Jon England's "Retro Piano Pops" Concert/Show, Avon Public Library

A uniquely entertaining thrill-ride through the new Jon England ("London's Liberace") CD album "Retro Piano Pops". 


So-named as the 20 mega-hits are drawn from the Orchestral-Pops melodic
archive of the last 50 years when instrumental million-sellers filled
the airwaves ... in the days when folks actually listened to the broadcast radio on a wireless, instead of an iPod or mp3 player!

Earning his "Showmanship" sobriquet
through his dazzlingly-dextrous approach to the Piano (ie: using every
note the instrument has!) and his individually-connective interactivity
with his audience, British-born (and now West Simsbury resident) Jon
takes hits from Floyd Cramer, Roger Williams, Liberace, Scott Joplin,
Eddy Duchin, Simon and Garfunkel, Bread, Silver Screen and Broadway
must-haves, and re-interprets them in a decidedly exotic fashion,
unapologetically paying tribute to the pre-American Idol days when the
'tune' was more important than postulating in shockingly-minimalist
clothing and off-stage tabloid-hungry antics!

Join Jon for about
90-minutes of flamboyant Keyboard-alchemy the like of which you'll not
likely have experienced before, or after hearing "Retro Piano Pops".

Playlist from "Retro Piano Pops":
Forever and Ever, Forever (You'll Be the One) Julio Iglesias
Always a Woman to Me (Billy Joel)
Alley Cat
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)
Carolina in the Morning (Nothing Could Be Finer)
Bye Bye Blues
Christmas Time Is Here (Charlie Brown/Vince Guaraldi)
China Tea (Russ Conway)
If (a Picture Paints/Bread)Chariots of Fire (Vangelis)
Cinema Paradiso ("Remember")
Sidesaddle (Russ Conway)
Love Is Blue (Greig Piano Concerto Intro)
Ain't Misbehavin'/Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter - (A Fats Waller Tribute Medley)
Imagine (John Lennon)
Roulette (Russ Conway)
Laughter in the Rain (Sedaka)
Somewhere in Time (Movie Main Theme)
The Entertainer Rock (Scott Joplin)
Your Song (Elton John)
Palladium/Star-Time