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
JEFF & ASHLEY PAUL AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Jeff will accompany Ashley Paul on two of their songs at The Sundance Film Festival on Friday, January 23rd, including "Hold On To Your Heart" which will be featured in the upcoming film, 21 Down, exec. produced by Ashley Judd and directed by Sean McNamara. The song was co-written with Ashley Paul and Alexandra Forbes.
GRAMMY NOM FOR "LIVE AT VIC'S" BY NICOLE ZURAITIS
Jeff song Right In Front Of Me is featured on Nicole Zuraitis's album,"Live at Vic's" produced by Tom Scott. It has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category.
Jeff is excited to attend the February 1st Grammy ceremony in LA, and the Pre-Grammy Nominee celebration in NYC on January 22nd.
LEARN PIANO AND SONGWRITING SKILLS
Jeff teaches piano and songwriting privately, both in person and via videoconference throughout the world. Contact him to find out more!
He has taught at The Songwriting Academy UK for many years
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, Louise, NSYNC (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.
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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