music – Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter

Tunes on Tuesday: Curious Weather

Photo of Oren Levine playing an electric piano and singing. Text at top left reads 'Tunes on Tuesday December 23, 2025 Curious Weather'

Why this tune? This week’s tune started in a lyric writing class with Marcy Heisler, an award-winning writer and performer. She and her writing partner Zina Goldrich are responsible for many musical theater and cabaret works including “Taylor, The Latte Boy,” which you’re likely to hear at cabaret revues across the country. We all cameContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Curious Weather”

Tunes on Tuesday: Lost In the Words

Photo of Oren Levine sitting in front of a microphone positioned over an electric piano. Text at top left reads 'Tunes on Tuesday November 25, 2025 Lost In the Words'

Why this tune? This week’s tune is the first draft of a new song, inspired by a songwriting session with Peter Eldridge hosted by JazzVoice.com. Peter suggested using a rhythm track as a starting point for a new song, recommending the fine selections in the Drumgenius app. I found the phrase “lost in the words” on my song ideasContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Lost In the Words”

Tunes on Tuesday: Pot Luck

Photo of Oren Levine playing an upright piano. Text at top left reads 'Tunes on Tuesday September 30, 2025 Pot Luck'

Why this tune? This week’s tune is an obscure bebop head written by Johnny Mandel for Stan Getz in the 1950s, that I came across while searching for some Mandel songs to suggest to singers I work with. It’s nothing like “The Shadow of Your Smile” and other more famous works, but still a funContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Pot Luck”