So What with Annotations

[mynameaborat993]

Whoa.

[kayary]

So What!

[Roadsterscom]

Hey - whaddya mean "Time to breathe"?

Some of us have very short attention spans.

[Modes9]

I love those Richard Beirach Lydian Augmented moments a couple of minutes in! I can always count on you to lay it down.

[Lot2learn]

@Modes9 Thanks Eric!

[Thekingofpop1958]

That is amazing how many jazz musicians are so good today. I have to work very hard to play like them. Very strong improvisation. I put my hat off.

[MrMetalMayhem]

@gospelkeys07 Yes you are right. When soloing over this VERY basic chord progression, we are forced to play very fast. We end up not knowing what we are saying. The problem is the repetition of the D minor7 chord.

Miles does a very simple solo but we knows what he's doing. Such a good musician would control himself, be cool, patient and construct a very simple solo over a very simple progression in order to make a jazz standard.

[al3xb777]

ok so your amazing, how bout a tutorial?

[drjaz696]

WOW!!!

[nametakenuse]

Just couldn't be like the resta the guys huh? you apparently liked playing the piana...

practicin' hours on end...scales n modes, ear trainin, and theory and stuff. Prolly transcribed other players too huh? waisted your money on records didn't ya? not to mention your youth. Imagine All the things you could been.. insteada what you are!... oh and BTW Thank you for sharing some of the most enjoyable vids to see and hear on youtube,... great ideas, feel and sound...you truly speak the language.

[Lot2learn]

@nametakenuse Hilarious comment, thanks! 

[simonmedlicott]

Thanks man great playing, really helped me out 5 stars :)

[Lot2learn]

@simonmedlicott Thanks for your comment.

[komentattor]

Great playing, I've learned a lot from this! Also I have a question. In 1:24 you play rather C#7alt than C#maj7, isn't it? I mean in this voicing you play also D and E, which are b9 and #9 respectively. But maybe I don't understand something? Harmony in this tune has rather floating quality.

[slyme1711]

outstanding, I'll never play it again !

[paxandrews]

thanks heaps man

[Lot2learn]

@paxandrews I appreciate your comment.

[bluesfreund]

good improvisation & excellent playing !!!

well done :-)))

[parkourGumby]

Brilliant playing, some of those runs remind me of McCoy on A Love Supreme, especially your stacked 4th parallel melodies. Beautiful and energetic.

[Lot2learn]

Thanks, I appreciate your comment. McCoy is one of my favorites.

[needlove12]

genius! that was totally amazing!

keep on the great work dude

greetz ;)

[Lot2learn]

@needlove12 Thanks.

[tklazzmass]

man, i need this backing track

Please provide some link me?

[CYisThelonius]

Man, this is too good! Makes me wanna quit trying to learn piano.

[Lot2learn]

@CYisThelonius Oh I'm sure you've got something to say - keep pluggin' away!

[Skeedaddy91]

Thanks man cause you got me appreciating some MD's amazing tunes and cause I can jam and study your amazing lines (though I play bass). Great you are a Musician (capital M). Keep the good job up!

[Lot2learn]

Thanks for your comment.

[atombomb31458]

i think this will help me get to the next level..

[JustinRKN]

First of all I'd like to say awesome video and much thanks for everything you do for the youtube community.

With that said, I feel like you are misleading us with your annotations, haha. It sounds and looks like you do a descending line starting with E flat, D flat, C, B flat at 2:33 but you say E flat, C, A flat, and F. Also the chord at 2:20 you say is Aflat, B, E, G looks and sounds like an A, C sharp, E sharp, G sharp.

Sneaky...very sneaky.

[Lot2learn]

Ha, ha thanks, I'll have to check it out. ;-)

[InYourComputer]

You are indeed a piano genius.

I've learned alot with your videos.

Thanks.

[Lot2learn]

Thank you very much for your comment, it is appreciated and I am glad you can benefit from posts like this.

[dadumtish]

wow, I found this looking for fp4 examples , but spent hours just listening and watching your brilliant playing - well done .

[Lot2learn]

I appreciate the comment.

[t24karrot]

my goodness this is so smooth. . . first time i hear this tune... love it!

[kiaunited]

man every time I hear it i like it more than the previous time..

[BBGUY916]

Wow! Very smooth...you have just motivated me to practice more. Could you tell me how you were able to get such a clear sound on YouTube? Did you use a regular recorder or did you hook the fp-7 up to a computer? Thanks for any help.

[Lot2learn]

Thanks for the comment. FP-4 is going directly into M-Audio soundcard in computer.

[youyou1265]

Vos videos sont une mine d'or pour les étudiants en jazz !! (et les eternels etudiants!) Merci encore !! J'apprends beaucoup avec vous !!

[ImDatchic1]

OK... U have JUST encouraged me to learn this!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

[UdanorPiano]

oh so its only two chords ok

[UdanorPiano]

This is great but it would be nice if I could get sheet music so i have an idea of the original chords and stuff. Dont have a realbook.. anybody know where I can find this sheetmusic?

[inricheetos]

Why is it called "modal"?

[theorygeek00]

The scales mentioned, like dorian, are formally called church modes.

[inricheetos]

I know but what makes something "modal" ?

