Paul Connors Solo Piano Repertoire
Standards
Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive - Mercer/Arlen
Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller
All of Me - Simone/Marks
All of You - Cole Porter
All The Things You Are - Kern/Hammerstein
All The Way - Cahn/Van Heusen
Anniversary Song – Jolson/Chaplin
The Anniversary Waltz – Dubin/Franklin
Anything Goes – Cole Porter
April In Paris - Vernon Duke/E.Y. Harburg
As Time Goes By - Herman Hupfeld
At Last - Etta James
Autumn in New York - Vernon Duke
Autumn Leaves - Johnny Mercer
Beautiful Love - Victor Young
Bein' Green - Joe Raposo
Blues In The Night - Arlen/Mercer
Blue Moon - Rodgers/Hart
Body and Soul - Green
Bye Bye Blackbird - Dixon/Henderson
Candy - David/Whitney/Kramer
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Kern/Hammerstein
Cheek To Cheek - Irving Berlin
Come Rain Or Come Shine - Mercer/Arlen
Days of Wine and Roses - Henry Mancini
Don't Fence Me In - Cole Porter
Dream a Little Dream of Me - Milton Adolphus (Mama Cass)
Embraceable You - Gershwin
Emily - Mercer/Mandel
Falling In Love With Love - Rodgers/Hart
A Foggy Day - Gershwin
From This Moment On – Cole Porter
Georgia - Hoagy Carmichel (Ray Charles)
The Girl That I Marry - Irving Berlin
The Glory of Love – Billy Hill
Here Come De Honey Man - Gershwin
Hey There – Adler/Ross
How High The Moon - Morgan Lewis
I Can't Get Started - Ira Gershwin/Vernon Duke
I Could Have Danced All Night - Lerner/Lowe
I Cover The Waterfront - Heyman/Green
I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Rogers/Hart
I Get A Kick Out Of You - Cole Porter
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) – Ellington/Webster
I Got Rhythm - Gershwin
I Love Paris – Cole Porter
In A Sentimental Mood – Duke Ellington
I Only Have Eyes For You - Warren/Dubin
If Ever I Would Leave You - Lerner/Lowe
I'll Be Seeing You - Irving Berlin
I'll See You In My Dreams - Kahn/Jones
I'm In The Mood For Love - McHugh/Fields
I've Got The World On A String - Arlen/Koehler
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Cole Porter
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - Lerner/Lowe
Isn’t It Romantic? – Rogers/Hart
It Ain't Necessarily So - Gershwin/Gershwin/Hayward
It Had To Be You - Kahn/Jones
It's De-Lovely - Cole Porter
It's Only A Paper Moon - Arlen/Harburg
I've Got You Under My Skin - Cole Porter
La Vie En Rose - Edith Piaf
Laura - Mercer/Raskin
Love For Sale - Cole Porter
Mack The Knife – Weill
Makin’ Whoopie! – Donaldson/Kahn
Midnight Sun – Hampton/Burke/Mercer
The Man I Love – Gershwin
Miss Otis Regrets – Cole Porter
Misty - Erroll Garner
Moon River - Henry Mancini
My Favorite Things - Rogers/Hammerstein
My Foolish Heart - Washington/Young
My Funny Valentine - Rogers/Hart
My One and Only Love - Wood/Mellin
My Romance - Rogers/Hart
My Way - Revaux/Francois/Anka (Sinatra)
The Nearness of You - Hoagy Carmichel
New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
Night and Day - Cole Porter
On A Clear Day - Lerner/Lane
On Green Dolphin Street - Kaper/Washington
(Our) Love Is Here To Stay - Gershwin
Over The Rainbow - Arlen/Harburg
People - Merrill/Styne
Pure Imagination – Bricusse/Newley
The Rainbow Connection - Williams/Ascher
'S Wonderful - Gershwin
Since I Fell For You – Buddy Johnson
Skylark – Carmichel/Mercer
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - Hammerstein/Romberg
Some Other Time - Bernstein/Comden/Green
Someday My Prince Will Come - Churchill
Someone To Watch Over Me - Gershwin
St. Louis Blues - W.C. Handy
Stardust - Hoagy Carmichel
Stella By Starlight - Victor Young
Stormy Weather - Arlen/Koehler
Strangers In The Night - Kaempfert/Singleton/Snyder
Summer Wind - Mercer/Bradtke/Mayer
Summertime - Gershwin
Sway - Ruiz/Gimbel
Tea For Two - Cesar/Youmans
That’s Life – Kay/Gordon
There Is No Greater Love - Symes/Jones
There Will Never Be Another You - Warren/Gordon
