I'm a HUGE fan of Bill Evans and largely influenced by him. If you have not yet listened or studied his albums, I say download his music and have a listening session. Sometimes the best thing you could do to become a better jazz musician is just to listen. Enjoy!
The arrangement of the song "New York, New York" sung by Liza Minelli in the movie of the same name indeed modulates to a 1/2 step lower. It is a fantastic idea !!!!!!!
When using fifths with melody, its always a good idea to keep the entire two-hand voicing open underneath (fourths or fiths). If you mix fifths in the melody with thirds, its not a great sound. As far as octaves are concerned, I use them sparingly. And likely never in a tune like Very Early. Octaves tend to lend their sound to more of a cocktail piano sound. I prefer, when I want to accent the melody, to use 6ths. Does that answer your question Steven?
I'm a HUGE fan of Bill Evans and largely influenced by him. If you have not yet listened or studied his albums, I say download his music and have a listening session. Sometimes the best thing you could do to become a better jazz musician is just to listen. Enjoy!
The arrangement of the song "New York, New York" sung by Liza Minelli in the movie of the same name indeed modulates to a 1/2 step lower. It is a fantastic idea !!!!!!!
Very Early, Bill Evans/Carol Hall.
Anne Hartkamp/Thomas Ruckert perform the song live at Anne Hartkamp Music (RUclips).
To me the tricky bar to understand is bar 10. Am7 is NOT diatonic to D major (as you suggest)
awesome! thanks for doing this
Thanks, very informative. I would have like to have your thoughts about the melody structure, for example, the use of perfect fifths and octaves.
When using fifths with melody, its always a good idea to keep the entire two-hand voicing open underneath (fourths or fiths). If you mix fifths in the melody with thirds, its not a great sound. As far as octaves are concerned, I use them sparingly. And likely never in a tune like Very Early. Octaves tend to lend their sound to more of a cocktail piano sound. I prefer, when I want to accent the melody, to use 6ths. Does that answer your question Steven?
I will admit, though, that It sounds like a piano player's tune. The song is more about the harmony than melody.
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