[theorygeek00]

When a composer, in this case Davis, allows modes to governs solos instead of chords, the song is modal. If you've ever seen lead sheets for modal jazz they're always sparse with chords. So What has very few: the focus is the melodic universe in which the solos occur, not the harmonic.

[Dadee3]

Soloing in white keys is hard! Im still learning anyways....I gotta practice more!!

[DavidAKZ]

Could you say what is the Key please ?

[tww909]

the song shifts between the D dorian mode (the white keys from d to d) for the first 16 bars to the Eb dorian mode (basically the black keys) for the middle 8, and then back to d dorian again for the last 8.

[DavidAKZ]

Out Tynering Tyner !

[macewindu67]

I have no idea what any of this means ubut I have to big up you and tell you that this sounds great! If you are ever in NYC there is a spot where you can go to jam called St Nicks Pub , 150th and St Nick. Great jazz spot man.

[alwiap15]

i stole your Eb minor lick from 1:05 to 1:16, hope you don't mind :)

i really like your quartal voicings, mccoy would be very proud

any chance you could post a solo of Windows (its on Aebersold Volume 95), i've been working on it and am getting owned, i'd like to hear your interpretation

thanks

[Lot2learn]

Thanks, yeah that Eb- is one of my faves too.

I'll check out Windows when I get a chance.

[DavidAKZ]

owned ?

[rosieposy8]

Love it! Love this album, so chilled out. Thanks for the chord tips. I can't as yet play jazz, although I can play by ear (and apparently from music!). Any tips on getting started much appreciated!

[iwill366]

omggggggggggggg

[bjustice]

Excellent annotations, explaining the chord substitutions, and oh yeah - superb solo!

[Lot2learn]

Thanks Britt.

[renixe]

holy god, this swings so hard. im a guitar player but i still got a whole lot of ideas out of this. thanks for taking the time to make this video

[Lot2learn]

Thanks for the comment.

[wdcox]

God...I am sooo jealous....

[guitaralbert0]

ditto man great job

[bjory7]

great playing man. No offense, but I prefer the original recording with a slower tempo. But I really like your improv style.

[yourehavingalarf]

Awesome, amazing stuff, inspiring - many thanks.

[jaymusic143]

Lots of McCoy-type ideas. Thanks for the instructional tips in the text. Similar to Doug McKenzie here too, who is unbelievable.. Cool...

[feelee15]

amazing playing! as a young musician this helps so much in a lesson to aproaching modal jazz even though piano isnt my main instrument. thank you very much!

[JoseJazzJose]

Could you possibly write up the voicings for the spacey chords please?

[superkompensation]

absolutely great.. I'm also a jazz fan and would like to play like this.. where do you get such background music?

[arthur615617]

Fabulous Thanks for sharing

[Arjanhh]

This is amazing work! thx for sharing it, sharing ur great skill and knowledge with us!

thanks a million times great sir!

[BrutalBeef666]

cheers cheers, i'm fed up of having to play so what or impression and not quite knowing what to do. listening to the greats, i had begun to touch on some of the ideas that you have, but seeing this has reinforced these views and has given me the confidence to follow them through. thanks again

[TimoMelvin]

Thanks for sharing your great ideas!

[DavidAKZ]

Brilliant and thanks. As a single note instrument player, I now know what I have *not* been doing for the last 15 years

[Nikki111889]

Personally I love classical music ,but you have a good sense of rhythm. Does anyone on youtube play classical music?

[joeymanko]

This is really nice!! It is so inspiring and selfless of you. You are really doing a wonderful service to all the pianists out there who like to hone their skills and stay sharp. You are an excellent player and you just motivated me to play an extra hour today!!

[nickparrott]

The annotations are really helpful on this one. It's great that you're willing to share your vast knowledge with the rest of us.

[Lot2learn]

Thanks Nick, I try to do one like this every so often.

[knotty75]

Mesmerizing. I'll post a version of So What just for you. Give me a couple of weeks.

[JONLORDJUNIOR]

You gotta be one of the best players i've seen on here mate.... Very inspiring...

[Lot2learn]

I appreciate the comment.

[blazem1275]

Thanks for putting this one up

[DarenSirboughMusic]

great playing. that as superb. really tasty!!!!

[PianistaItaliano]

This is great,terrific intro played in two octave with the half step , I particularly love the changes to Gb Maj7.The sound is nice and also the video good worked. Well Done

[lummy57]

Yeah, great stuff I guess its the Aebersold playalong stuff, eh?"So what"!! Im always scared to play this at a gig as I always get lost in the number of bars in each section....

Is there way to record bass and drums on the fp 4 and play along with it and also record what you are playing....???

Ive had my fp 4 now for 3 weeks and I like the sound but havent got very far with its recording and playalong possibilities,....

Keep up the good work its very inspirational!!

Chris

[STKS100]

Very, very nice. Playing and sound quality. Personalized McCoyisms with your own feel, good playing inside and outside the chords. *****

[lone1980]

Nice.. inspires my saxophone play...

[7notemode]

Killer!! Great switch ups. You keep these two repeating chords interesting by using rhythmic switch ups and going inside and outside the modal structure. *****

[OEP84]

Great stuff! Sometimes modal songs can be the most challenging to play despite having only one or two chords, but you've done a great job keeping it interesting throughout the solo.

[dndn1011]

oh cool this one....