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New Britain Boogie is my latest solo piano recording. This CD collects thirteen familiar hymns and original compositions.

Song titles include: "Blueberry Jam," "A Shuffle With Grace," "O Jesus, I Have Promised," "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms," "Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know," "It Is Well With My Soul," "Just A Closer Walk With Thee," "Just As I Am," "Blackberry Jam," "New Britain Boogie," "Wednesday Suite" (Recitation, Rendition, and Reflection)

"A Shuffle With Grace" and "New Britain Boogie" are variations on the melody most commonly associated with John Newton's lyric, "Amazing Grace." "Jesus Is The Sweetest Name I Know" and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" are arrangements for four hands at one piano. I recorded this version of "Just As I Am" several years ago on my first solo piano release. The chord progression is considerably different from the original and the melody develops at a slower pace than you might expect. I arranged this version of "It Is Well With My Soul" around 1987 when I was doing my undergraduate work at Gardner-Webb University and playing with a local gospel group called Share.

"Blueberry Jam" and "Blackberry Jam" are genuine jams. I had no precise ideas about what I was going to play when I hit Record. I recorded one take of each that ran for several minutes, then edited each one down to the final version.

The final three moody selections are part of my "Wednesday Suite." It was nearly twenty years ago that I composed the final movement ("Reflection"), and probably five to ten years ago that I put the finishing touches on the other two.

Here are samples from ten of the thirteen tracks: