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FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM LIVE SESSIONS
Every Thursday at 5:00pm EST

Jeff is excited to be performing solo piano live Facebook and Instagram! Jeff prepares new material each week ranging from The Theme to Cinema Paradiso to Elton John to Billy Eilish's Bad Guy to Miles Davis. Here's the link to Jeff's page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeff.franzel

LATEST NEWS

NEW RELEASES & UPCOMING EVENTS

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Anthony Nunziata And Jeff Franzel at Cafe Carlyle

I want to share some great news! I'll be music directing Anthony Nunziata's debut at The Cafe Carlyle in NYC on Friday and Saturday, May 12th & 13th at 8:45 PM. Anthony is an amazing singer and we will be featuring 5 original songs along with classic standards. 

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"LOVE LIGHT ME UP" — SINGLE with ASHLEY PAUL

I'm excited to have co-written "Love Light Me Up" with Alex Forbes ("Don't Rush Me"), Ashley Paul and Gemini Muziq, and there are 9 different remixes available. Stay tuned for Ashley, who recently performed the song live on ABC's Morning Show in Las Vegas!.

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"WON'T LOOK AWAY" WITH KATHY KOSINS — CHARTing!

Jeff's song "Won't Look Away" featuring Kathy Kosins just hit the airwaves — it debuted at #5 on the UK Soul Charts and just reached #15 on the Official US Indie R&B chart. Jeff co-wrote the song with Kathy and Nina Ossoff

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"60 Seconds" RELEASED with MAGIK & MAUDE

I'm excited about my song "60 Seconds," which I co-wrote with Amanda Collis, Toby Jacob and Emiel Monte in Amsterdam last fall. Magik & Maude, who are from Belgium, are the artists.

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at joe's pub on july 30th

As soon as I have it, I'll post a link for this upcoming show at Joe's Pub but for now, circle July 30th on your calendar! 

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"LONELY PEOPLE" — single by IMEN SIAR

I'm excited about the single Lonely People        by Imen Siar. Imen was a finalist for Britian's Got Talent and recorded the song in English, Italian and Arabic. Florence and the Machine produced the song, and the video has over 500,000 views!

Jeff Franzel is a multi-talented songwriter and composer with over 35 years’ experience in the music business. He began his career as a jazz pianist and toured with many groups, including big band legend Les Brown and The Hues Corporation (Rock The Boat). During that time he accompanied such artists as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Mel Tormé.  

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Jeff has been a Yamaha artist since 2011, and has recorded 3 solo piano albums and Taken By Surprise with his jazz quintet. His current project with Music OK is featuring Jeff’s rendition of well known Movie Themes which he recorded in Montreal as well. Videos are featured on YouTube and all of the portal sites.

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Jeff's first ever recorded song was Taylor Dayne's "Don't Rush Me" which was a #2 pop hit. Jeff had a top 10 AC hit "You've Got A Way" with Kathy Troccoli and a #1 Contemporary Christian Dove Nominee "Love Was Never Meant To Die". Jeff had hits with The Temptations, Phyllis Hyman, LouiseNSYNC (2 songs), Shawn Colvin (2 songs), Clay Aiken, Josh Groban, Placido Domingo, Pope John Paul II  and Rhys Lewis. Jeff has had over 20 top 10 singles and 275 recordings worldwide.

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A number of Jeff's songs have been featured in Runaway Bride, Serendipity, Deja Vu, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Saturday Night Live, Dawson's Creek and Touched by an Angel.

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Currently Jeff has his songs recorded by Rhys Lewis and Dennis van Aarssen, and recently scored Hurt By Paradise and The Rehearsal. Jeff’s song Be Your Man featuring Rhys Lewis has over 50 million streams. Jeff has been working with Able Faces from Glasgow and has had 3 single releases including an upcoming song that was co-written with Gian Stone. Jeff also has six songs on Dennis van Aarssen's upcoming release this month. Dennis’s previous release featuring three of Jeff’s songs, Forever, went gold in Holland. 

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Jeff has been mentoring songwriters for The Songwriting Academy UK  for the last 5 years and has annually been mentoring TSA Songwriting Retreat held in Malaga, Spain since 2017.

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ABOUT JEFF

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TEACHING & MASTER CLASSES

SONGWRITING & PIANO

Jeff teaches piano and songwriting privately, both in person and via videoconference throughout the world. He has been teaching for 6 years for The Songwriting Academy UK

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He says, "I've been conducting songwriter workshops in Houston, TX for 7 years, and holding master classes at my alumni CalArts for the last 6 years. 

 

My focus is developing one's individual voice through learning the craft of songwriting. When teaching piano I help the student to develop chord structure and scales, as well as the basic tools of learning how to improvise piano. I look at music as a language and the more knowledge one has the more they can express themselves. [read more]

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY RON FONTENOT

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