Sunny Side Of The Street (Harry Connick Jr.) - Cover

[kelleykerr]

Great job, I'm very impressed with your listening/learning...Harry's stuff is difficult to play at all! I have transcribed one of his songs (Avalon from the album 20), so if you'd like a copy, send me an email at realdealneil (at) gmail (dot) com. I'll give you a copy for free.

[CapitalVoice]

I love Harry's version, too -- your playing is wonderful! I'm a classical pianist and can't play like this for my life, but I greatly admire it!

[Schlosinski]

MASTER

[Retrobrio]

Great performance. I am familiar w HCJ's style (I've transcribed several of his tunes as well) and I thought you nailed it. I know you don't transcribe, but if you recorded the performance as a MIDI file, any notation program would transcribe it for you...

If your interested in a trade of HCJ tunes let me know: retrobrio@yahoo.com

[blackkat005]

Gr8!!! Are you a professional or still learning? That's just fantastic!

[svenssonm873]

thanks for sharing!

[johnpianista123]

Hi!, Great, ey my Friend do you have the score? Please

[Bluesman]

good ! reminds me also the james booker version

[salli43]

Thank you DeDeWalter for sharing this with us. When I awoke this morning, I could not stop singing this song, I’ve forgotten over half of it. LoL Anyway Thank You so very much Mr. Connick for laying bones on those alabaster stones! Simply Wonderful!

[kingjoppie]

it´s nicee!!

[babawawayoyo]

Wow, you're wonderful! Do you have perfect pitch!? Does it take you long to play by ear after listening to a song? When I play by ear, I can usually only do the melody line and even then it does not come smoothly or very quickly.... I wish I could play like you! Do you practice scales and know all the keys -- minor and major -- backwards and forwards? How long do you practice every day? Any tips to help an aspiring pianist would be most appreciated! =)

[beatsourceonline]

impressive.

[gnagata]

Very accurate!! I love that thing he does/you do at 2:02. Would love to see more videos from you.

[jazzyclassical]

So right on! I love this album. I almost feel like I'm watching him play live. Which I've seen twice. :)

[RustyStar333]

LOVED IT! So good! I play piano also - so I know - it's GREAT! :)

[muxxtw]

so cool & nice play~~i like it so much!!

[chopin4brier]

i liked it but it should have dynamic...

[DedeWalter]

What do you mean?

[ikarai1]

@DedeWalter i think they meant more chance in volume/power. but i personally dont think theres anything wrong with it. it looks hard too. O_o good job!

[NutinBtr2Do]

that was horrible, get a new piano..........LOL J/K

THAT WAS AWESOME, YOU TOOK A VERY HARD SONG TO PLAY EVEN WITH SHEET MUSIC AND TURNED IT INTO SOMETHING WONDERFUL JUST LEARNING IT BY EAR. EXCELLENT JOB, I GAVE YOU A 5 STAR. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

[DedeWalter]

Thanks ;)

[singingkid]

Beautifully done, Dede! 5 stars! :)

[Alucardbass]

just awesome....congrats

[ramitupursnout]

nice!

[Dajida]

Go Dede...

Thanks for sharing!

[gambatula]

swing hard!

[darlenejohnjohney]

wow! sweet. good playing!

[shanster37]

fantastic

[AgnoMan80]

don't get a real piano; keyboards sound good!

[rupindo]

bravo.......u make my day sir...Thank You !!!!

[Marlene55M]

Whoooo! This swings! Great job! :-)

[flyersfan10]

wonderful stride technique. that left hand doesn't move as easily as it looks.

[JazzySaxE]

this is not easy!

great job buddy good tune and i love this song

[jerydab]

Hey, good cover!! doesn't James Booker have a version of this song?

[nilsoncalasans]

Absolutely sunny. Great!

[ireallyloveaerosmith]

Man I think I'd never get this song just hearing it @_@!

