Piano Pizzazz!
Welcome to Piano Pizzazz! This channel features the versatile pianist Charles Manning. Through his stylistic improvisations of popular and award-winning songs, Charles creates the ultimate Piano Pizzazz!
Please subscribe to this channel and click the red bell to receive notifications when new recordings are posted. Newcomers can still hear any of the over 700 songs in this vast collection of repertoire. To find your favorite song, go to “Playlists” to narrow your search. A description of each song appears next to the corresponding video. All of the videos are live performances with no edits.
With the original intent of providing a family legacy gift for his children and grandchildren, Charles made his Piano Pizzazz! debut on January 1, 2020. Since then, his family of Pizzazz viewers has become a global esprit de corps. Grateful for this international support, Charles enjoys sharing the universal language of music with you, and always looks forward to your YouTube comments!
For the Fruits of His Creation by Francis Jackson – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Where is Love? by Lionel Bart – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Marines’ Hymn (250th Birthday) by Jacques Offenbach – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
I Sing a Song of the Saints of God by John H. Hopkins, Jr. – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Sympathy For the Devil by Mick Jagger - Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo by Al Hoffman, Mack David, and Jerry Livingston – Charles Manning, Piano
If I Had a Hammer by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays - Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
The Navy Song (250th Birthday) by Charles A. Zimmermann - Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
The Sound of Silence by Paul Simon – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
L’dor Vador (לדור ואדור) by Meir Finkelstein – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
A Taste of Honey by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
It’s Been a Long, Long Time by Jule Styne – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
With a Little Bit of Luck by Lerner & Loewe – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Take Good Care of My Baby by Carole King and Gerry Goffin – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
V’imru Amen by Sheldon Low (optional sing-along) – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Bali Ha’i by Rodgers & Hammerstein – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again by Andrew Lloyd Webber – Charles Manning, Piano
Rock of Ages by Augustus Toplady – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
When I’m Sixty-Four by Lennon-McCartney – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Born Free by John Barry – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Just the Way You Are by Billy Joel – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
I See A Hero by Shawna Edwards – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
The Army Song (250th Birthday) by Edmund L. Gruber – Piano Improvisation by Charles Manning
No Man Is an Island by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
“Taps” by Gen. Daniel Butterfield – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Penny Lane by Lennon-McCartney – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Through the Years by Steve Dorff and Marty Panzer – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning
Mother Knows Best by Alan Menken – Piano Improvisation by Charles Manning
Too Young by Sidney Lippman – Piano Improvisation by Charles Manning
He Lives by Alfred Henry Ackley – Improvised by pianist Charles Manning