This is a story about a piano player at a piano bar in New York and requesting a song by Michel Legrand. The original version, written by Travelife Magazine Publisher Christine Cunanan, first appeared in the op-ed section of the New York Times.

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THE PIANO PLAYER IN NEW YORK

My friends and I had drinks at a piano bar in New York one evening while on holiday in New York. The piano player was extremely skillful so I decided to request my favorite song by Michel Legrand.

It was not the sort of place where one would normally make song requests but I decided to give it a try. Nothing makes me happier than hearing my favorite songs while on a wonderful night out at a piano bar in New York with friends.

SONG BY MICHEL LEGRAND

So I took out a pen, reached for a paper napkin and simply wrote down the song title, ”What are you doing the rest of your life?”

”Could you give this to the pianist?” I asked the waiter. He then delivered the note during the break.

CROSSED SIGNALS IN A PIANO BAR

When the pianist at this piano bar in New York returned from his break, he glanced at our table. Then he smiled and winked at me as he sat down. I read this as a sign that he would be playing my song next.

A few moments later, the waiter returned to our table with a grin on his face.

”Ben says he’s busy tonight,” he told me. ”But if you’re free next Tuesday night he knows a nice little spaghetti place not too far from here.”

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Here’s a nice little New York story I’d like to share with you today. And thinking about it made me remember how I haven’t been to New York in a very long time.

My friends and I had drinks at a Manhattan piano bar one evening while on holiday in New York, many years ago. 

The piano player was extremely skillful so I decided to request my favorite song.

This is the song “What are you doing the rest of your life” by French composer Michel Legrand. When I was a child, I went to Beijing and this was where I first heard this song. Of all places, you’re probably thinking.

But, yes, I heard Michel Legrand’s song as a child in Beijing, and I’ve liked it ever since.

This piano bar was not the sort of place where one would normally make song requests but I decided to give it a try.

I reached for a paper napkin and simply wrote, ”What are you doing the rest of your life?”

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Then I hailed a passing waiter.

”Could you give this to the pianist?” I asked the waiter.

Later on, I saw the waiter deliver the note to the pianist during the break.

A few minutes later, the pianist called this same waiter over, and they had a short conversation.

TAKING A RAINCHECK

The waiter even nodded in my direction, and so the pianist looked at me. I assumed he wanted to know who was requesting the song.

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