Pianoland Jan Preston

• 1 Pianoland 03:30
• 2 Back to the Boogie 03:33
• 3 You Can Count on Me 03:16
• 4 The Piano Has the Blues 03:12
• 5 You Have My Love 02:55
• 6 Trout Blues 02:50
• 7 A Little Bit More 03:21
• 8 Winnie Played the Rag 03:41
• 9 Down the Road Apiece 03:04
• 10 Trouble with My Wings 03:55
• 11 When the Border Opens 03:39
• 12 Lowdown Blues 03:14
• Total Runtime 40:10

Info for Pianoland

Jan Preston’s 2024 album PIANOLAND comprises 12 tracks of boogie, blues and ragtime songs and instrumentals to delight your ears. 10 of the tracks have been written by Jan, and all the material showcases her extraordinary talent as a piano player and singer.

From a background in classical music and song writing, Jan has created her own style, not only through her piano playing, but also her singing and songwriting.

Winner of 5 music awards, Jan plays concerts and festivals throughout Australia, NZ, and Europe, writes music for film, and has composed music for many ABC TV programs including the theme to “Australian Story.”

Recently Jan’s piano instrumental “Trout Blues” has become the title music to BBC Radio London’s Evening Show.

“an inspirational and gifted pianist, performer and entertainer” (Rhythms Magazine)

Jan Preston, piano, vocals

Jan Preston
Known as Australia’s Queen of Boogie Piano, Jan Preston has a reputation as an astonishing piano player with a rich resonant voice who is a magnetic live performer.

In this brand new work Preston spin yarns from dives in Soho to the concert halls of Europe, to stealing a piano in broad daylight from a bar in downtown Wellington, New Zealand’s capital and comes clean on her longstanding and sometimes bumpy road to piano stardom.

“A wonderfully intimate experience through some of the highs and lows of a talented pianist’s fascinating life and career.” THE DOMINION

Kiwi-born Jan Preston passed exam after exam on the way to a career as a concert pianist, but fate saw her sneaking in the back door of pop with groups like Coup D'Etat, achieving a number one hit with Doctor, I Like Your Medicine, moving to Sydney, becoming a mother, then composer , and the Jan we know today.

This intimate engrossing combination of skilfully performed piano music, images, songs and stories, is masterfully directed by award-winning New Zealand film director Gaylene Preston (Perfect Strangers, Ruby & Rata, Mr Wrong) who also happens to be Jan’s sister.

From Chopsticks to Chopin to Winnie Atwell expect virtuosic playing as Jan candidly spills the beans on her extraordinary experiences as a longstanding performing musician whilst sharing insights, at turns whimsical and shrewd, into our music and culture of the last fifty years.

“What a Long Strange Trip It's Been might have been the title of a best of The Grateful Dead album in 1977, but I wouldn't have minded if Preston had purloined the title for her brilliant one-woman musical biography show”. NZ Stuff

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