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Gershwin
'Till There Was You - Meredith Wilson
Unforgettable - Nat "King" Cole
The Way You Look Tonight - Kern/Fields
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? - Michel Legrande
What Is This Thing Called Love? - Cole Porter
When I Fall In Love - Heyman/Young
When You Wish Upon a Star – Washington
Where or When - Rodgers/Hart
Willow Weep For Me - Ann Ronell
Wonderful World - Weiss/Thiele
You and the Night and the Music - Dietz/Schwartz
Young At Heart – Leigh/Richards
You're The Top - Cole Porter
Classic
Jazz
Anthropology – Charlie Parker
Alice In Wonderland - Fain/Hilliard (Bill Evans)
All Blues - Miles Davis
Anthropology - Charlie Parker
Blue Bossa - Joe Henderson
Blue In Green - Miles Davis/Bill Evans
Blue Monk - Thelonius Monk
Blues On The Corner – McCoy Tyner
Bluesette - Toots Thielemans
Boplicity - Cleo Henry
Caravan - Duke Ellington
Cast Your Fate To The Wind - Vince Guaraldi
Dolphin Dance - Herbie Hancock
Doxy – Sonny Rollins
Fine and Mellow - Billie Holiday
Footprints - Wayne Shorter
Four - Miles Davis
Freddie the Freeloader - Miles Davis
Gloria's Step - Scott LaFaro
God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday
In A Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn
Ladybird - Tadd Dameron
Linus and Lucy (Peanuts) - Vince Guaraldi
Loverman - Davis/Ramirez/Sherman (Billie Holiday)
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Joe Zawinul (Cannonball Adderley)
Moment's Notice - John Coltrane
Naima - John Coltrane
Nardis - Bill Evans/Miles Davis
Recorda Me - Joe Henderson
'Round Midnight - Thelonius Monk
So What - Miles Davis
Song For My Father - Horace Silver
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
Straight, No Chaser - Thelonius Monk
Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Mercer Ellington
Time Remembered - Bill Evans
Waltz For Debby - Bill Evans
Well You Needn't - Thelonius Monk
Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker
Swing
The Best Is Yet To Come - Coleman/Leigh
Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin
Come Fly With Me - Cahn/Van Heusen
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard (Frank Sinatra)
In The Mood - Joe Garland
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington
The Lady Is a Tramp - Rogers/Hart
Satin Doll - Billy Strayhorn/Duke Ellington
Take The 'A' Train - Staryhorn/Ellington
Witchcraft - Leigh/Coleman
Contemporary
Jazz
Blues For Pat - Charlie Haden
Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny
Change of Heart - Pat Metheny
Farmer's Trust - Pat Metheny
If I Could - Pat Metheny
James - Pat Metheny
Last Train Home - Pat Metheny
Memories of Tomorrow - Keith Jarrett
Question & Answer - Pat Metheny
So It May Secretly Begin - Pat Metheny
Song For Bilbao - Pat Metheny
Three Views of a Secret - Jaco Pastorius
Travels - Pat Metheny
Unity Village - Pat Metheny
Broadway
All I Ask Of You (Phantom of the Opera) - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Beauty and the Beast - Ashmen/Menken
Castle On A Cloud (Les Miserables) - Schonberg
Empty Chairs At Empty Tables (Les Miserables) - Schonberg
I Dreamed A Dream (Les Miserables) - Schonberg
The Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera) - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Never Never Land - Vince Guaraldi
On My Own (Les Miserables) - Schonberg
The Phantom of the Opera - Andrew
Lloyd Webber
The Point Of No Return (Phantom of the Opera) - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Send In The Clowns - Sondheim
Try To Remember - Schmidt/Jones
Latin
Besame Mucho - Consuelo Velazquez
Black Orpheus - Luis Bonfi
Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
A Day In The Life of a Fool (Manha De Carnival) – Luiz Bonfa
Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Ginza - Vince Guaraldi
