Jack Brownlow

Jack Brownlow was born in Spokane. He inherited his mother's ability to play by ear and started on the piano without lessons when he was twelve, just as the phenomenon known as the swing era was about to make jazz and popular music synonymous. He discovered that he could improvise without difficulty regardless of key. Most of his development was based on his gift and the capacity to absorb lessons from the masters he heard on the radio and in recordings. Those were the days when youngsters in remote reaches of the United States could hear live broadcasts by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, Count Basie and dozens of other bands.

Through the years he has become an institution, working as a solo pianist at Peter Canlis's elegant establishment overlooking Lake Union. Jack has an enormous following of listeners who discovered him at Canlis. Distinguished diners from the musical world, George Shearing and Alan Hohvaness among them, have been intrigued to find their meals accompanied by lyrical piano playing of harmonic sophistication several magnitudes greater than anyone could reasonably hope to encounter in a restaurant, no matter how elegant.

Some of the songs you may hear:
AFTER YOU, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, ALL OF YOU, ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL, ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT, ALL TOO SOON, ALONE TOGETHER, ANGEL EYES, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, AS LONG AS THERE'S MUSIC, AT LONG LAST LOVE, AUTUMN LEAVES, AUTUMN SERENADE, BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL LOVE, BEAUTY OF LOVE, BESAME MUCHO, BESS, OH WHERE IS MY BESS?, BEST THING FOR YOU, BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH, BLUE ORCHIDS, BLUE PRELUDE, B MINOR WALTZ, BORN TO BE BLUE, BOY/GIRL NEXT DOOR, BUT BEAUTIFUL, CHANGE PARTNERS, CHELSEA BRIDGE, CHILD IS BORN, CHINATOWN, CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE, CLOSE YOUR EYES, COLE PORTER'S STOMP, COME RAIN OR COME SHINE, DANCING IN THE DARK, DARK DANCE, DAYDREAM, DEEP IN A DREAM, DEEP NIGHT, DETOUR AHEAD, THE DOLPHIN, DON'T YOU KNOW I CARE?, DREAMSVILLE, EASY COME EASY GO, EASY LIVING, EASY TO LOVE, EASY TO REMEMBER, ELSA, EMBRACEABLE YOU, END OF A LOVE AFFAIR, EVERYTHING I LOVE, EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE, FALLING GRACE, FASCINATIN' RHYTHM, FLAMINGO, FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING, FLYING DOWN TO RIO, FOR ALL WE KNOW, FOR EVAN'S SAKE, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, GARY'S THEME, GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY, GLORIA, GLORIA'S STEP, GONE WITH THE BREEZE, GONE WITH THE WIND, GOODBYE, GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER, GUESS I'LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY, HAUNTED HEART, HE LOVES SHE LOVES, HERE LIES LOVE, HERE I'LL STAY, HOUSE IS NOT A HOME, HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN, HOW MY HEART SINGS, I AM IN LOVE, I BELIEVE IN YOU, I COVER THE WATERFRONT, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS, I DO IT FOR YOUR LOVE, I DON'T WANT TO CRY ANYOMORE, I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY, IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU, IF I WERE A BELL, IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW, I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL, I HEAR A RHAPSODY, I HEARD YOU CRIED LAST NIGHT, I KNOW WHY, I'LL BE AROUND, I'LL CLOSE MY EYES, I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME, ILL WIND, I LOVES YOU PORGY, I LOVE YOU SAMANTHA, I'M ALL SMILES, I'M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU, I'M THROUGH WITH LOVE, INFANT EYES, IN LOVE IN VAIN, IN THE DAYS OF OUR LOVE, INVITATION, IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY, ISFAHAN, I