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Based on my Forty (50) online reviews, all but two being FIVE STARS, I am considered by many to be Nashville's Top Event Pianist. I will gladly send you a list of my online reviews. They praise my music but also my personality and professionalism. This year I was added to Who's Who in America. WOW!
I am retired from senior administrative positions in educational and arts institutions in the North and Canada, followed by a nationwide management consulting career. I cannot learn to read music as my ears have "a much faster processor" than my eyes, so, much as I adore it, I cannot play classical pieces (although I did perform for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Ask me about that!) I do a nice version of Here Comes The Bride. I started playing professionally in a Coffee House (remember them?) while a student at Brown University and have played in lounges and many private parties ever since that time. I don't sing much, and in Nashville that is a requirement to work in most restaurants and lounges. So I have jumped into the niche of Party/Wedding/Corp. Function Pianist, where one does not want the distraction of singing. I play four hundred and seventy tunes by ear including one hundred 121 recorded by Frank Sinatra. I just love to play for people. I am an enthusiastic (and relatively accomplished) photographer, tennis, golf and bridge player, and enjoy gardening and the life of the mind. I live in Hillsboro Village, Nashville.
= areas covered (up to 155 miles)
= free travel (up to 40 miles)
A CERTAIN SMILE
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL (BLACK ORPHEUS)
A FINE ROMANCE
A GHOST OF A CHANCE
A LOVE AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE
A TIME TO LOVE (Romeo and Juliet)
A FELICIDADE
AFRAID THE MASQUERADE IS OVER
AFTER THE LOVIN’
AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’
AIN’T NECESSARILY SO
ALFIE
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
ALL BY MYSELF
ALL OF ME
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE
ALL THE WAY (E)
ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE
ALWAYS
AMAZING GRACE BLUES
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
AN IRISH LULLABY
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU
AND IT HAPPENED TO ME
AND YOU WERE ON MY MIND
ANGEL EYES
ANYTHING GOES
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT
AS TIME GOES BY
AT LAST
AUGUSTA BLUE
AULD LANG SYNE
AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
AUTUMN LEAVES (c-1ST Key cm Bb)
AWAY BEYOND THE SEA
AWAY IN A MANGER
AWFUL NICE
BASIN STREET-- ST. LOUIS BLUES
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
BEWARE MY FOOLISH HEART
BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED
BLACK COFFEE
BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH
BLUE MONK
BLUE MOON
BLUE SKIES
BLUESETTE
BODY AND SOUL
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS
BROWN UNIVERSITY SONG
BUT NOT FOR ME
BY MYSELF
C.C RIDER
HEY JUDE
NORWEGIAN WOOD
LET IT BE
YESTERDAY
CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE
CAN I HAVE THIS DANCE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
CAN’T GET STARTED
CAN’T HELP LOVIN THAT MAN
CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OF OF YOU
CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS
CANADIAN SUNSET
CHANCES ARE
CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO
CHEEK TO CHEEK
CHEROKEE
CHICAGO
CLOSE TO YOU
COME FLY WITH ME
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
CRAZY
CRY ME A RIVER
CUTE
DAHOUD
DANCING IN THE DARK
DANCING ON THE CEILING
DARN THAT DREAM
DAY BY DAY
DAY IN, DAY OUT
DEEP PURPLE
DESAFINADO
DEVON
DIS’ HERE
DON’T BLAME ME C Bb A (F E Am)
DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
DOODLIN’
DREAM (When you are feeling blue)
EAST OF THE SUN
EASTER PARADE
EASY TO LOVE
EBBTIDE
EMBRACEABLE YOU
EVERY TIME, WE SAY GOODBYE
EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIME
EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME
EXACTLY LIKE YOU
FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE
FASCINATING RHYTHM
FIRE AND RAIN
FIVE FOOT TWO
FLAMINGO
FLY ME TO THE MOON
FOGGY DAY IN LONDON TOWN
FOOLS RUSH IN
FOR ALL WE KNOW
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE
FOURS
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
GEORGIA ON MY MIND (Cm7 – E7)
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
GIRL FROM IPANEMA
GIRL OF MY DREAMS
GIRL TALK
GIVE ME A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY
GOD BLESS AMERICA
GOD BLESS THE CHILD
GONE WITH THE WIND
GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE
GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
GREENSLEEVES
HAPPY TALK
HARD DAY’S NIGHT
HARK THE HAROLD ANGELS SING
HAVE YOU MET MISS JONES
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
HEART AND SOUL
HEATHER ON THE HILL
HELLO DOLLY
HELLO YOUNG LOVERS
HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY
HEY JUDE
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
HOW ABOUT YOU
HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORA?
HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN
HOW HIGH THE MOON
HOW INSENSITIVE
HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?
I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
I CAN’T HELP LOVING YOU
I COULD WRITE A BOOK
I DID IT MY WAY
I FALL IN LOVE TO EASILY
I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
I GUESS I’LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY
I HEAR MUSIC
I HEAR THE BAGPIPES COMING
I LEFT MY HEART IN S.F.
I LOVE PARIS
I LOVE YOU JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
I LOVES YOU PORGY
I REMEMBER YOU
I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU
I WILL WAIT FOR YOU
I WISH YOU LOVE
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
I’LL BE SEEING YOU
I’LL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE
I’LL GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL
I’LL GO MY WAY BY MYSELF
I’LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN
I’LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN
I’LL REMEMBER APRIL
I’LL TAKE ROMANCE
I’M ALABAMA BOUND
I’M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS
I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT
I’M CONFESSING THAT I LOVE YOU
I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU
I’VE GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN’T GOOD)
I’VE GOT PLENTY O’ NUTTIN’
I’VE GOT PLENTY OF NOTHIN’
I’VE GOT RHYTHM
I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
I’VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE
I’VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE
IF EVER I SHOULD LEAVE YOU
IF I LOVED YOU
IMAGINATION
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT
IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS
INDIANA (BACK HOME AGAIN IN)
ISN’T IT A LOVELY DAY
ISN’T IT A LOVELY DAY (ADD VERSE)
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC?
IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
IT HAD TO BE YOU
IT HAPPENED IN MONTEREY
IT IS A WONDERFUL WORLD BR
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND
IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS
IT’S A GRAND OLD FLAG
IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD
IT’S ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE
IT’S AWFUL NICE
IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
JEPPERS CREEPERS
JINGLE BELLS
JUST IN TIME
JUST YOU, JUST ME
KEEP SMILING
KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
KISS THE DAY GOODBYE sm
L.O.V.E (is all that I can say to you)
LADY BE GOOD/SECRET LOVE
LADY IS A TRAMP
LAURA
LAURA’S THEME (I will wait for you)
LET IT SNOW
LET’S FALL IN LOVE
LET’S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL
LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
LIL’ DARLIN’
LITTLE GIRL BLUE
LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING
LOPING BLUES
LOVE IS AMANY SPLENDORED THING
LOVE IS TWICE AS NICE 2ND TIME RD
LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND.
LOVE ME TENDER
LOVE WALKED RIGHT IN
LOVE, JUST THE TWO OF US (NAT COLE)
LOVE, LOOK AT THE TWO OF US
LOVER
LULLABY OF BIRDLAND
LULLABY OF BROADWAY
MAKIN ‘WHOOPEE
MANHATTAN
MEDLEY OF N.E. COLLEGE SONGS
MELANCHOLY BABY
MEMPHIS IN JUNE
MIDNIGHT SUN
155TONES
MISTY
MOANIN’
MONA LISA
MOOD INDIGO
MOON RIVER
MOONGLOW
MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU
MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT
MORE
MORE THAN YOU KNOW
MOULIN ROUGE (I wonder As I wander)
MY CHERI AMORE
MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE
MY FAVORITE THINGS
MY FUNNY VALENTINE
MY HEART STOOD STILL
MY MANS GONE NOW
MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE
MY ROMANCE
MY WILD IRISH ROSE
NEFFI’S NEBBISH
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
NICE AND EASY DOES IT
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
NIGHT AND DAY
NIGHT IN TUNISIA
NIGHT TRAIN
NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I’VE SEEN
NORWEGIAN WOOD
NOTHINGS IMPOSSIBLE
NOW’S THE TIME
OH DANNY BOY
OH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
OKLAHOMA
OLD BLACK MAGIC
OLD DEVIL MOON
OLD FOLKS
OLD MAN RIVER
ON A CLEAR DAY
ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
ONCE IN A WHILE
ONCE UPON A SUMMERTIME
ONE FOR MY BABY
ONE NOTE SAMBA
ONLY THE LONELY
OUR LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
OVER THE RAINBOW
P.S. I LOVE YOU
PAPER DOLL
PAPER MOON
PARTING IS NOT GOODBYE
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
PEOPLE
PIANO MAN
PRELUDE TO A KISS
QUITE NIGHTS (Take up to Eb if possible)
RAINY DAYS & MONDAYS
ROCKIN’ CHAIR
ROUND MIDNIGHT
ROUTE 66
RUBY
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
S’ WONDERFUL
SAMBA DE ORFEO
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
SATIN DOLL
SCOTCH AND SODA
SEND IN THE CLOWNS
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN
SEPTEMBER SONG (add verse)
SHINY STOCKINGS
SILENT NIGHT
SILVER BELLS
SINCE I FELL FOR YOU
SING A SONG – (SESAME STREET )
SINGING IN THE RAIN
SISTER SADIE
SKYLARK
SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
SMILE
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
SO NICE (SUMMER SAMBA)
SOLITUDE
SOME DAY MY PRINCE WILL COME
SOME ENCHANTED EVENING
SOME TIME AGO
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
SOMETIMES I’M HAPPY
SOON IT’S GONNA RAIN
SOPHISTICATED LADY
SOUSA BLUES
SPEAK LOW
SPRING CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST
SPRING IS HERE
STARDUST
STARS FELL ON ALABAMA
STELLA BY STARLIGHT
STORMY WEATHER
STRANGER IN PARADISE
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
SUMMER SAMBA
SUMMERTIME
SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
SUNNY SIDE UP
SUPERSTAR (Carpenters)
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
SWEET LORRAINE
SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
SWINGING SHEPARD BLUES
TAKE THE “A” TRAIN
TEACH ME TONIGHT
TENDERLY
TENNESSEE CHRISTMAS
TENNESSEE WALZ
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
THAT LONESOME ROAD
THAT’S ALL
THE CAISSONS KEEP ROLLING ALONG
THE CHRISTMAS SONG
THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
THE FIRST NOEL
THE FOLKS THAT LIVE ON THE HILL
THE GOD LIFE
THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS
THE LOOK OF LOVE
THE MAN I LOVE
THE MASQUERADE IS OVER
THE MORE I SEE YOU
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD
THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR
THE NEARNESS OF YOU
THE PARTY’S OVER
THE PREACHER
THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
THE SUN WILL COME OUT TOMORROW
THE TENDER TRAP
THE THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER
THE TWELFTH OF NEVER
THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU
THE WAY WE WERE
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
THE WHIFFENPOOF SONG
THE WORK SONG
THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE
THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE
THEME FROM PICNIC
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU
THERE’S A PLACE FOR US
THERE’S NO SWEET PLACE LIKE HOME
THERE’S NO YOU
THESE FOOLISH THINGS …
THEY ALL LAUGHED
THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME (B7)
THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE ME
THEY SAY THAT FALLING IN LOVE IS WONDERFUL
THIS CAN’T BE LOVE
THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG
THIS LOVE OF MINE
THIS MASQUERADE
THREE BLIND MICE
THREE COINS IN A FOUNTAIN
TILL THERE WAS YOU
TIME AFTER TIME
TRY TO REMEMBER
UNCHAINED MELODY (Righteous Bros)
UNFORGETTABLE
VALARIE
WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND
WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME BR
WALTZ FOR DEBBIE
WATERMELON MAN
WAVE
WE KISS IN A SHADOW
WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN (E7,B7,Ab, Db)
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
WHAT CHILD IS THIS?