The Girl From Ipamena - Antonio Carlos Jobim
How Insensitive - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Mas Que Nada - Sergio Mendez and Brasil '66
A Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
Poinciana - Simon/Bernier
Quizas, Quizas, Quizas, (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps) - Farres/Davis
Samba De Orfeu - Luis Bonfa (Vince Guaraldi)
So Nice (Summer Samba) - Valle/Valle/Gimbel
Waters of March – Jobim
Holiday
Auld Lang Syne - Traditional
Away In A Manger – McFarland/Murray
Blue Christmas – Hayes/Johnson
The Chipmunk Song – Ross Bagdasarian
Christmas Is Coming (Charlie Brown Christmas) - Vince Guaraldi
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - Torme
Christmas Time Is Here (Charlie Brown Christmas) - Vince Guaraldi
Deck The Hall - Traditional
Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano
The First Noel – W. Sandy
Frosty The Snowman – Nelson/Rollins
Good King Wenceslaus – John Neale
Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) – John Lennon
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas – Johnny Marks
I’ll Be Home For Christmas – Gannon/Kent
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus – Tommie Connor
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear – Sears/Willis
It’s Beginning To Look A lot Like Christmas – Meredith Wilson
Jingle Bell Rock – Beal/Boothe
Jingle Bells – James Pierpont
Joy To The World – Handel/Watts
Let It Snow – Cahn/Styne
The Little Drummer Boy (Charlie Brown Christmas) – Vince Guaraldi
My Little Drum (Charlie Brown Christmas) - Vince Guaraldi
O Come, All Ye Faithful – John Francis Wade
O Holy Night – Dwight/Adam
O Little Town Of Bethlehem – Brooks/Redner
O Tannenbaum (Charlie Brown Christmas) - Vince Guaraldi
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree – Johnny Marks
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Johnny Marks
Santa Baby – Javitts/Springer
Silent Night – Mohr/Gruber
Silver Bells – Livingston/Evans
Skating (Charlie Brown Christmas) - Vince Guaraldi
This Christmas – Donny Hathaway
We Need A Little Christmas – Jerry Herman
We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Traditional
What Child Is This? (Charlie Brown Christmas) - Vince Guaraldi
Winter Wonderland - Bernard
Classical
Air on the G String – Bach
Ave Maria – Bach
Bridal Chorus - Wagner
Claire De Lune - Debussy
Canon in D – Pachabel
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
Fur Elise – Beethoven
Gymnopedie No. 1 – Satie
Habenera (From “Carmen”) - Bizet
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
Mazurka, Op. 68, No. 3 – Chopin
Mazurka, Op. 67, No. 2 – Chopin
Mazurka, Op. 67, No. 3 – Chopin
Mazurka, Op. 67, No. 4 – Chopin
Mazurka, Op. 7, No. 2 – Chopin
Minuet in G Major - Bach
Moonlight Sonata – Beethoven
Ninth Symphony Theme (Ode to Joy) - Beethoven
Polovtsian Dance – Borodin
Prelude in A Major Op. 28, No. 20 - Chopin
Polonaise Op. 53 – Chopin
Pomp and Circumstance – Elgar
Sonata K. No. 331 – Mozart
Sonatina in G - Beethoven
To A Wild Rose - MacDowell
Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
Wedding March - Mendelssohn
New
Orleans
Big Chief - Gaines/Quezergue
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? – DeLange/Alter
Goin' Back To New Orleans - Liggins
Happy Days Are Here Again - Yellin/Ager
Hey Pockey Way - Traditional (The Meters)
Iko Iko - James Crawford
Tell It Like It Is – Davis/Diamond
Reggae
Could You Be Loved? – Bob Marley
Jammin’ – Bob Marley
Many Rivers To Cross – Jimmy Cliff
One Love – Bob Marley
Waiting In Vain – Bob Marley
Woman No Cry – Bob Marley
Irish
Carig Fergus - Traditional (Ireland)
Country
Crazy - Willie Nelson
Last Date - Floyd Cramer
Ring of Fire - Kilgore/Carter (Johnny Cash)
1950’s
Ain't That A Kick In The Head - Dean Martin
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
The Great Pretender – Buck Ram
I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Mona Lisa - Nat "King" Cole
Route 66 - Nat "King" Cole
Save The Last Dance For Me - Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman
Sleep Walk - Santo and Johnny
Stand By Me - King/Leiber/Stoller
Under The Boardwalk - Young/Resnick
1960’s
Pop and Rock
Angel - Jimi Hendrix
Across The Universe - Lennon/McCartney
All You Need Is Love - Lennon/McCartney
And I Love Her - Lennon/McCartney
Because - Lennon/McCartney
Blackbird - Lennon/McCartney
Bluebird – Buffalo Springfield
Bookends - Paul Simon
The Boxer - Paul Simon
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Paul Simon
Can't Find My Way Home - Clapton/Winwood
Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
Darling Be Home Soon - John Sebastian
Dear Prudence - Lennon/McCartney
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – Bob Dylan
El Condor Pasa (If I Could) - Paul Simon
Eleanor Rigby - Lennon/McCartney
Europa - Santana
The Fool On The Hill - Lennon/McCartney
Friend of the Devil - Hunter/Garcia/Dawson
God Only Knows – Beach Boys
Golden Slumbers – Lennon/McCartney
Good Night – Lennon/McCartney
Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd
Groovin' - Cavaliere/Brigati
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
Here Comes The Sun - George Harrison
I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan
In My Life - Lennon/McCartney
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Bob Dylan
I Will – Lennon/McCartney
Julia - Lennon/McCartney
Just Like a Woman - Bob Dylan
Lady Madonna - Lennon/McCartney
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
The Long And Winding Road - Lennon/McCartney
The Look of Love - Bacharach/David
Michelle - Lennon/McCartney
My Back Pages - Bob Dylan
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - Lennon/McCartney
Nowhere Man - Lennon/McCartney
Old Friends - Paul Simon
The Pink Panther - Mancini
Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
Presence of the Lord - Clapton/Winwood (Blind Faith)
Remember - Jimi Hendrix
River - Joni Mitchell
Sea of Joy - Clapton/Winwood (Blind Faith)
Something - Lennon/McCartney
Sugar Mountain - Neil Young
Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
Thank You – Led Zeppelin
Two Of Us - Lennon/McCartney
Walk On By - Bacharach/David
The Weight - The Band
What The World Needs Now Is Love – Bacharach/David
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Reid/Brooker (Procul Harum)
Wild Horses – Rolling Stones
The Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix
With A Little Help From My Friends - Lennon/McCartney
Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
Yesterday - Lennon/McCartney
Your Song - Elton John/Bernie Taupin
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - Lennon/McCartney
1960’s
R&B and Soul
Everybody's A Star - Sly Stone
How Sweet It Is - Smokey Robinson
I Got A Woman - Ray Charles
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis
Just My Imagination - The Temptations
My Girl – The Temptations
Grazing In The Grass – Hugh Masakela
Ooh Child – 5 Stairsteps
People Get Ready - Curtis Mayfield
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
Soulful Strut - Record/Sanders
What's Goin' On? - Marvin Gaye
You Are The Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
1970’s
Pop and Rock
Angie – Rolling Stones
After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
Aja - Becker/Fagen (Steely Dan)
American Tune - Paul Simon
And It Stoned Me – Van Morrison
Ballerina – Van Morrison
Bell Bottom Blues – Derek and the Dominoes
Bird of Beauty – Stevie Wonder
Blame It On The Sun - Stevie Wonder
Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder
Border Song - Elton John
Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) – Steely Dan
California - Joni Mitchell
Chain Lightning - Becker/Fagen (Steely Dan)
