<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1515" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=436390323-30082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quite = frequently I don't play anything specific but do a pile of improvisation in</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=436390323-30082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>a = variety of styles.  That way I can bring out the sounds of the piano having</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=436390323-30082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>used = all three pedals (when there) and a variety of expressions and = moods.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=436390323-30082005><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Clients like my arrangement of "Summertime" and often will make the = comment:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=436390323-30082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>"I'd = give my right arm to play like that."  Having collected a pile of right arms,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=436390323-30082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have = yet to see anyone "play like that" without their right arm.  Even when a</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=436390323-30082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>piano = is poorly played, many people think it is just fabulous.  So find what is</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=436390323-30082005><FONT face=Arial = size=2>comfortable for you and do it.  To be quite honest, I don't have the time to </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=436390323-30082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>play = very much, so a sampling suffices quite well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=436390323-30082005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>