SURRENDER DEAR, I THINK OF YOU, IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND, IT'S SO PEACEFUL IN THE COUNTRY, I WILL SAY GOOD BYE, I WISHED ON THE MOON, I WISH I KNEW, JUDY, KEEPIN' MYSELF FOR YOU, KEY LARGO, LAMENT, LAST NIGHT WHILE WE WERE YOUNG, LATE LAMENT, LAZY AFTERNOON, LEAVES OF FALL, LITTLE BOYS, LITTLE MAN YOU'VE HAD A BUSY DAY, LOLLIPOPS AND ROSES, LONDON BY NIGHT, LONELY TOWN, LOSING MY MIND, LOTUS BLOSSOM, LOVE LOCKED OUT, LOVE WALKED IN, LUSH LIFE, MAD ABOUT THE BOY, MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY, MASQUERADE IS OVER, MAYBE SEPTEMBER, MEANING OF THE BLUES, MOMENTS LIKE THIS, MOONLIGHT, MOON RAY, THE MOON WAS YELLOW, MORE THAN YOU KNOW, MR. LUCKY, MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE, MY FUNNY VALENTINE, MY HEART STOOD STILL, MY IDEAL, MY MAN'S GONE NOW, MY OLD FLAME, NEVER WILL I MARRY, NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY, NOBODY ELSE BUT ME, NO GREATER LOVE, NO MORE, NOTHING LIKE YOU, NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE, O GRANDE AMOR, OH YOU CRAZY MOON, OLD FOLKS, ON A TURQUOISE CLOUD, ONCE I LOVED, ONE FOR HELEN, ONE HAND ONE HEART, ONE MORNING IN MAY, ONLY THE LONELY, ONLY TRUST YOUR HEART, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, PASSION FLOWER, PEACOCKS, PENSATIVA, PEOPLE, PERI'S SCOPE, PORTRAIT OF JENNY, QUIET GIRL, QUIET NOW, REMEMBER, RUSSIAN LULLABY, SEASCAPE, SECOND TIME AROUND, SLEEPIN' BEE, SO IN LOVE, SO LONG FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, SOME OTHER SPRING, SOME OTHER TIME, SOMEWHERE, SOUL EYES, SPIN A LITTLE WEB OF DREAMS, S'POSIN, SPRING IS HERE, SPRING ISN'T EVERYTHING, STAR CROSSED LOVERS, STARS IN MY EYES, STARTING HERE STARTING NOW, SUDDENLY IT'S SPRING, THE SUMMER KNOWS, SUMMER NIGHT, SUPPERTIME, SURE THING, SWEET AND LOVELY, THEN I'LL BE TIRED OF YOU, THERE'S A LULL IN MY LIFE, THESE THINGS YOU LEFT ME, THEY SOLD THEIR HOMESTEAD, THE THINGS I LOVE, THIS HAPPY MADNESS, THIS IS ALL I ASK, THIS IS ALWAYS, THIS IS NEW, THIS NEARLY WAS MINE, THE THRILL IS GONE, TIME FOR LOVE, TIME REMEMBERED, TONES FOR JOAN'S BONES, TONIGHT I SHALL SLEEP WITH A SMILE, TOO LONG AT THE FAIR, TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS, TRISTE, TROUBLE IS A MAN, TURN OUT THE STARS, TWO FOR THE ROAD, TWO LONELY PEOPLE, UNLESS IT'S YOU, UP WITH THE LARK, VERY EARLY, VERY THOUGHT OF YOU, WARM VALLEY, WAY SHE MAKES ME FEEL, WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN, WENDY, WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I?, WHEN I FALL IN LOVE, WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW, WHEN OCTOBER GOES, WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT, WHEN YOU AWAKE, WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR, WHILE MY LADY SLEEPS, WHILE WE'RE YOUNG, WHY DID I CHOOSE YOU?, WHY SHOULDNT I?, WHY TRY TO CHANGE ME NOW?, WILL YOU STILL BE MINE?, WIND AND THE RAIN IN YOUR HAIR, WINE OF MAY, WITH A SONG IN MY HEART, WITHOUT YOU, WONDER WHY, YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC, YOU ARE THERE, YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS, YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING, YOUNG AND FOOLISH, YOU'RE BLASE, YOU'RE LOOKIN' AT ME, YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING, YOU'RE MY THRILL, YOU'RE NEARER, YOURS IS MY HEART ALONE PLUS MANY MANY MORE!

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(If you don't have it already, you can download the free RealAudio Player. The RealAudio format is very effective at compression, however the audio quality is low -- the sound is rather tinny, like an old pocket transistor radio. This is not a flaw of the recordings or of the artists).

I Hear A Rhapsody
Goodbye

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