electric piano – Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter

Tunes on Tuesday: Just the Two of Us

Photo of Oren Levine playing a Yamaha Reface keyboard. Only Oren's hands and the keyboard are visible. Text at top left reads 'Tunes on Tuesday December 9, 2025 Just the Two of Us'

Why this tune? This week’s tune is the product of a dream team of musical talent that crafted a #2 hit single and a standard of the R&B repertoire. “Just the Two of Us” was written by Bill Withers, William Salter, and Ralph MacDonald, and recorded by Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers for Washington’sContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Just the Two of Us”

Tunes on Tuesday: People Make The World Go Round

Why this tune? I was reacquainted with this week’s tune last week when vocalist Venus Dodson included it in the set list we’re performing this month on St. Croix. “People Make The World Go Round” is a classic of the 1970s Philadelphia soul scene written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed. It was a top-30Continue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: People Make The World Go Round”

Tunes on Tuesday: Cleveland Park

Why this tune? This week I’m revisiting a song I wrote in 2011 as part of Jason Mendelson’s MetroSongs project, and ambitious collection of songs inspired by the stations of the Washington, DC Metro subway system. Jason produced eight albums between 2011 and 2017 documenting our public transit system with songs in a wide varietyContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Cleveland Park”