[ireallyloveaerosmith]

Oh lord!!!!! I love this song!!!!!! :D

I wish I could play the piano as you!

Very nice man!

[troxyprojy]

nice job, good work : harry c is fab, and you honour him well : try and hear the late great james booker III doing it crazy New Orleans style .

bw

project kev p

[sonnenmelissa]

I had no idea!

[Alta90]

yo quiero tocar asii =)

[SuppaEdda]

VERY VERY NICE!!!!:-)

[km2711]

I think you did a great job with it...although I'm no lover of any Harry Connick, Jr. arrangements

[choouek]

참잘했어요~~~

[VVLP2626]

mest up a little bit. im sining this song in school

[MarkThompson01]

Excellent!

[KristenIvyHaynes]

Tre bien

[exilelands]

excellent!!!

[hugoplesiat]

Salut !! J'ai 14 ans, et je suis en train d'apprendre ce morceau jazz, et sérieusement, je vais reprendre cette version, elle vraiment sympa ! sinon tu connais pas "Take the A train" de Duke Ellington ? c'est un morceau facile à jouer et super aussi ! Bon, je te laisse, très belle performanceen tout cas, et je t'enverrais mes vidéos jazz un de ces quatres ;) !

[BLCalifornia]

>NICE!

[lolosh131]

Waouuuuu,that is the best version of this song I've ever heard........

[DedeWalter]

Merci, mais c'est avant tout la version d'Harry Connick Jr, pas la mienne ;)

[lolosh131]

mdr, ben quand meme !

[dodgersandstorm]

youre good

[grayfoxpianist]

hahaha, awesome, man

i especially liked the ending! *bomp*

[tumabuki88]

I am a Japanese.

After all the music is common throughout the world.

I am splendid.

I really love this music.

[rdoister]

so cool

[eric669]

well done. The best instrumental version ever is James Booker's, do you know it?

[Stimpack21]

Hey little piece of advice: In the right hand, when you aren't playing the melody, add some comping chords with thumb/index fingers. Dave Mckenna does this fantastically...Great Job otherwise!

[DedeWalter]

Actually, it's a cover of Harry's performance of this song, so I didn't want to play other chords than just the ones we hear on his song ;)

[pflan0246]

Very hot cover! I love it! ...and ur cute too! I would love to hear ya play on Rue Bourbon!

[dondabull]

Good job! You rock!!

[StarGirl12345678910]

wow great XD

[FernandoPaganni]

Great!5 stars!

[jeffreyl]

nice job! I've transcribed this and some other early Harry myself (I Mean You, Zealously, E, Avalon, If I only had a brain). For my audition at the summer Berkelee Music school program, I did the I Mean You transcription and it landed me in the top jazz ensemble. You sound like a better play than I was though. Keep it up.

[bazdongface]

very very good!

[gugliuzza75]

do you have a transcription of this piece? I would love to get that- or a video of you playing from directly above the keyboard. either way- brilliant, congratulations!

[xZanessaRoxx]

lol this is well cool!

[apostro]

HI - VERY NICE BUT YOU CAN DO MUCH BETTER  -

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JUST LOOK TO LULLABY OF BIRDLAND ON MY YOUTUBE AND YOU UNDERSTAND what I mean.

[apostro]

I mean on ANKHATONS site.

Sorry, I typed to fast.

[jeffr890]

One more thought... Now that you have mastered Harry's style, now play the song in your style. I want to know how you would play "Sunny Side" if you had never heard Harry play it.

[jeffr890]

Man, you have got his down just right. I have used his style in 'phrases', but never the entire song. Congrats on your ability to duplicate that heavy handed Harry Connick Jr style. You are very talented. More! More!

[TrishLester]

Tough song to play, and you did a great job. Important to note that the COMPOSER of this music is Jimmy McHugh -- you should give him credit (as opposed to Harry Connick, Jr.)

[DedeWalter]

I know, but it's, above all, Harry's precise cover of this song that I wanted to credit, as I tried to copy it.

