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David's solo piano Christmas CD!
Recorded on a Steinway!

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.mp3

We Five Kings.pm3

Santa Baby.mp3

$New CD Guaranteed To Jazz Up your Holidays Zipse Releases New CD for Autumn Jazz Festival Rehoboth Beach, DE � Just in time for this year�s Autumn Jazz Festival, David Zipse, the popular and accomplished Delaware pianist, announced that he has just released a jazz-based Christmas CD, entitled "Take Me Home For Christmas." This special holiday recording includes seventeen tracks, with a running time of well over an hour of solo piano music. "I've had many requests for a holiday CD, and for a solo piano CD, so "Take Me Home For Christmas� covers both requests," said David. Zipse played a 7-foot Steinway grand piano for the recording. "Steinway's are my favorite piano. There�s nothing else like them. The response of the instrument to a pianist's touch is incredible. It does exactly what I want it to do, easily. A Steinway not only responds easily, but has richness in its tonal variations depending on how it�s played.� He continued, �I find it so easy to express myself when the instrument does what I want it to do." The arrangements on Zipse�s "Take Me Home For Christmas� CD are all his own. "I like to jazz up Christmas carols," he said, "and play them in different styles." Some arrangements of typically slow songs, such as "I'll Be Home For Christmas," or "Home For The Holidays" begin rubato (a HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_terminology" \o "Musical terminology" musical term for slowing down the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo" \o "Tempo" tempo of a piece at the discretion of the HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_(music)" \o "Solo (music)" soloist), but soon break into a toe-tapping swing rhythm. "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" begins high and simple, but suddenly breaks into a jazz-rock version of the holiday favorite. The popular "Santa Baby" is given a stride piano treatment a la Oscar Peterson. "Feliz Navidad" retains its original Latin flavor, while "Jingle Bells" is played with a boogie-woogie beat. "Christmas Time Is Here" makes it way to the CD from the well-known Charlie Brown Christmas cartoon. "We Five Kings'" is Zipse's tribute to Dave Brubeck. On this track, he crafts the hymn's melody into 5/4 time, and stretches his improvisational imagination in the middle of the piece. "Irving Berlin's classic, "White Christmas" is my mom's favorite, and my dad's favorite is "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," so I put those two on the CD for them," David said with a smile. Other songs on the Take Me Home For Christmas� CD include "We Need a Little Christmas" from Mame, "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," "O Christmas Tree," "Winter Wonderland" and Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song," The CD concludes with Zipse's own gospel version of "Silent Night" played over a Fats Domino-type bass line. Jon Orlando, owner of Just In Thyme Restaurant, was pleased to once again host a CD Release & Party at the restaurant on Friday, October 17th from 5-7pm for David�s "Take Me Home For Christmas� CD. The artist will play selections from the new work and be available to autograph copies the new CD or his "Tribute To Gershwin� CD. David is renowned for his vast repertoire of over 1000 memorized songs, and prides himself on being able to play most any request. From jazz standards to Broadway, from oldies and Motown to classic and modern rock, David knows them all. His passion and perfectionism permeates in everything he plays, and his mastery of the piano has the critics proclaiming him a "pianist extraordinaire!" Zipse's previous CD, "Tribute To Gershwin," was released at the 2006 Rehoboth Jazz Festival, and he has received much acclaim for his Gershwin shows. After a 2003 performance, Wilmington News Journal critic Jeff Murphy said, �The show�s best asset was virtuoso Zipse at the piano, who performs - by memory - a rousing rendition of �Rhapsody In Blue�.� He also performed at this year's Chautauqua Festival in Lewes, where according to event coordinator Andrea Anderson, �David Zipse created a fabulous experience of George Gershwin's music for an audience of over 500 people. It was a top-notch performance!� And in August, his "Tribute To Gershwin" Show at the Milton Theatre was a sold out success, drawing rave reviews from an overflow standing-room-only crowd. David Zipse�s schedule for this year�s Autumn Jazz Festival includes a Thursday, October 16th performance of solo keyboards at Dos Locos in Rehoboth Beach, from 7�11pm. His musical agenda for this evening will include his own arrangements of jazz standards, along with listener requests and a medley from his just released solo piano CD. On Friday, October 17th, from 7-11pm and on Saturday night October 18th, from 8pm-midnight at Just In Thyme Restaurant on Robinson Drive in Rehoboth Beach, Zipse will feature vocalist Stefanie Jaye. Ms. Jaye has starred with Zipse in numerous musicals and sung with him at previous Rehoboth Beach Autumn Jazz Festivals. As a jazz vocalist, Stefanie currently performs with Zipse, The Harry Spencer Trio and the jazz duo, Smooth Cocktail. In 2007, she received high acclaim for her portrayal of Judy Garland in a show dedicated to Judy's life and also for her performance in August�s Tribute To Gershwin Show in Milton. On Sunday afternoon, October 19th, at Aqua Grille on Baltimore Avenue in Rehoboth Beach, from 4:30-7pm, Zipse joins Jason R. Cook for a jazz happy hour. An actor/singer/dancer and a member of the national touring cast of �Jesus Christ Superstar�, Cook�s previous credits include Charley in �Charley�s Aunt�, Tony in �West Side Story�, Greg in �A Chorus Line�, and Pinocchio in the national tour of �Adventures of Pinocchio�. In addition, he recently received kudos for his song and dance in Zipse�s �Tribute To Gershwin Show�. He currently entertains nightly at Partners Bistro & Piano Bar in Rehoboth Beach. Finally, on Sunday night, October 19th, Zipse, as resident musical director, hosts the 24th Annual Jazz Jam at Just In Thyme Restaurant. For one hour, starting at 8pm, Zipse will warm up the audience with tasty solo piano work, and at 9pm, the Jam begins when the David Zipse Quartet featuring Tony Grandberry will take the stage, providing the groundwork for a variety of musicians and vocalists, popping in to unwind and share their talents with the room. Grandberry, a veteran of the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, the Bermuda Jazz Festival and The Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival, is also well known for delighting audiences in Atlantic City at Bally's, Caesar's and The Claridge Hotel & Casino. He is the cousin of Grover Washington, Jr., who dubbed him �The Crooner� because of his smooth and silky style. All musicians are welcome to end the weekend on a high note at the Jazz Jam Finale at Just In Thyme Restaurant! Zipse�s CDs "Take Me Home For Christmas", as well as "Tribute To Gershwin" will be available at all performances. David will be glad to autograph copies. Both CD's can also be purchased online at www.DavidZipse.com$