"Benny Plays the Hits" ain't your grandma’s greatest hits record- it’s a barstool confessional, a jukebox jam session where the songs are half-remembered but the feeling cuts deep. Benny pounds the Hammond like it owes him money, pouring sweat, smoke, and stories into every note. These ain't chart-toppers, but they’ve been howled into the night by drunks and dreamers for decades.  

The grooves are loose, the whiskey’s neat, and the past-due bar tab ain’t getting paid anytime soon. No frills, no pretense- just Benny, his B3, with Frankie and Jimmy holding down the rhythm while the room spins slow.  

No guitars. No gimmicks. Just the sound of a man playing like there’s nothing left to lose.  

Drums: Frankie "Thumper" Morello  
Bass: Jimmy "Two Hands" DelVecchio  
Organ: Benny
Guitar: Lou Mercer

Produced by Lou Mercer.
Special thanks to Bert "Cat" Thompson. What would we do without you?

©1992, 2025 Press Your Luck Records, Inc. All rights reserved.

11 Closing Time Serenade

"Benny Plays the Hits" ain't your grandma’s greatest hits record- it’s a barstool confessional, a jukebox jam session where the songs are half-remembered but the feeling cuts deep. Benny pounds the Hammond like it owes him money, pouring sweat, smoke, and stories into every note. These ain't chart-toppers, but they’ve been howled into the night by drunks and dreamers for decades.  

The grooves are loose, the whiskey’s neat, and the past-due bar tab ain’t getting paid anytime soon. No frills, no pretense- just Benny, his B3, with Frankie and Jimmy holding down the rhythm while the room spins slow.  

Real instruments. No gimmicks. Just the sound of a man playing like there’s nothing left to lose.  

Bass: Jimmy "Two Hands" DelVecchio  
Organ: Benny
Guitar: Lou Mercer

Produced by Lou Mercer.
Special thanks to Bert "Cat" Thompson. What would we do without you?

©1992, 2025 Press Your Luck Records, Inc. All rights reserved.

04 The Parking Lot Waltz

"Benny Plays the Hits" ain't your grandma’s greatest hits record- it’s a barstool confessional, a jukebox jam session where the songs are half-remembered but the feeling cuts deep. Benny pounds the Hammond like it owes him money, pouring sweat, smoke, and stories into every note. These ain't chart-toppers, but they’ve been howled into the night by drunks and dreamers for decades.  

The grooves are loose, the whiskey’s neat, and the past-due bar tab ain’t getting paid anytime soon. No frills, no pretense- just Benny, his B3, with Frankie and Jimmy holding down the rhythm while the room spins slow.  

No guitars. No gimmicks. Just the sound of a man playing like there’s nothing left to lose.  

Drums: Frankie "Thumper" Morello  
Bass: Jimmy "Two Hands" DelVecchio  
Organ: Benny

Produced by Lou Mercer.
Special thanks to Bert "Cat" Thompson. What would we do without you?

©1992, 2025 Press Your Luck Records, Inc. All rights reserved.

03 Last Call For Dignity

Welcome Spring with my Spring Equinox Piano Live: Chopin, Jazz, Originals 
22 March 2025; 3:15 PM PST 
https://youtube.com/live/b8XoMviHldA

22 March Newsletter:
https://www.sharonelainechen.com/so/dcPM_tkJs?languageTag=en
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Pre-save: 28 March: Dream of the Wild Rose (Piano Trio)
https://gyro.to/DreamoftheWildRose

Pre-save 4 April: A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (version 3)
https://gyro.to/331518ADreamIsaWishYourHeartMakes


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Part of my Disney album/EP Happily Ever After: 
When You Wish Upon a Star (Jazz)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Classical)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Swing Jazz)
New! A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (version 3) comes in April! 

Links in linktree: https://linktr.ee/sharonchenmusic

Upcoming in March! Pre-Saves: Dream of the Wild Rose (Piano Trio); part of my Chinese-inspired album, The Five Elements... The 5 elements are primordial, essential organic foundations of Chinese philosophy which tie in nature with the universe: water, metal, fire, earth, wood. This album is either Asian-type music or Western music with Chinese philosophy, landscapes, poetry, literature behind the music. https://gyro.to/DreamoftheWildRose

I am not always around because of chronic health issues, sorry for the delay..Hear me play live on YouTube..

