John Bayless

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Somewhere Out There, from "An American Tail"/Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini Variations No.18 00:00 Tools
Penny Lane 00:00 Tools
Yesterday 00:00 Tools
Something 00:00 Tools
Let It Be 00:00 Tools
Your Song 00:00 Tools
Imagine-Aria 00:00 Tools
Michelle 00:00 Tools
All You Need Is Love 00:00 Tools
Imagine 00:00 Tools
And I Love Her 00:00 Tools
Hey Jude 00:00 Tools
Because 00:00 Tools
Good Day Sunshine / Day Tripper 00:00 Tools
Imagine-Sinfonia 00:00 Tools
The Long and Winding Road 00:00 Tools
Nowhere Man 00:00 Tools
A Time for Us/Adagio in G Minor (Albinoni) 00:00 Tools
Il Postino/Visi d'Arte 05:45 Tools
Tiny Dancer 00:00 Tools
Circle Of Life 00:00 Tools
A Hard Day's Night 00:00 Tools
Eleanor Rigby 00:00 Tools
Moon River/Piano Concerto No. 2 00:00 Tools
I Want to Hold Your Hand 00:00 Tools
Here, There, And Everywhere 00:00 Tools
Lady Madonna 00:00 Tools
Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money 00:00 Tools
Ebben, Ne Andro Lontana (From La Wally) 00:00 Tools
Can't Buy Me Love 00:00 Tools
Il Postino from "The Postman"/Visi d'Arte, from "Tosca" 00:00 Tools
Rocket Man 00:00 Tools
A Time For Us, Love Theme From "Romeo & Juliet"/Adagio In G Minor 00:00 Tools
If I Fell 00:00 Tools
Theme From "Schindler's List"/Prelude In C-Sharp Minor/Hatikva 00:00 Tools
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word 00:00 Tools
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 00:00 Tools
With A Little Help From My Friends 00:00 Tools
Here Comes The Sun 00:00 Tools
Daniel 00:00 Tools
Can You Feel the Love Tonight 00:00 Tools
Candle In The Wind 00:00 Tools
Strawberry Fields 00:00 Tools
Believe 00:00 Tools
The One 00:00 Tools
When I Fall In Love, from "Sleepless In Seattle"/Liebestraume 00:00 Tools
The Last Song 00:00 Tools
Theme From Schindler's List / Prelude In C-Sharp Minor / Hatikva (Interlude) 00:00 Tools
Crocodile Rock 00:00 Tools
Moon River, from "Breakfast At Tiffany's"/Piano Concerto No.2, 1st Movement 00:00 Tools
Ave Maria 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 00:00 Tools
A Day In The Life 00:00 Tools
Somewhere Out There/Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Variations 18 00:00 Tools
Good Night 00:00 Tools
La Wally: Ebben?...Ne Andro Lontana (I Will Go Far Away) 00:00 Tools
Caruso 00:00 Tools
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 00:00 Tools
Beauty And The Beast, from "Beauty And The Beast"/Prayer From "Hansel And Gretel" 00:00 Tools
I Will 00:00 Tools
Over The Rainbow, from "The Wizard Of Oz"/Legends 00:00 Tools
El Canto de Ensarria/The Summer Knows, Theme From "Summer Of '42"/Concierto de Aranjuez, 2nd Movement 00:00 Tools
In My Life 00:00 Tools
The Christmas Song 00:00 Tools
Con Te Partiro (Time To Say Goodbye) 00:00 Tools
Torna A Surriento 00:00 Tools
Maxwell's Silver Hammer 00:00 Tools
Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel - Little Town Of Bethlehem - The First Noel 00:00 Tools
Madama Butterfly: Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Blossom Duet) 00:00 Tools
White Christmas 00:00 Tools
Prelude 00:00 Tools
Here, There and Everywhere 00:00 Tools
Medley: Prelude/Intermezzo (From Cavalleria Rusticana)/Musica D'Amore 00:00 Tools
Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme From Cinema Paradiso) 00:00 Tools
Core'ngrato 00:00 Tools
O Come All Ye Faithful - Angels We Have Heard On High - Hark The Herald Angels Sing 00:00 Tools
Vissi d'Arte (From Tosca) 00:00 Tools
Mattinata 00:00 Tools
Madama Butterfly: Un bel di (One fine day) 00:00 Tools
Una Furtiva Lagrima (From L'elisir d'amore) 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Home For Christmas 00:00 Tools
Gianni Schicchi/La Rondine (Medley): O mio babbino caro (Oh, my dear daddy); chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Doretta's Song) 00:00 Tools
Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring / Amazing Grace 00:00 Tools
La Boheme: Quando me'n vo... (Musetta's Waltz) 00:00 Tools
Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Amazing Grace 00:00 Tools
She Loves You/Help 00:00 Tools
Winter Wonderland 00:00 Tools
Silent Night- Oh Holy Night 00:00 Tools
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 00:00 Tools
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Let It Snow 00:00 Tools
La Boheme: Che gilda manina (How cold your little hand is!) 00:00 Tools
O COME O COME EMANUEL / O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM / THE FIRST NOEL 00:00 Tools
SILENT NIGHT / O HOLY NIGHT 00:00 Tools
Medley: Santa Lucia/Oboe Concerto 2nd Movement 00:00 Tools
La Boheme: O soave fanciulla! (Oh, sweet maiden!) 00:00 Tools
La Boheme: Si, Mi chiamano Mimi (Yes. They call me Mimi) 00:00 Tools
Turandot: Non piagere, Liu! (Don't cry, Liu!) 00:00 Tools
Madama Butterfly: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus) 00:00 Tools
Catalani: Ebben, Ne Andro Lontana (From La Wally) 00:00 Tools
