Here are some Videos of my original compositions as well as my version of Cy Coleman’s “Witchcraft”
This is from a performance of the Austin Jazz Workshop at Barton Hills Elementary School on February 16, 2017.
Here’s my arrangement of the Lennon and McCartney tune, “Rain.” Enjoy!
Here’s an arrangement of “Octopus’s Garden,” by Richard Starkey, aka Ringo Starr. Enjoy!
Here is a video of vocalist Julie Slim performing “Sarabande de Solitude”. This is an original piece: music by Shawn Ellison, French lyrics by Julie Slim. This song got an Honorable Mention in the USA Songwriting Competition. I am playing in this clip, but I am off camera
Another version of “Blackbird,” with vocalist Julie Slim.
Here’s an alternate take of my arrangement of Lennon & McCartney’s “Blackbird.”
Happy Independence Day!
Here is my arrangement of the Mason Williams’ “Classical Gas.”
Shawn Ellison 