Bouncing with Bud

Welcome back to Tea with Liya! On this sunny Wednesday, I'm playing "Bouncing with Bud," a jazz song composed by Bud Powell. It may already have 74 years in the books, but I think it's still a song worth listening to. I hope you like it!


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All the Things You Are

Welcome back to Tea with Liya! In this post, I'm playing a song called "All the Things You Are," composed by Jerome Kern. If you've listened to a lot of jazz standards, you've almost certainly heard of this one. The song has made it to a lot of lists of "Jazz Standards for Beginners" and "Songs Everyone Needs to Know." I hope you like it!


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B Minor Waltz

Welcome back to Tea with Liya! It seems like only a couple days since May started. In this post, I'm playing the song "B Minor Waltz" composed by Bill Evans. I also have some things to say about strengths and weaknesses. I hope you enjoy the song!


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Ballade (Slave)

Welcome back to Tea with Liya! On this mid-May morning, I've uploaded a song called "Ballade," a romantic-era piece composed by Claude Debussy. While learning the song, I noticed some interesting things about how it was written. I hope you like listening to it, too!


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A Child is Born

Welcome back to Tea with Liya! It's the middle of May, but I'm still waiting for temperatures to qualify as spring. In the meantime, I recorded this song called "A Child is Born." It got me thinking about some things that remain the same even when others change. Thanks for coming to listen!


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Monk's Dream

Welcome back to Tea with Liya! Today, I'm playing a jazz song called "Monk's Dream," which was named after its composer, Thelonious Monk. In my blog post, I'm also talking about some happy numbers we can find during the pandemic - and maybe happy dreams, too! Thanks for coming to listen!


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Dance (Juba)

Welcome to another week of social distancing! Here on Tea with Liya, I'm playing a song that will hopefully brighten your day. "Juba Dance", composed by R. Nathaniel Dett, was based on an African American dance from the 1800s. Even while these slaves were in forced working conditions, they were still able to keep up the joy by singing and dancing. Hopefully you'll take some inspiration during the times of COVID!


Listen to the song here
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