La Boheme: Son andati? (Have they gone?) 00:00 Tools
What Child Is This? Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Away In A Manger 00:00 Tools
She Loves You / Help! 00:00 Tools
Tosca: E lucevan le stelle... (And the stars were shining...) 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Turandot - Signore, Ascolta! 00:00 Tools
Golden Slumbers / You Never Give Me Your Money 00:00 Tools
I Want to Hold Her Hand 00:00 Tools
Puccini: GianniSchicchi - O Mio Babbino Caro 00:00 Tools
Can You Feel The Love Tonight? 00:00 Tools
Golden Slumbers - You Never Give Me Your Money 00:00 Tools
Turandot: Nessun dorma! (No man shall sleep!) 00:00 Tools
Turandot (1993 May): Nessun dorma! (No man shall sleep!) 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Turandot - Non Piangere Liu! 00:00 Tools
Imagine (Aria) 00:00 Tools
O Come O Come Emanuel/O Little Town Of Bethlehem/The First Noel 00:00 Tools
Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu piccolo Iddio! (You, you little God!) 00:00 Tools
Oh Come All Ye Faithful / Angels We Have Heard On High / Hark The Herald Angels Sing 00:00 Tools
Moon River (From "Breakfast At Tiffany's") / Piano Concerto No.2, 1st Movement 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Tosca - E Lucevan Le Stelle... 00:00 Tools
El Canto de Ensarria/The Summer Knows, Theme From "Summer Of '42"/Concierto de Aranjuez, 2nd Moveme 00:00 Tools
Silent Night/O Holy Night 00:00 Tools
A Time for Us/Adagio in G Minor 00:00 Tools
Gianni Schicchi/La Rondine: O mio babbino caro (Oh, my dear daddy); chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Doretta's Song) 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Madama Butterfly - 1. Un Bel Di 00:00 Tools
Imagine (Sinfonia) 00:00 Tools
Turandot (1993): Signore, Ascolta! (Lord, listen!) 00:00 Tools
Postlude 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Un Bel Di 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Turandot - Nessun Dorma! 00:00 Tools
O Come O Come Emanuel/O Little Town 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Tu, Tu Piccolo Iddio! 00:00 Tools
Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road 00:00 Tools
Bayless: Postlude 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Turandot - 1. Nessun Dorma! 00:00 Tools
She Loves You / Help 00:00 Tools
Turandot: Signore, Ascolta! (Lord, Listen!) 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Boheme - 4. Quando Me'n Vo... 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Boheme - 5. Son Andati? 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - Because 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - Hey Jude 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Boheme - 5. Sono Andati? 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Coro A Bocca Chiusa 00:00 Tools
Bayless: Prelude 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Bohème - O Soave Fanciulla! 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - Yesterday 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Boheme - 3. O Soave Fanciulla! 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Madama Butterfly 2. Scuoti Quella Fronda Di Ciliegio 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - Let It Be 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Madama Butterfly - 3. Coro A Bocca Chiusa 00:00 Tools
Turandot (1993 May): In questa Reggia (In this Palace!) 00:00 Tools
Turandot (1993 May): Postlude 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Bohème - Son Andati? 00:00 Tools
Somewhere Out There (From "An American Tail")/Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Variations No.18 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Scuoti Quella Fronda Di Ciliegio 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Turandot - In Questa Reggia 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Bohème - Che Gelida Manina 00:00 Tools
Prologue 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Boheme - 1. Che Gelida Manina 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Prelude 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Bohème - Quando Me'N Vo... 00:00 Tools
Tonight 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - All You N 00:00 Tools
Imagine - Sinfonia 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - The Long 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - Michelle 00:00 Tools
When I Fall in Love/Liebestraume 00:00 Tools
Turandot: In questa Reggia (In this Palace!) 00:00 Tools
Turandot: Postlude 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Home for Christmas / Going Home 00:00 Tools
Finale 00:00 Tools
O mio babbino caro (Oh, my dear daddy) 00:00 Tools
Un bel di (one fine day) 00:00 Tools
When I Fall in Love 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Bohème - Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi 00:00 Tools
Puccini: La Boheme - 2. Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi 00:00 Tools
Moon River (From "Breakfast at Tiffany's")/Piano Concerto No.2, Mvmt. 1 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - Imagine-S 00:00 Tools
O Come All Ye Faithful/Angels We Have Heard On High/Hark The Herald Angels Sing 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - And I Lov 00:00 Tools
Maxwell's SIlver Hammer - variations 00:00 Tools
Rumble 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Madama Butterfly - 4. Tu, Tu Piccolo Iddio! 00:00 Tools
Il Postino From The Postman 00:00 Tools
Epilogue 00:00 Tools
Moon River, From Breakfast At Tiffany's 00:00 Tools
Non piangere Liu! (Don't cry Liu!) 00:00 Tools
Si, Mi chiamano Mimi 00:00 Tools
JESU JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING / AMAZING GRACE 00:00 Tools
Caruso (arr. Bayless) [L. Dalla] 00:00 Tools
I Feel Pretty 00:00 Tools
Golden Slumbers/You Never Gave Me Your Money 00:00 Tools
Mambo 00:00 Tools
Theme From Schindler's List 00:00 Tools
Moon river 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - Something 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - Imagine-A 00:00 Tools
Live and Let Die 00:00 Tools
John Bayless Piano - Nowhere M 00:00 Tools
Got to Get You into My Life 00:00 Tools
Imagine Aria 00:00 Tools
One Hand, One Heart/ Maria 00:00 Tools
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town/Dance 00:00 Tools
Somewhere Out There, From An American Tail 00:00 Tools
O Come All Ye Faithful/Angels We Ha 00:00 Tools
Tu, tu piccolo Iddio! (You, you little God) 00:00 Tools
Son andati? (Have they gone?) 00:00 Tools
Quando me'n vo... 00:00 Tools
Coro a bocca chiusa 00:00 Tools
O soave fanciulla! 00:00 Tools
Che gelida manina 00:00 Tools
Nessun dorma! (No man shall sleep!) 00:00 Tools
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER / LET IT SNOW 00:00 Tools
Il Postino / Visi D'Arte 00:00 Tools
When I Fall in Love(Liszt-Liebestraume) 00:00 Tools
A Time For Us adagio In G Minor (albinoni) 00:00 Tools
Il Postino/Visi d'Arte (Solo Piano) 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Turandot - 3. Postlude 00:00 Tools
America 00:00 Tools
Imagine Sinfonia 00:00 Tools
Winter Wonderland/Jingle Bells 00:00 Tools
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christ 00:00 Tools
Good Day Sunshine Day Tripper 00:00 Tools
Puccini: Turandot - 2. In Questa Reggia 00:00 Tools
Yellow Submarine 00:00 Tools
Over The Rainbow, From The Wizard Of Oz 00:00 Tools
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John Bayless, a pianist, is an intriguing crossover artist who blends classical training and piano technique with popular and film music in dashing and imaginative improvisations. John Bayless started playing the piano when he was four, receiving lessons from his mother. She taught him the standard teaching methods and music including Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Rachmaninov, and Gershwin. As soon as he was old enough, he says, he was drawn to the piano whenever he had heard or emotionally experienced anything, and expressed these impressions by improvising. One of his primary influences was the movies. His town on the West Texas Plains, Borger, Texas was typical for its time, with a drive-in movie where the family went every Friday "regardless of rain, dust storms, tornadoes, whatever," as he recalls. Along with the chili-cheese hamburgers, doughnuts, and popcorn, he ingested the music of film scores and was soon rushing over the piano afterwards to recreate the music of Mancini, Rota, Steiner, Rozsa, Herrmann, and Williams. He won a scholarship to the Aspen School of Music at fifteen, and at seventeen went to Juilliard in New York to study piano with Adele Marcus. She recognized his unusual ability at improvisation (an art long in decline among classical musicians) and encouraged it. He was invited to participate as a composer in New York University's Masters Degree Musical Theatre Program, studying with Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. His first recording, "Happy Birthday Bach," was released in 1985 on the Pro Arte label. He has primarily recorded on Angel. His "Bach Meets the Beatles" and its follow-up, "Bach on Abbey Road" were hits, the first of them being one of Billboard's Top Ten crossover albums of the 1980s. "The Puccini Album ‹ Arias for Piano" was at the top of the classical crossover chart for eighteen weeks. Other hits have been a set of variations on songs from Bernstein's West Side Story and a set of classical film scores. Bayless tours widely, playing around fifty concerts a year. He frequently appears at Pops concerts, and since the mid-1990s also appears often in Europe. As a composer, he has been commissioned to write for the Newport Music Festival, the University of Maryland International Piano Competition, and the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, the latter for a score to a film about its Lila Acheson Wallace Exhibition of 20th Century American Art. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.