[alliecat1941]

I have a yamaha keyboard. I cant multi finger chord and dont use many fingers for the melody. Thats why i can cheat on a keyboard and sound better then i really am, and am not good at jazzing it up anything. I wish i could be as good as you but unfortunately im not..I guess im lucky i can do what i do.If it wasnt for these modern electronic keyboard i would not be playing.

[mindigjazz]

BARÓ!!!!!:))

[lubitel11]

Hey, superb improv! You can swing it!

[Bullwinkel]

now that i think of it, Harry Connick Jr was one of only 3 students James Booker taught. probably why i love your version best.

[Bullwinkel]

awesome. this is the best version i have seen on youtube. i love the stride. my favorite version of this song is from James Booker. you should hear him play this song. plays it like nobody can. great job. im jealous!

[weegeo]

well f;-n done mate!!!.,.....,,really well done

[bandgeek1013]

you can jazz, man.

brilliant.

[BeeMichael]

Happy song and performance - great fun in yhe music & nice stride style

[hichoro]

WOW!

Wonderful!

I know that this song is difficult(in fact)

Rhythm, all the sounds are delicately different.

I practiced this music in the past, too.

I was able to enjoy your performance!

[miserkocho]

sell that thing and get a real piano it's souless.loved the song though!!!

[DedeWalter]

I think the "Kawaï L1" has one of the best tones that the actual electric pianos can have. Unfortunately, I don't have enough space in my room to put a real piano, even an upright piano ;)

[miserkocho]

ihaving the same problem myself.i have on reserve an upright but keep comming back to digital cause i have a small room and i can use headphones.i cant decide????seems u can live with it maybe i can 2.i've been learning your version of after your gone but cant find the sheet music [i know dumbass cant find harry connick sheet music}.anyway i love your playing and keep up the good work.

[SnazzSnzWarsaw]

AWESOME!! Very nice job man! I love you're accompaniment. Its a very nice interpretation of the song.

What key is this in? I play in C major (first bars are E, D, C, D, E, G EEEEE) You swing it very nice. Good job.

[PaulaBBA]

great!

[bigdaddy0005]

Great job! I haven't listened to that album for a while, but you got it down just the way Harry C. did it! EVERYTHING!!! 2 thumbs up!!!

[palfonso2]

Amazing! You have a great talent. Hats off to you Sir. Have you played Avalon?

[spassgamer]

ohh, then it´s ok.. I didn´t read your remarks to the song :D

[voddybird]

you man are superb...obviously old school. myself am 20 years lead guitar...god a lie 25 years..saw sinatra in 84 in london with sammy davis and lisa minnelli..for an old punk doing well...all the best..

[spassgamer]

I like it, bu want to give you an advice. Play the melody with bigger chords, it will sound cooler

[DedeWalter]

Actually, I've tried to play exactly the way Harry Connick Jr plays it, so no improvisation at all. The chords you hear tend to be the closest to Harry's chords in his performance of this song.

[chilimoz1]

that is actually amazing! i love it! nd i love this song! but i love this video more! its greattt well done :D

[mattcol99]

Very nice. The electric piano doesnt doyou justice. How do you voice that second chord? (the G chord)

[phlounderphace]

One of the all time great songs--you do it well--you understand it--I like the way you feel un-easy--but then bring in it in to make Fats proud-all improv--all --when your on the spot--you recovered with rag trills--very nice--Satchmo's full of gravel saying "Yes, Yes, Yes....

[dirkloop]

big points.

[iamthedoom]

i think that it nice - not more

[ichigoemi]

great stuff

[ufowatcher151]

man i love this

[javivo]

Impresionante, me encanta este estilo en piano, lo tocas de puta madre si señor. Por cierto valla bien q suena el piano electrico ^^ no pensaba q sonase tan bien, enorabuena! :)

[Zachoreeno]

This is really good! I've tried to play Harry Connick (as you've seen), but I've never played a song as similar to Connick as you did! Excellent job; how long have you been playing?

