Hear Ye. . .

. . . Hear Ye!!

This is the Day. . . April 2, 2013

My new, digital-download only, solo, instrumental piano music release BLACK & WHITE then BACK is now available at www.cdbaby.com.  The first exclusively solo acoustic piano music release since 2008's critically acclaimed 'Put A Finger On It'. 

BLACK & WHITE then BACK transports you to aural locales inhabited by emotions, sentiments, memories, hopes, joys and challenges- life events that we have all encountered. You may even hear a snippet of an old song you remember from childhood, have flashes from your first date with that special person, recall the evocative aromas from the kitchen while visiting your grandmother, remember your favorite summer vacation . . . or maybe even the first time you fell in love.

BLACK & WHITE then BACK is a digital download-only release brought to you by Boskey Dell & Sylvan Glade Records and www.cdbaby.com.

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Creative . . .

. . . original expression. . .

(

(Composition with Woman and Chair by Jason J. Loya)

I, personally, could not paint my way out of a paper bag.  (Nor have I found myself inside a paper bag with a paint brush recently.)  But, I will be playing my original, jazz-inflected, solo piano compositions [with a few covers of well, and not-so-well known tunes] this Saturday, March 30th at Towson's Bread and Circuses Bistro.  Music starts at 6PM.

And this as a prelude to the release of my newest collection of original music as a digital download- only album on Tuesday, April 2nd at www.cdbaby.com entitled "Black & White Then Back".

Bread & Circuses Bistro
27 E. Chesapeake Avenue
Towson, MD  21286
410-337-5282
http://bandcbistro.com/

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Hear This Cat. . .

. . . Play

Well, not that cat.  This cat.  Me.  Ray Jozwiak.

This Monday, March 18, 2013 @7:00PM at Brewer's Alley Restaurant & Brewery (take the elevator on the right to the 2nd floor) 124 North Market Street Frederick, MD 21701
Telephone: 301-631-0089 Fax: 301-631-1874 http://www.brewers-alley.com/

And watch out for Ray's new, digital download-only, solo, instrumental piano music release BLACK & WHITE then BACK available April 2, 2013 at http://www.cdbaby.com.  BLACK & WHITE then BACK transports you to aural locales inhabited by emotions, sentiments, memories, hopes, joys and challenges we've all encountered. You may even hear a snippet of a song you remember from childhood, have flashes of your first date, recall aromas from the kitchen when you visited your grandmother, remember your favorite summer vacation or when you fell in love.

BLACK & WHITE then BACK will be available through digital distribution only April 2, 2013 at http://www.cdbaby.com

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Forthcoming. . .

My new release BLACK & WHITE then BACK will be available on April 2, 2013, for digital download only, at http://www.cdbaby.com

BLACK & WHITE then BACK was designed, conceived and performed to transport you to aural locales inhabited by emotions, sentiments, memories, hopes, joys and challenges we've all encountered. You may even hear a snippet of a song you remember from childhood, have flashes of your first date, recall aromas from the kitchen when you visited your grandmother, remember your favorite summer vacation or when you fell in love.

My music has been referred to as 'Fractured Jazz' laced with generous amounts of 'Improvisational Terror Tactics'.  I have been nominated for a WAMMIE Award in the Jazz Instrumentalist  category, named Baltimore Magazine's BEST LOUNGE PIANIST and was a finalist in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest for the composition ALWAYS YOU. Performances in and around Baltimore include the 13th Floor Lounge-The Belvedere, The Kiss Cafe, Gardel's Supper Club, The Full Moon Saloon, The Baltimore Songwriters Association, The Baltimore Book Fair, Maggie Moore's, Ze Mean Bean, Border's Books and Music and GBMC. Ray's  music releases (CHROMATOSE, CRITIC'S CHOICE and PUT A FINGER ON IT and FOR THE RIDE) are available for purchase at http://www.cdbaby.com/all/rjozwiak  as well as a host of cyber-outlets for download (cdbaby has a list). I also joined with long-time musical friends Jay Graboski and David Reeve to complete the latest incarnation of OHO (now a trio) playing OHO's unique brand of prog/folk/jazz-rock originals and for parties, covering a number of sophisticated contemporary popular music.

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Dreaming? . . .

 . . . white? . . . this ain't Christmas we're talking about here. . .

