pianogonzology

Monday, April 1, 2013

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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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Memories. . .

You've seen the articles and email about the 'good ole days' like:

". . . I remember the simple days of growing up in the 50's and 60's.
Remember cars without seatbelts?
Remember riding a bike without helmets?
Getting excited to see the milk-man
bringing fresh milk to the back porch?
Sitting on the front porch and knowing our neighbors!
Praying in school?
Being spanked by our parents! ( yeah it was ALLOWED! )
Getting "licks" in school. ( the great board of education! and it worked!)
Being a ONE car Family! you know the one dad used to go to work in!
The smell of sheets on the bed from being hung on a clothes line!
When we used empty food cans with string to talk to our friends ( before we even knew what cells phones were!)
Oh the simple days.....

And...with all our progress...
don't you wish...just once...
we could slip back in time and savor the innocence,
the respect, the slower pace...
and share it with the children of today? . . ."

I'm not one to get lost in the past and certainly believe MOST of what I have today is better that what I had in the past, especially technology and my own maturity.

But. . . "Budoir Photo Packages" and "Pole Dancing Lessons" give one pause regarding the progress we've made as a society.

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AMBIENCE & WINE

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

April. . .

. . . second. . .

"RAY JOZWIAK is back with his gonzo piano, boldly taking us to places no-one has gone before, not even him! (Rod Deacey, Board Member of the Frederick Acoustic Musicians Enterprise (FAME), Musician, Performer, Writer, Poet, Organizer, Emcee, Bluesman 11/20/11)

". . . He’s got some terrific ideas there and an unusual approach to rhythm and song structure. These are fantastic assets and more than one of his songs could find tons of fans who appreciate music which isn’t the same ol’ same ol’ all the time. . . " (Paul Sedkowski, Fairplayformusic.com)

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newest release:
AMBIENCE & WINE

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Odd. . .

Isn’t it odd that our Supreme Court is finding it difficult to say that gay people should be accorded every benefit of marriage while they had no difficulty at all saying that corporations are people? Maybe it’s time to clean the judicial house. (Guess that really can't be done, can it? What a shame.)

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Ah, the internet. . .

. . . it's a hell of a thing. . .

(from http://www.londonburningradio.com/2013/03/ray-jozwiak-black-white-then-back.html)

Monday, March 18, 2013

Ray Jozwiak - Black & White Then Back (Release Date: 2 April 2013)

Marcadores: 2013, Baltimore, Black and White Then Back, Bosky Dell and Sylvan Glade, Eclectic Jazz, MD, Ray Jozwiak, Towson, USA

Creative musician, Baltimore-based Ray Jozwiak offers recordings and performances of eclectic, instrumental solo piano (and piano-based) compositions that have been referred to as 'Fractured Jazz' laced with generous amounts of 'Improvisational Terror Tactics' . In addition to his solo activities, Ray contributes keyboard to the iconic Baltimore mainstay band OHO, with long-time musical collaborators Jay Graboski and Dave Reeve.

Ray has 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, Border's Books and Music, GBMC, Tyson's Tavern, Elk Run Vineyard and Brewer's Alley.

Ray's CDs (CHROMATOSE, CRITIC'S CHOICE, PUT A FINGER ON IT, FOR THE RIDE and digital downloads-only ANOTHER SHOT, AMBIENCE & WINE and BLACK & WHITE THEN BACK [release April 2, 2013]) 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).

Record Label: Bosky Dell & Sylvan Glade

Helpful Links

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AMBIENCE & WINE

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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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You can NOW download your
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newest release:
AMBIENCE & WINE

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Why. . .

. . . are we ignoring this? . . .

[from http://www.truthdig.com/report/item
the_crucifixion_of_tomas_young_20130310/]
. . . "(Thomas)Young will die for our sins. He will die for a war that should never have been fought. He will die for the lies of politicians. He will die for war profiteers. He will die for the careers of generals. He will die for a cheerleader press. He will die for a complacent public that made war possible. He bore all this upon his body. He was crucified. And there are hundreds of thousands of other crucified bodies like his in Baghdad and Kandahar and Peshawar and Walter Reed medical center. Mangled bodies and corpses, broken dreams, unending grief, betrayal, corporate profit, these are the true products of war. Tomas Young is the face of war they do not want you to see. . . "

Yet Bush, Chaney and Rumsfeld are free, and wealthy men.

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newest release:
AMBIENCE & WINE

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