[DedeWalter]

Actually I've been playing for 21 years (I'm 29 and started at 8)

[itmsjim]

Great job! It would be a lot of work, but when using digital piano, you might record the audio from a line out of the keyboard...sync the audio with the video in the computer. It would get rid of the keyboard action clicking noise. I used in the industry and hate that noise!!

[obscurelabel]

Very impressive. I could never get the hang of stride playing. You might want to check out these two CDs by James Booker, where he plays "SSotS":

Junco Partner

New Orleans Piano Wizard Live!

There are samples on Amazon; it sounds like Harry got most of his arrangement from JB. Of course JB probably got his from Professor Longhair or someone else.

There are a few clips of Booker here on YouTube.

[dixielandsinger]

your to young to know this stuff...i'm 40 and i'm to young to know it...please keep it up...if you need a singer let me know

[fepacommish]

Amazing. Wonderful job!

[mycatlilly]

very nice!

[KawhackitaRag]

For an electronic piano, the piano does sound surprisingly good. I must wonder though, it sounds like your left hand is sometimes playing in a different key than your right (polytonality). Did Connick mean it this way or is it a mistake? And of course, I hope you don't think he wrote this. This tune is from the '20's.

[DedeWalter]

Of course I know he didn't write it! It's a jazz standard. But the title of the video refers to the way he performed it on the piano, which I tried to reproduce. Both hands are played in the same key.

[bbrj127]

I really enjoyed your playing, very nice. I wish all of Harry Connick's albums were this style music.

[DedeWalter]

Me either. I don't really like his orchestral songs. I prefer when he plays piano solos.

[Myleso]

Did you learn this one by ear? Crikey.

[DedeWalter]

Yes I did. Actually I did that for all the videos I put on YouTube ;)

[titicaca321]

it's really based on James Booker's version. fyi.

[DedeWalter]

Really? Well, the version I played is strictly based on Harry Connick's piano version from his album "Harry Connick Jr" released in 1987.

[falserevrend]

remarkable job

[studentdover]

aint familiar with this fella, but sounds very tuneful and sweet, probably why you wanted to learn his stuff right? good job.

[henrytownsend]

nice

[beatniksoul]

Another wonderful performance. That Kawai does sound good. Amazing how you get these by ear. Have you tried Vocation and On Green Dolphin Street. Harry is an underated piano player, don't you agree?

[DedeWalter]

I totally agree! Harry is more known as a singer/crooner than as a pianist...And he IS a fantastic pianist!

[chadpiano]

very nice rendition...I'm a huge Connick fan. I've got to get out that cd and compare. but you have a great technique! I would prefer to hear it on an acoustic piano, but Great Job!

[DedeWalter]

Thanks! I'm a huge fan too, especially concerning his piano pieces. I know it would be better on a true piano but this "Kawaï L1" is not too bad I think. It's, for me, the one that sounds the most like a true piano.

[chadpiano]

Agree, it's probably the best I've heard from an electronic piano. How long have you been playing piano? do you sightread?

[DedeWalter]

I've been playing the piano for about 20 years now(since the age of 7, and I'm 28), but I've been really studying it (classical music first, then jazz and boogie by myself) for 11 years (from the age of 7 to 18). So I don't really know exactly what to say about how long I've been playing the piano lol...11 years? or 20 years? lol Actually, I just sightread classical music, but not jazz. Jazz is a music I've always played by listening and reproducing.

[m3lbourni4n]

any jazz performances video shot you've played?

[chadpiano]

In the old days, the piano alone often was the band. I love Harry Connick, Jr., and I was privileged to meet him in Atlanta several years back. Another more recent Jazz pianist-singer that I recommend--Peter Cincotti. I think you would enjoy him as well. And I would like to here you play some of Peter's stuff.