Some original, and some covers, of beautiful piano work.

Piano Releases - Lyrics Logic and Lullabies

These are selections of mine that approach the traditional sense of "epic" in that they cross tempos, change emotions, follow a theme across genres etc.

The Epic Series

From Under The Covers

Angel Of Mercy

Another Lonely Night (demo)

Variation On Verner #24

Dr. John Verner Jr. original composition circa 1955 or so.

Solo 1990

C Counterpoint - John Verner Jr.

practically can't find this anymore... from his greatest hits vinyl - the drumming during the climactic coda section is fabulous with some great lead ins on the 2nd triplet beat... just cool as snot

The Best Of Michael Johnson

That's That (Michael Johnson)

Never Been As Easy

Cowboy Song

This work is intended to convey some of the emotions associated with single seat single engine open cockpit biplane flying.  From the pre-flight of dawn, through taxi and take off from a lonely grass field, pretty comfortable flight, warming up for aerobatics, formation copycat aerobatic play with a friend, and lastly the awful feeling of longing that happens when you are flying an old biplane and realize that it is time to come down... the tanks are nearing empty and it is time to go back down and home.

Aerial Ballet (full length)

Don't Be There

Mandolin Rain (Cover)

Half Of My Heart

A song about choosing between pleasure and duty


Choices

The all out ‘here’s everything’ moment in an earnest piano ballad.

Give To Me Tonight

Gran Torino (Cover Cullum/Eastwood)

Drift of Snow (Gold)

As If You Said ‘Yes’ -  I asked - she delivered - and I felt ever so briefly what might have been.  A ballroom waltz in a smoke-filled room.

As If You Said 'Yes'

Our Town (Cover Newman)

An upbeat guitar song about a ship at sea and a captain enduring a storm

Captain With His Ship

This is a one minute snippet pulled from the film audio because the soundtrack mix and/or Willie's mix lacks the Grusin piano which is in conversation with the harmonica.  Free to all, not available except in the film.  All respect to all involved.

Electric Horseman "Midnight Rider" snippet WITH Dave Grusin Piano restored

lounge ballad while pretending the drummer and sax take a break - enjoyed delving into an improvisation after enjoying a masterclass video of Herbie Hancock

Reading Alone An Old Book - piano improvisation

Gentle Shovel

Instrumental Solo Piano arrangements in a lounge style of some great songs.

You Are So Beautiful

The Fall

Little Squaw

Thrown

Abandoned And Forgotten

My Frozen Heart

A cover of Jamie Cullum's excellent piano jazz ballad

Love Ain't Gonna Let You Down (cover Cullum)

Swing Low (Cover Wasner / Ketchum)

Rocky Mountain High (Cover Denver / Taylor)

I Can't Make You Love Me (Cover Mike Reid & Allen Shamblin)

A cover of Michael Martin Murphey and Larry Cansler's  great 70s tune.

Wildfire (cover)

These are excerpted from a solo acoustic performance set - recorded simply in a cold partially wood room

More

Spanish Guitar - Acoustic Solo

Deep Dark Blue Stains - Acoustic Solo

Reach High - Acoustic Solo

To Fly Away - Acoustic Solo

Vaviel Verner - Joseph Haydn - Variation Hob. 17:6

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A withdrawn and somewhat reclusive renaissance man of lyrics, logic, and lullabies, Ed Verner prefers you to hear his piano before you know him.

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