Gusman playing the majestic Lerner and Loewe tune "On The Street Where You Live" just the way George Shearing plays it.

Recorded Wednesday, 2nd of October 2013 in a vacant restaurant.

(If you dig this, check out Goerge Shearing's album "The Shearing Piano")


(I learned this George Shearing's album "The Shearing Piano." TRIVIA - Shearing's arrangement quotes Francis Poulenc on the Intro / Outro - Mouvements perpétuels, # 3 Alerte)

On The Street Where You Live (Lerner & Loewe)

Gusman playing the John Barry tune "You Only Live Twice."

Recorded Wednesday, 2nd of October 2013 in a vacant restaurant.

You Only Live Twice - James Bond Theme (John Barry)

Gusman playing his own arrangement of John Barry's "I Had a Farm in Africa," the Main Title from the film "Out Of Africa."

Recorded Wednesday, 2nd of October 2013 in a vacant restaurant.

"I Had A Farm In Africa" - "Out Of Africa" Main Title (John Barry)

Gusman playing the Beatrix Potter theme "Perfect Day," written by Colin Towns and sung by Miriam Stockley.

Recorded Wednesday, 2nd of October 2013 in a vacant restaurant.

Beatrix Potter Theme - "Perfect Day"

Gusman playing his own arrangement of "Maria" from the musical "West Side Story." (Written by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim)

Recorded Wednesday, 2nd of October 2013 in a vacant restaurant.

"Maria" from West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim)

Gusman riffing on Bud Powell's killer tune "Bouncing With Bud."

Recorded Wednesday, 2nd of October 2013 in a vacant restaurant. The restaurant was just about to open for business so I sadly had to cut this recording short!

Bouncing With Bud (Bud Powell)

I love this Ellington tune, it's just so grand. I had to record it for myself! 

Recorded 12/10/2013. 
(This is a Direct Input recording of a Korg SV1)

Fontainebleau Forest (Duke Ellington)

Early arrangement demo created on Sibelius software

Demo "Summer Prelude" c. 2016

My voice is out of shape, but this was the first good take I got of the whole song after I finished writing it on 03/04/2017. It took quite a few years to finish. You get the gist of what it should sound like.

Demo "No Nest For a Nighthawk" c.2017

A tribute to Charles Mingus, a madman in his most incandescent bloom. Composed on Sibelius software, 16/10/2010.

Demo "Incandescent Bloom" c.2010

An ode to sleep, which is sometimes the only refuge from the madness of daily life.

The Madness Of This (Demo)

About the realisation that the path you've been on has reached a dead end and you need to beat your way down a new track.

Moonlight Guide The Way (Demo)

A complete 90 minute set, recorded in the foyer of Waterfront Place in Brisbane's CBD. 

Playlist:
- Cigarette (Ben Folds Five)
- Autumn In New York (Vernon Duke)
- Single Petal of a Rose (Duke Ellington)
- Maria (West Side Story - Bernstein / Sondheim)
- Scotty Trails Madeleine (Vertigo - Bernard Herrmann)
- Stella By Starlight (Victor Young)
- Jeremy's Storm (Tame Impala)
- Real Love (John Lennon / Regina Spektor)
- You Only Live Twice (James Bond - John Barry)
- Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)
- Ladybird (Tadd Dameron)
- Airbag (Radiohead)
- I Had A Farm in Africa (Out of Africa - John Barry)
- Deep in a Dream (Jimmy Van Heusen)
- Life on Mars (David Bowie)
- Bouncing With Bud (Bud Powell)
- The Art Teacher (Rufus Wainwright)
- Ol' 55 (Tom Waits)
- Selfless Cold & Composed (Ben Folds Five)
- In Silent Rapture (Gusman)
- Perfect Day (Beatrix Potter - Miriam Stockley)
- UFO (Sufjan Stevens)
- Cloud Atlas Sextet (Tykwer / Klimek / Heil)
- Golden Girl (The Man With The Golden Gun - John Barry)
- Moonlight Guide The Way (Gusman)
- Molly(Biff Rose)
- Burma Shave (Tom Waits)
- She's Leaving Home (The Beatles)
- On The Street Where You Live (Lerner & Lowe)
- Jessica's Theme (Man From Snowy River - Bruce Rowland)
- Invitation to the Blues (Tom Waits)
- Dear Old Stockholm (Swedish Folk Song)


Live at Waterfront Place (7:30am, Monday, 11th of April 2016)

A vignette of some memories with a gorgeous girl who was never going to stay for long anyway.

Angus Blaikie

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