I wrote this song on the piano while we were having
so much cold and rain in Northern California .. I guess
it was my attempt to make things feel a bit brighter
and warmer. Ed, Charley and Phil Cody really helped
simplify the melody. I had some wonderful help.

Charley Langer (Sax)
Ed McGlaughlin (Bass)
Jeff Markham (Piano)

My friends (Ed McGlaughlin on bass) and (Charlie Langer on Sax) did a a wonderful job on filling out my scribble composition.

The most important thing is how it feels and this feels good to me.

This Time Won't Be This Time

I seem to re-record this song every year! .. Last year
was piano .. this year is back on the Rhodes with
a wonderful pre-amp from Tines-and-Reeds in Germany.
I got their Mark II Stage pre-amp and it was easy
to install and quite a remarkable sonic upgrade. It picks
up tones, mechanics and harmonics up with such
clarity I've been replaying all of my Rhodes material :-)
It has to stop at some point :-)

James Baldwin - Bed

I piano improv piece that Paulo Chagas (from Italy)
played his sax on. It's a very contemplative piece.

Gift Of Grace

This is my class project for my music theory class .. notated and voiced in MuseScore

December Sojourn

This is a cover of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain". I started to play it on guitar and then decided there were things the Rhodes could bring out on this song.

It's one of my favorite JT tunes .. haunting, elegant .. I hope I do it justice.

Fire and Rain (Rhodes Edition)

Jazz Pop rendition  .. i wrote the lyrics easily, but the music took forever!

I had some AI help on tracks, played some, sang most.

Situational Ethic

I thought writing a song dissing Celtic Music in the Celtic style was kind of like that Star Trek episode with Norman .. "You hate Celtic, But you love Celtic" ... buzzzz .. smoke.

Sick of Celtic Music

Playing around with my Radius vocoder .. inspired by Herbie Hancock after I saw him at the Monterey Jazz Festival ..

Beautiful People

I wrote and played this on my Rhodes piano and dedicate it to one of my musical heroes Mark Morris (aka "M"). He pushed me by showing me where you need to get to through his talent and technique.

M's Song

i wrote this for my wife Creda .. seems appropriate on
Valentine's Day.

jeff


Then I Knew

An etude .. I split the keyboard L/H and play bass left and piano right.... sometimes they come out rather nicely .. as I think this one did.

Over And Over

I recorded another version ... working on removing the defects :-) (what else can you call them)?

Song is about what we're all going through right now.

New - Frozen In Time

Seal's Prayer For The Dying. Feels like an appropriate song
to revisit in these times.

Ed McGlaughlin .. Bass, Fretless, Electric Guitars
Steve Demetrician: Drums, Beat Programming
Jeff Markham: Vox, Harmonies, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar

Jeff Markham

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