I've been an Ellington fan since my Dad purchased the Festival Session LP for me in 1960. Always loved his piano. But the peak was the extended works: esp the Far East Suite.
Great performance and commentary. I missed the last couple of videos, but I see that you are up to 7.2K subscribers. I hope that number continues to grow. By the way, I got a chuckle out of the Basie ending on an Ellington tune!
One of my all-time favorite tunes! You would enjoy Maynard Ferguson's wonderful arrangement at 1991 Bern Jazz Festival on RUclips. Also, guitarist Graham Dechter's version and an amazing guitar solo with his quartet featuring Jeff Hamilton on drums and Tamir Hendelman on piano. - Pam
This was very inspiring. I’m currently picking through the information on the real book, just a note is that I found “In a mellow tone” on page 206. I am using the “6th edition”, maybe it’s a different version anyway?
Excellent !!!! But in didactics terms I get lost when you give up playing chords w left hand and you go crazy walking bass... It sounds great but I dont understand...
Love this lesson man. You're really swingin' !🎼
Thanks Bob - much appreciated!
That was awesome! Like you said you’ve got all of the Ellngtonian stylings in there. Gives me something else to work on during this exciting pandemic!
Thanks Steve! Have fun using these concepts in your piano playing!
Love it, MusicBrother!!!! 😎
I've been an Ellington fan since my Dad purchased the Festival Session LP for me in 1960. Always loved his piano. But the peak was the extended works: esp the Far East Suite.
The Far East Suite is one of my favorites, too - along with Such Sweet Thunder.
Wow! Is there anything you can't do on piano?! That was so much fun!
Thanks Isabella, I'm glad you liked this. And congrats on your own RUclips channel!
Thank you! I'm looking forward to going through your Big Book series.
Thanx, Maestro 🌹🌹🌹
Great performance and commentary. I missed the last couple of videos, but I see that you are up to 7.2K subscribers. I hope that number continues to grow. By the way, I got a chuckle out of the Basie ending on an Ellington tune!
Thanks David. The Basie ending just "happened," but with a little spice thrown in harmonically!
Great!
Thanks Guy!
Nice rendition! Loved the mixing of different techniques and approaches
One of my all-time favorite tunes! You would enjoy Maynard Ferguson's wonderful arrangement at 1991 Bern Jazz Festival on RUclips. Also, guitarist Graham Dechter's version and an amazing guitar solo with his quartet featuring Jeff Hamilton on drums and Tamir Hendelman on piano. - Pam
You are a great pianist. Have you heard the rendition of this from the "DIgital Duke" album? It is my favorite version.
Thanks - I'll check out that version!
This was very inspiring.
I’m currently picking through the information on the real book, just a note is that I found “In a mellow tone” on page 206. I am using the “6th edition”, maybe it’s a different version anyway?
Thanks, Imran! It's the 176th tune in the Real Book and is found on p.206.
Excellent !!!!
But in didactics terms I get lost when you give up playing chords w left hand and you go crazy walking bass...
It sounds great but I dont understand...
Start by listening to some bass lines on jazz recordings. They'll gradually start to make more sense to you. Good luck!
Far too much waffle!