Jazz Pianist and Composer Wilson Somers

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It was during his tenure as jazz pianist and band leader for the former Rodney Square Club of Wilmington, Delaware, that Wilson Somers developed his elegant piano jazz bar style. Now, you can experience the chamber jazz piano artistry of Wilson Somers on five (5) memorable CDs that you can purchase on-line right now!

Influenced by the best jazz piano stylings of jazz piano player greats Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Nat King Cole and Oscar Peterson, Wilson Somers has recorded three jazz piano CDs and fourth jazz Christmas CD that represent a virtual abridged encyclopedia of jazz piano music. The CD collection includes some of the best jazz piano works ever written, as well as some original creations by jazz pianist and composer Wilson Somers himself.

From jazz piano classics like, "Satin Doll", "Mood Indigo", "Prelude To A Kiss", "Come Sunday" and "Heaven" by Duke Ellington, to the romantic jazz piano strains of "In Your Own Sweet Way" - a Dave Brubeck tribute to his wife, Iola - you'll want to own all of these best jazz piano CDs!

That's because so many of your jazz piano favorites are included on three of the four CDs: from "Mojave", the upbeat and rhythmic Brazilian bossa nova piano jazz composition by Antonio Carlos Jobim, to the Duke Ellington theme song, "Take The 'A' Train" written by Billy Strayhorn...and from "Django", John Lewis' musical elegy for the great jazz guitarist Django Rheinhardt, to the 1920 classic, "Avalon", about the Santa Catalina California resort town written and performed by Al Jolson with collaborators Vincent Rose and B.G. De Sylva.

On his fourth CD, Wilson Somers gets you in the right mood for a romantic jazz Christmas, applying his incomparable jazz piano stylings to some of your holiday favorites by jazz masters Mel Torme and Thad Jones. Somers also puts an enjoyable jazz Christmas spin on classic masterpieces from Bach and Pachelbel that are guaranteed to warm your heart while you trim the tree.

Somers' fifth and latest CD, Avalon Serenade, was released in November 2005 and is arguably his best effort to date. Billed as The Wilson Somers Trio, Somers adds percussionist Joe Mongilllo to the mix with long-time playing partner bassist, Bill Stumm. The result is pure jazz magic and the CD receives immediate critical acclaim.

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			Wilson Somers avalon serenade Copyright © 2005 Wilson Somers ASCAP From inventive interpretations of jazz standards to original compositions that are both melodically and harmonically rich, this CD is a must for any jazz aficionado's collection. Read the Reviews. Sample MP3 Cuts What Is This Thing Called Love? (Porter) Avalon (Jolson/DeSylva/Rose) What Am I Here For? (Elllington) New Day (Wilson Somers) Sandpiper (Wilson Somers) Avalon Pier (Wilson Somers) Jumpin' Jitterbug (Wilson Somers) Meditation (Jobim) Nardis (Davis/Arr. Wilson Somers) All The Things You Are (Kern) Highlighted Rhythm (Wilson Somers) Our Love Is Here To Stay (Gershwin)

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			Wilson Somers a jazz christmas Copyright © 2003 Wilson Somers ASCAP A collection of holiday favorites by jazz masters Thad Jones, Mel Torme & classical masters Bach & Pachelbel that will warm your heart while you trim the tree. Sample MP3 Cuts Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) The Kringle Kat (Wilson Somers) What Child Is This? (Trad. / Arr. Somers) The Christmas Song (Torme/Wells) White Christmas (Berlin) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Coots/Gillespie) Winter Wonderland (Bernard/Smith) A Child Is Born (Thad Jones) Silent Night (Trad. / Arr. Somers) Canon in D (Pachelbel / Arr. Somers) I'll Be Home For Christmas (Kent/Gannon/Ram) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Martin/Blane)

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			Wilson Somers forever you Copyright © 2002 Wilson Somers ASCAP Features jazz classics of Ellington, Brubeck, John Lewis and more. *forever you, Somers' original contribution to the album, is dedicated to his wife, Joan Sample MP3 Cuts* Forever You (Wilson Somers) In A Sentimental Mood (Ellington) Nature Boy (Ahbez) Body and Soul (Green/Heyman/Sour/Eyton) Spring Is Here (Rodgers/Hart) Gentle Rain (Bonfi) Yesterdays (Kern) Django (Lewis) In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck) Night and Day (Porter)

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			Wilson Somers in the footsteps of the duke Copyright © 2001 Wilson Somers ASCAP Features selections from the Ellington/Strayhorn canon, *Balboa Bossa, a Somers' original, was written on the back of a napkin during a flight from the Balboa/ Newport Beach California area to Philadelphia. Sample MP3 Cuts* Balboa Bossa (Wilson Somers) Mojave (Jobim) Take The A Train (Strayhorn) Satin Doll (Ellington) Mood Indigo (Ellington) Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington) Beautiful Love (Young) Come Sunday (Ellington) You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye/DePaul) Heaven (Ellington) What A Wonderful World (Weiss/Thiele)

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			Wilson Somers jazz composer/pianist Copyright © 2000 Wilson Somers ASCAP Features music from the sound track of the Emmy Award-winning film documentary, *Edward Loper: Prophet of Color. Sample MP3 Cuts* Highlighted Rhythm (Wilson Somers) Waltz for Joan (Wilson Somers) Jumpin' Jitterbug (Wilson Somers) Caesar's Mood (Wilson Somers) Avalon (Jolson/DeSylva/Rose) For Heaven's Sake (Meyer/Bretton/Edward) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Trad. Spiritual/Arr. Burleigh) Johnson Rag (Lawrence/Hall/Kleinkauf) Acro-flight (Wilson Somers) Springtime in Paris (Wilson Somers)

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