George Washington was a white man
Adams and Jefferson too
Abe Lincoln was a white man, probably
And William McKinley the whitest of them all
Was shot down by an immigrant in Buffalo
And a star fell out of heaven

I’m dreaming of a white President
Just like the ones we’ve always had
A real live white man
Who knows the score
How to handle money or start a war
Wouldn’t even have to tell me what we were fighting for
He’d be the right man
If he were a

I’m dreaming of a white President
Someone whom we can understand
Someone who knows where we’re coming from
And that the law of the jungle is not the law of this land
In deepest darkest Africa nineteen three
A little boy says, “Daddy, I just discovered relativity.
A big eclipse is coming
And I’ll prove it. Wait and see!”

“You better eclipse yourself outta here, son
And find yourself a tree
There’s a lion in the front yard
And he knows he won’t catch me.”

How many little Albert Einsteins
Cut down in their prime?
How many little Ronald Reagans
Gobbled up before their time?

I don’t believe in evolution
But it does occur to me,
What if little William Howard Taft had to face a lion
Or God forbid, climb a tree?
Where would this country be?

I’m dreaming of a white President
Buh buh buh buh
‘Cause things have never been this bad
So he won’t run the hundred in ten seconds flat
So he won’t have a pretty jump shot
Or be an Olympic acrobat
So he won’t know much about global warming
Is that really where you’re at?
He won’t be the brightest, perhaps
But he’ll be the whitest
And I’ll vote for that

Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Yes
Whiter than this?
Oh yeah


Music & Lyrics by Randy Newman (© Copyright unknown)

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Looking through . . .

. . . red white and yellow circles

In a field of azure blue
The perspiration beads all cover my face
Every inch of epidermal baking
Nicely to a golden hue
I would be envious if it had been you

Art Edsel Diamond Beach Grand Pool Bar
Art Edsel Diamond Beach Grand Pool Bar

Wading in the ocean salt and foamy
Quick salvation from the heat
a certain balance of the yin and the yan
Then when you return from Neptune's home
All displayed in fine array
Sea of humanity has filled every space

Art Edsel Diamond Beach Grand Pool Bar
Art Edsel Diamond Beach Grand Pool Bar

Up in the sky
Something catches your eye
As it goes by
You can hardly tell when where or why

Green the color of the turf surrounding
Blue the sky and surf those two
A gentle breeze is always present for you
You can reach euphoric heights exotic
Won't need any other drug
This kind of high is so much easier too

Art Edsel Diamond Beach Grand Pool Bar
Art Edsel Diamond Beach Grand Pool Bar
Art Edsel Diamond Beach Grand Pool Bar

(ART EDSEL DIAMOND BEACH) GRAND POOL BAR
©1999 Raymond M. Jozwiak



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Miles and Miles of quotes. . .

(Quotes from Miles Davis. . . )
"I've changed music four or five times. What have you done of any importance other than be white?"
Davis attended a reception in honor of Ray Charles at Ronald Reagan's White House in 1987. This was his reply to a Washington society lady seated next to him who had asked him what he had done to be invited.

"If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow."  During an interview, after growing aggravated about questions on the subject of race.

"A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it."  On being called a legend.

"Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin"

"Who's that motherfucker? He can't play shit!"
on Cecil Taylor

"You a motherfucker."  a compliment to Chick Corea, who thought he was about to be fired.

"He plays like somebody is standing on his foot."  on Eric Dolphy

"He could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll."  on Prince

"Why'd you put that white bitch on there?"
To George Avakian after seeing the cover chosen by Columbia for Miles Ahead.

"You can't play anything on a horn that Louis hasn't played." and "I love Pops" (Louis' nickname)
on Louis Armstrong in a Playboy magazine interview.

"I’ll play it and tell you what it is later."   During a recording session for Prestige, on the album "Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet" (1956).

"Listen baby, when I say later, I mean it! Later!"  After being approached by a relentless interviewer.

"There are no wrong notes."  My ego only needs a good rhythm section.

On being asked what he looked for in musicians.  "When you are creating your own shit, man, even the sky ain't the limit."

"Try taking the fucking horn out of your mouth."  Davis was questioning the increasing length of John Coltrane solos, and Trane answered "I don't know how to stop."

"Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

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