“Expecting to Fly”

"Expecting To Fly" is an homage to my far gone youth, specifically the years 1964-1972, when I shared a room with my brothers in Pasadena California. I was a classical piano nerd who also loved rock, and I was lucky to be exposed to my older brother's record collection. Across the advancing years, certain songs from that era still resonate strongly with me and they take me back to that sunny upstairs bedroom where I listened to records by Buffalo Springfield, The Beatles, Stones, Procol Harum, Blind Faith, Hendrix, The Band, Crosby Stills & Nash and The Who.
I've transcribed, arranged and played these songs on solo piano, and they all, I think, lend themselves very well to that approach. On most of them I improvise solos as well. It's given me great joy to record them, and I hope they resonate with listeners from my generation, and maybe younger ones too!