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Deacon Blues - Becker/Fagen (Steely Dan)
Desperado – The Eagles
Doctor Wu - Becker/Fagen (Steely Dan)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - James Taylor
Everyone – Van Morrison
Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
Gaucho - Becker /Fagen (Steely Dan)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Have I Told you Lately That I Love You - Van Morrison
Hearts and Bones - Paul Simon
Helpless – Neil Young
Home At Last - Becker/Fagen (Steely Dan)
I Think It's Gonna Rain Today - Randy Newman
Imagine – John Lennon
Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
Jessica – The Allman Brothers
Layla (Epilogue) – Derek and the Dominoes
Let It Be - Lennon/McCartney
Levon - Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Little Martha – Duane Allman
Madame George – Van Morrison
Minute By Minute - McDonald/Abrams
Moondance - Van Morrison
Moonlight Mile – Rolling Stones
Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens
Mozambique - Bob Dylan/Jaques Levy
Negotiations and Love Songs - Paul Simon
Oh Very Young – Cat Stevens
Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles
Peg - Becker/Fagen (Steely Dan)
Reeling In The Years - Becker/Fagen (Steely Dan)
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Becker/Fagen (Steely Dan)
Rocket Man - Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon
So Far Away - Carole King
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon
Third World Man - Becker/Fagen (Steely Dan)
Tiny Dancer - Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison
Vincent - Don McClean
Where Do The Children Play? – Cat Stevens
Wild Mountain Honey – Steve Miller Band
Wild World – Cat Stevens
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? - Carole King
The Wind – Cat Stevens
Your Gold Teeth II - Becker/Fagen
You've Got A Friend - Carole King
1970’s
R&B and Soul
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
As - Stevie Wonder
A Song For You – Leon Russell
Cold Duck Time – Eddie Harris/Les McCann
Compared To What? - Les McCann
Creepin’ – Stevie Wonder
Day Dreaming - Aretha Franklin
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
Golden Lady - Stevie Wonder
He's Misstra Know-It-All - Stevie Wonder
Heaven Help Us All - Stevie Wonder
I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever) – Stevie Wonder
If It's Magic - Stevie Wonder
Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington, Jr/Bill Withers
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
Natural Woman - Carole King
Never Can Say Goodbye – Jackson 5
Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder
People Make The World Go 'Round - Bell/Creed
Ribbon In The Sky - Stevie Wonder
This Masquerade - Leon Russell
Trouble Man – Marvin Gaye
Until You Come Back To Me - Aretha Franklin
You And I - Stevie Wonder
1980’s
Get Here - Brenda Russell
New York State Of Mind - Billy Joel
Romeo and Juliet – Dire Straits
Rosalinda's Eyes - Billy Joel
She's Always A Woman To Me - Billy Joel
She's Got a Way - Billy Joel
Storybook Love (Love Theme, The Princess Bride) – Mark Knopfler
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
1990’s
All At Once – Bonnie Raitt
Fields of Gold - Sting
Fragile - Sting
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
I Can’t Make You Love Me – Reid/Shamblin (Bonnie Raitt)
Nick Of Time - Bonnie Raitt
2000 -
present
Can I Stay – Ray LaMontagne
Come Away With Me - Jessie Harris (Norah Jones)
Don't Know Why - Jessie Harris (Norah Jones)
Empire State of Mind – Alicia Keyes
Hideaway
(Where The Wild Things Are) – Karen O and the Kids
If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keyes
Put Your Records On - Corrine Bailey Rae
100 Years – Five For Fighting
To Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan
You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse