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE
WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I?
WHAT WE DID FOR LOVE
WHAT’S NEW
WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING
WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE
WHEN YOU ARE SMILING
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR
WHEN YOUR LOVER IS GONE
WHERE DO YOU START?
WHERE IS THE LOVE
WHERE OR WHEN
WHITE CHRISTMAS
WHOM CAN I TURN TO
WILL YOU STILL BE MINE?
WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
WIND BENEATH MY WINGS
WITCHCRAFT
WORLD ON A STRING
WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS (Am/B7/E7)
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
YARDBIRD SUITE
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
YESTERDAYS
YOU ARE DA SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE, MY ONLY SUNSHINE
YOU ARE THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS
YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS UNTIL…
YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU
YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG
YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM
YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME
YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO.
YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME
YOU’RE JUST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
YOU’RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU
YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND
YOUNG AND FOOLISH
YOUNG AT HEART
I CAN BRING A KEYBOARD AND AMP.
NOT A LOT. FLEXIBILITY IS MY LONG SUIT.
I HAVE AN AMPLIFIER TO WHICH A MIKE CAN BE ATTACHED IF I AM DOING MC DUTIES AS WELL.
NO, BUT, IF I AM USING MY KEYBOARD, I CAN HAVE IT PLAY DURING BREAKS.
Perhaps playing for the Valentine's Day dinner at the Grassland Country Club. It was a great crowd, I received many compliments, and a member put a tip jar on my piano with $20 in it. I received about $200 in tips. We had a good time. I did play for the Christmas Party at the Chicago Symphony -- which was a bit daunting. I guess that has to be the best venue huh?
Weddings fur sure! I play rehearsal dinners, the actual ceremony, and the reception.
I have played for fifty years, in Providence, NYC, Toronto, Chicago, Boston, Huntsville, Chattanooga, Bowling Green, etc. I got started when as a student at Brown University. I often went to a coffee house that featured a Jazz trio. I would "sit in" during breaks. When the pianist moved to the West Coast, I was asked to take his place.
Beegie Adair, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Ella & Louis, Sinatra, but the all time favorite is little known Gene Harris (I call him Peterson with dirt under his fingernails.) Favorite song is "Moanin' by Bobby Timmons.
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I typically arrive about 45 minutes ahead of time. My performance times vary from 1 to 3 hours.
Except in the hot sun or rain 🧐
If they wish I will send them my Comprehensive Setlist and they can choose the tunes they wish. Few, however, do except for wedding ceremonies.
♥♥♥♥♥ Best Pianist Ever! Tom Neff, Nashville, October 18, 2018
♥♥♥♥♥ Awesome Entertainer Tuck Hardie, Belle Meade, May 18, 2019
♥♥♥♥♥ What a wonderful timeLisa, Activities Director, Westbrook Towers, Murfreesboro on 11 22, 2024
♥♥♥♥♥ Terrific! Doug is incredible! He has played at our event for the past two years to welcome guests as they arrive at our fundraiser. He is great to work with and such a gentleman. We definitely recommend him for your next event! N.B. I was opening for Marie Osmond. Doug
♥♥♥♥♥ Andrea H., Chattanooga, November 11, 2019 Wonderful Man, so courteous. Came early, set up and then helped us move tables. His music was quite delightful and set the mood nicely.
♥♥♥♥♥ Wedding Reception Doug was fantastic! Christine J., Nashville, November 19, 2017
Doug was fantastic at our brunch Wedding Reception! Working up to the big day he was very responsive and helpful, eve
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