to a (melodic)
manner befitting an intimate club scene as he plumbs the depths of these
beautiful standards.
"Small Hotel" is a tune that is not often heard these days and Shep
Meyers drains the bottom out of every note.
"Skylark" is a composition that has some of the best lyrics ever written
and even sans words this piece has a melody that speaks volumes and Shep
Meyers exhibits some introspection and ideation that Hoagy Carmichael
and Johnny Mercer would be delighted with.
Meyers' solo interpretations are first class and well worth the price of
admission, as it were.
5 Stars