Ray Jessel – Oren Levine, jazz pianist and songwriter

Tunes on Tuesday: Short Term Memory Loss Blues

Photo of Oren Levine and Tony Gudell performing. Oren sits at the piano with Tony alongside. Text in upper right corner reads 'Tunes on Tuesday June 17, 2025 Short Term Memory Loss Blues

Why this tune? This week’s tune comes from a rehearsal with  Tony Gudell for his show at Alfio’s (just outside DC) on June 21, 2025. It’s a fun song written by the late composer and screenwriter Ray Jessel, who passed in 2015. Jessel had a very successful career writing musicals and TV shows, and started performing his own comedyContinue reading “Tunes on Tuesday: Short Term Memory Loss Blues”