A Riffy Straight ahead Blues, lots of sharp 9s giving a blues quality (flat 3) with a standard 12 bar blues pattern in Bb 
Andy Sugg- tenor sax is a Coltrane expert.  Rick Freeman- piano, 
Tim Rex- tenor sax, Rob Mercer- drums
Live - 7/10/2023  Southside, Elsternwick, Melb.

Trane’s Bluez  - Live From Southside Classic

A  recording I did at Move Records for  my Solo Piano Gems album. These recordings happily were given a lot of play on the radio at the time,  especially on 3MBS

1 Sonata In D Minor No 15 (Peters ed) by Domenico Scarlatti  Scarlatti

This ballad like waltz solo recording of Lithe Flamingo has more recently morphed into a medium tempo Jazz Trio feature titled Circle. There are two versions of the original waltz I'll call this Lithe Flamingo No 1

Lithe Flamingo Waltz.WAV

An alternative version of this lovely number by Sam Rivers that we did in a straight quaver (eighth notes ) feel with the original On It Trio that we performed and did some domestic recordings with.

ONIT

Beatrice- Sam Rivers

Deliberately ambigous but inspired by the all too frequent feelings trumping facts syndrome capturing so many.

The Wrong Path  - R. Freeman

"water To Drink" is the English translation of this up tempo number

Casa Bossa - Water To Drink

The lovely Bb minor Prelude no 22 from JS Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 

Prelude No 22 Bb minor Bk 1  WTC JS Bach

 A Solo Work out of Cole Porter's lovely and somewhat unusual melody of "I Love You"n 

I Love You - Cole Porter  copy

This much loved standard by Michelle Legrand heard here as a domestic recording with the first piano trio we formed when I returned from living overseas. Rob Mahoney is on bass and Corey Mills on drums. 

Watch what happens

A swinging version of this classic Rodgers & Hart standard played at a domestic recording by my first trio after returning to Melbourne. 

Have you met Miss Jones

A performing musician in much demand as  a piano accompanist comfortable in both jazz and classical music styles.  He. had held many residencies and led bands in Australia and oversea. 

Recently recording in the jazz idiom in either trio or quartet form and sharing to SoundCloud. 

Rick teaches piano, clarinet and saxophone and doubles on the latter  two. 

When not teaching at school or being  the accompanist for De La Salle College or the Athenaeum Choir he is performing at jazz venues both here and soon at a new jazz club venture in Vietnam. 

He is frequently collaborating with some of Melbourne’s leading classical exponents of Lieder and more. 

Enjoy!

1 Sonata In D Minor No 15 (Peters ed) by Domenico Scarlatti Scarlatti

Rick Freeman

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