Jeffrey Rosenthal's Music

Quick links to some original song MP3 sound files: Getting By (or youtube), Eight Piece No Peace Band, Knapsack Woman, High Park (or youtube), Confusing Wonder, Over and Over Again, Never Satisfied, Aide-moi, Aide-moi, Anywhere (from my CD Just for Fun).

... and to some youtube performances: Confusing Priors, MCMC Saga, Bayesian World, Valencia, The Number, MOOC song.

... and to my house band the Lasagna Hogs: see the home music recordings.

... and for singalongs: see my songlist.

And now some details ...

I sometimes perform musical accompanyment at comedy shows, see e.g. here and here and here.

From 2019 onwards, I have performed musical accompaniment for the Middle Raged sketch comedy show.

In April 2020, while home due to COVID-19 isolation, I recorded some music tracks including a blues tune, a Dylan song and corresponding luck spoof, some Shakespeare, and a comedy snippet.

On Aug 4, 2020, I performed the spoof song "Each Canadian Statistician" to about 70 statisticians at the inaugural SSC Virtual Social Mixer (which I had performed to about 500 statisticians at the SSC 2014) (see lyrics, related YouTube recording / mp4).

In March 2021, I made some new multi-track recordings, including Eight Piece No Peace Band (mp3, lyrics) and Getting By (mp3, lyrics, article / pdf).

In May 2021, I added a new recording of my old song Big Brother, a high school project about the novel "1984" (see youtube, m4a, mp3, lyrics, previous recording).

In Nov 2024, I performed music at my department's holiday party (see photo, audience).

In Feb 2025, I recorded a cover of the Blue Rodeo song "5 Days in May" (see youtube, mp3).

In June 2015, I performed musical accompaniment for the Mumberley Inheritance play (see flyer, poster, Facebook, review1, review2, YouTube1, YouTube2).

In February 2017, I performed musical accompaniment and voices for a Sherlock Holmes short play (see video).

In October 2017, I performed musical accompaniment and voices for a Sherlock Holmes radio play with the Oakville Players (see video1, video2).

In February 2018, I performed live music at Belinda's birthday party (see video excerpt).

In 2007 I did some more multi-track home recording, including the new song Knapsack Woman (4:24; see mp3 file and lyrics).

In early 2009 I started a house band, the Lasagna Hogs, with Paul Jan Maria Szeptycki and Margaret Fulford. Check out the band web page including home music recordings.

In 2011 I did a quick home recording of a new humorous song based on a true story: The Saga of the Organic Vegetable Delivery (3:06; see mp3 file and lyrics).

In 2000, I recorded the CD Just for Fun; see the sound files and lyrics.

I have done various live musical performing and recording, around Toronto and elsewhere, including:

• Organizing the fun music show Jeff & Friends (see sound files, poster, and set list) at The Oasis music club, on Saturday, June 22, 1996.
• Organising the follow-up show Jeff & Friends II (see sound files, poster, and set list) on Saturday, Oct. 24, 1998, again at The Oasis.
• Performing musical accompanyment at Theatresports Toronto / Bad Dog Theatre shows, where I also perform improvisational comedy.
• Performing music and some voices for the Star Trek spoof radio play Chronocide (mp3).
• Performing musical accompaniment for a comedy show at Spadina House; see this CBC Radio piece about it (or here).

I have also performed statistical spoof songs at various statistics/probability conferences, for example:

• Performing the Bayesian statistics spoof songs "Confusing Priors" and "MCMC Saga" with Gareth Roberts at the 2002 "Valencia 7" meeting in Tenerife (see lyrics, Quicktime1, Quicktime2, youtube1, youtube2).
• Performing two spoof songs (plus five regular songs for dancing) with Gareth Roberts, at the 2005 "MCMSki" conference in Bormio, Italy (see lyrics, photo1, photo2).
• Performing the spoof songs "What a Bayesian World" and "Hey Mister Keynote Speaker" with Gareth Roberts (one also with David Leslie), at the 2008 ISBA conference in Australia (see lyrics, photo1, photo2, photo3, Quicktime1, Quicktime2, youtube1, youtube2); plus also accompanying various other performers.
• Performing more Bayesian spoof songs at the 2010 Valencia 9 conference in Benidorm, Spain (see e.g. Quicktime1/ Sm/ mp4, Quicktime2/ mp4, youtube1/ mp4, youtube2, youtube3, youtube4, and some lyrics).
• Performing three "Canadian statistics" spoof songs to about 500 statisticians at the SSC 2014 annual conference (see lyrics, m4a / mp4 / mp3 file, photo1, photo2, YouTube1, YouTube2, single-song mp4).
• Performing five live songs at the IWAP2016 banquet at Casa Loma (!) (see photo, live audio snippet), including the new spoof song "Probability" (see lyrics, audio recording).

I have also done various other musical performing, including:

• Creating a MOOC song video for an introductory statistics MOOC (free on-line course) (see youtube video, mp4 video file, mp3 audio file, lyrics, comments).
• Being a guest performer with the band Tuna Casserole Blues -- featuring Mike Rosenthal, Mark Watts, and Kevin Wimberley -- who perform blues music at various clubs (including the Black Swan, on Danforth at Broadview) (see photo).
• Performing at open mic events run by Danny Marks.
• Performing solo at the "Salon talent nights" run on Tuesday evenings and some Sunday evenings at Fitzgerald's Pub (Queen St. E., at Scarborough Rd.), at Siren's (2213 Queen St. E., at Wineva), and at Lido's (1971 Queen St. E., east of Woodbine).
• Being a guest performer at the restaurant/club The Wild Indigo (on College St. at Clinton).
• Recording one verse (0:58) of Paul Simon's The Boxer, available in streaming RealPlayer (123K) or larger RealPlayer (606K) format.
• Recording some music with my nephews Jeremy (violin, bass) and Aaron (guitar, vocals), e.g. this excerpt (or wav) and this excerpt (or wav).

See also my article about the mathematics of music, and a related radio interview.

Please e-mail me if you would like to be informed of future musical performances.