Happily Ever After

Someday My Prince Will Come

Someday My Prince Will Come: Piano Cover from Disney's Snow White

nuuk.

luok.

tr. 15

A late-night soul confession wrapped in smoke and silence. A woman, older and wiser, sings her truth at the edge of heartbreak. Sparse instrumentation — upright piano, soft brushes, organ swells — lets every word breathe. This is the kind of song that waits for you at 3AM.
This music was originally generated using Suno AI. All rights were granted to me through a paid subscription according to Suno's Terms of Service (June 30, 2024).

Like Etta

I Should’ve Left Sooner

A driving blues shuffle starting from a Piano groove. Noire piano, 1990 Warwick Streamer bass. 52 Fender Telecster running through A fender Princeton.

Ssschuffle

opname uit 2005 met trompettist Theo Meurs . Bijzondere opname, want kort daarna kwam Theo helaas te overlijden. R.I.P Theo.

Four Boys Blues

Enter the chill world of blkd.u, 16-year-old classic lofi producer from Ontario, Canada. blkd.u's sound draws influence from BLVK., the authentic jazz sound mixed with classic 2017 lofi drums.

© A Taste for Flava

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- [ classic.lofi.artist ]

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Favorite Tracks of [ Mine. ] :

1. wun.time
2. [check.it]
3. wunda4 (BLVK. remix)
4. [bsd.u.typebeat.]

Music for midnight philosophers and 3AM saints. 

Slide a few bucks into the tip jar and take home some organ grooves that'll make your speakers sweat- cheaper than therapy, lasts longer than whiskey.

Pre-save from my Chopin Experiment EP, 16 May:
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 (ambient)
https://gyro.to/329215NocturneinEFlatMajorOp9No2

Elegant Piano Cover of 'Someday My Prince Will Come' | From Disney’s Snow White 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtUVtZPrJ6Y

10 May: Flower Full Moon Piano Livestream | Mother’s Day Special - 4:30 PM PST:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eD2YZY9Pdo

11 May: Flower Full Moon Piano Livestream | Mother’s Day Special - 4:30 PM PST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meYFCqaYBRc

Find new current YouTube piano lives, full piano performances and upcoming 16 May streaming release here: 

5 May News:
https://sharonelainechen.com/so/52PQTaRmG?languageTag=en

Spring Raindrops 春雨如情 EP ☔️ releases 18 April. 

Spotify Countdown Spring Raindrops EP:
https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/537b6awORQPStigetrQb8c?si=680e845e2ea74fa4
https://gyro.to/SpringRaindrops

🎹19 April, 2:45 PM PST: Someday My Prince Will Come (swing jazz) full piano performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b9-Po1Ub1M 

🎹19 April, 5 PM PST: Easter Piano Live: Quiet and Uplifting Piano Music (X, YT, Insta, FB, LinkedIn): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3I1rFskT4w

🌼14 April  newsletter: https://sharonelainechen.com/so/f8POrND4f?languageTag=en 

Welcome Spring with my Spring Equinox Piano Live: Chopin, Jazz, Originals 
22 March 2025; 3:15 PM PST 
https://youtube.com/live/b8XoMviHldA

Pre-save: 28 March 2025
https://gyro.to/DreamoftheWildRose

Pre-save 4 April 2025
https://gyro.to/331518ADreamIsaWishYourHeartMakes

17 Feb Newsletter: 20 Feb releases: 
Chopin Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op, Posth.
Someday My Prince Will Come (Swing Jazz)
https://sharonelainechen.com/so/3ePKCYWs2?languageTag=en

30 Jan: From My Chopin EP: Comes 31 Jan
Chopin Nocturnes Pre-Saves:
1. Chopin Nocturne in E-flat major op. 9 no. 2:
https://gyro.to/NocturneinEFlatMajorOp9No2

From My Disney Piano EP
Someday My Prince Will Come (Pre-saves)
1. Classical version (Comes 31 Jan)
https://gyro.to/300050SomedayMyPrinceWillCome

New, 29 Jan, YouTube: Classical Piano Livestream to Celebrate Chinese New Year! Rachmaninov, Chopin, Originals, more..:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTI6tFI2_Kk

25 Jan ‘25 Newsletter:
https://sharonelainechen.com/so/e9PIQGUFW?languageTag=en

https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/someday-my-prince-will-come-classical

https://sharonchen.bandcamp.com/track/nocturne-in-e-flat-major-op-9-no-2

13 Dec: Winter 冬 https://gyro.to/301932Winter
12 Dec Newsletter: https://sharonelainechen.com/so/2bPEwEFO9?languageTag=en

2 surgeries: 26 Nov and 10 Dec. catching up but running late..will upload tonite hopefully. Many medical appointments now,
New! Jazz Christmas Piano on YouTube
White Christmas Thurs 12 Dec, 2:45 AM MST 
https://youtu.be/-e4jqN6k0MU

Thanks for subbing to my YouTube for piano and violin performances/lives! https://www.youtube.com/c/SharonChenMusic

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I am a classically-trained composer, violinist, pianist; an award-nominated composer. Spring's Hope was nominated for One World Music Radio’s (UK) Best Piano with Instrumentation Single (2021). Harvard College grad with honors in Music and East Asian Languages and Civilizations. I was a violinist but became a composer, pianist recently because of ongoing health problems. I am a poet, dreamer, writer..see my poems on Twitter. My songs are twinged with nostalgia, introspection; often incorporate themes of darkness evolving into light.

Watch for originals and covers on both instruments on YouTube and Spotify. Thanks for subbing to my YouTube and following me on Spotify. Find different works on my Bandcamp, One World Music Radio too.
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Dawn of the morning lightly caresses
The moon touch of our hearts reveals 
In the blackest of nights..
In the breathlessness of circumstances 
The embracing hearts slowly heals..

~SEC

My music is mostly jazz  I am a multi instrumentalist. Guitar, piano, double bass, drums and all the variants. I played all the instruments on my tracks. I have played many times at the Jazz Cafe in Camden Town. I have supported many acts there including; Los Lobos, Bo Diddley, Robben Ford, Kelly Jo Phelps, KT Tunstall, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Eric Burden and the Animals, Charlie Musselwhite and many more.

English below.

In dit account plaats ik zowel oud als recent werk.

Recente eigen composities zijn ontstaan aan de piano.

Het oudere werk dat ik hier stap-voor-stap aan het plaatsen ben, is uit mijn voorbije leven als gitarist. In 2014 heb ik - om medische redenen-  de gitaar moet verruilen voor de piano.  
Het zijn registraties van oude samenwerkingen, werk voor audiovisuele producties of nijvere huisvlijt. En schetsmatig opgenomen demo's, gewoon voor mijn plezier gemaakt. 

Ook recent zijn opnames met Jordana. Met haar vorm ik - als pianist - een duo. We spelen een repertoire  in het genre van jazz, blues, pop en chanson. Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Beth Hart maar ook Billie Eilish en Melody Gardot. 
Intieme luistermuziek. https://www.youtube.com/@jordana-walter

In mijn jonge jaren ben ik begonnen als gitarist en speelde ik pop, rock en blues. Mijn grote voorbeelden waren Eric Clapton, Eelco Gelling en Jimi Hendrix.  Van meet af aan maakte ik ook eigen liedjes.
Later ben ik afro-cubaanse percussie gaan spelen. Als dertiger ben ik alsnog begonnen aan een gitaarstudie aan het conservatorium.

Ik koester mijn heden en mijn historie. En dat weerspiegelt zich in dit account.

Graduated from the Conservatory of Alkmaar, direction electric guitar. Songwriter, composer and studio technique. Works as a pianist in recent years, in a jazzy duo with female singer.
 https://www.youtube.com/@jordana-walter

Has worked for 20 years (1994-2014) as a music pedagogue, founder of the Alkmaar Guitar School (Alkmaarse Gitaarschool).

The older work that I am posting here step by step is from my past life as a guitarist. In 2014, for medical reasons, I had to swap the guitar for the piano. They are recordings of old collaborations, work for audiovisual productions or industrious home industry. And sketchily recorded demos, just made for my own pleasure. 

Also recent are recordings with Jordana. With her, I form a duo - as a pianist. We play a repertoire in the genre of jazz, blues, pop and chanson. Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Beth Hart but also Billie Eilish and Melody Gardot. Intimate listening music. https://www.youtube.com/@jordana-walter 

In my younger years I started as a guitarist and played pop, rock and blues. My great examples were Eric Clapton, Eelco Gelling and Jimi Hendrix. From the start I also made my own songs. 

Later I started playing Afro-Cuban percussion. In my thirties I started studying guitar at the conservatory.

New tracks tagged #jazzblues