Hans Groiner Live at Smalls Jazz Club

[decus69]

Humour in jazz-not a bad thing

[stitchkaboodle999]

This is jazz satire.

[GreenAsJade]

The main problem is if you don't know Monk and/or the original, you can't get this joke...

[sigmonky]

He does boil it down to its harmonic essence. He boils it to a gray rubbery bratwurst consistency but makes an interesting point in doing so: for all its chromatically descending dominants ( mostly just ii-v's with tritone subs ), and disjunct harmonic motions, Ask Me Now never really modulates to another key.....

[funkEntelechyPlacebo]

I am so glad to hear Groiner correct all those extra chromaticisms in Monk's composition.

Lovely Vienese improv line at 1.

[rosaimp]

Ooooh! now I understand jajaja its real comedy!!! :D

[sclogse1]

It warms my cockles to listen to your exterior plantificatives, thus becoming the true, if not the most prestigious example of diatonabulatic specifactorialness that can not only swim in a ninety degree angle, but bubble along with the sonority of angels from Mizvahaven, in order to diagnose further the contradictions of majority versus minority that is usually used in hanging prints on dry wall, but elastic enough to dismember caution and ultimately produce a good polish on my loafers.

[hammondinside]

Fantastic music, thank you Hans, it's the good way...ach so

Jurgen Groiner

[jabf123]

lol the bass player is joe martin and the drummer jeff ballard

[LShackley]

On one of his other videos, he TELLS the audience who else is from Braunau. At least the folks who live there can now stand proud!

[trabanul]

Herr Groiner...you are very funny! You have abolished all disonances from Monk..now do you have the guts to tackle Giuseppi Logan? :-)

[grathtb]

Groiner are not french guy?

[mwarren85]

People really need to chill, he's a talented comedian having a bit of fun

[b356014]

Fun is fun, comedian is comedian, but he posted "Hans Groiner" is from Braunau. You should know who was from Braunau. This is not funny for most Austrians.

[mwarren85]

Well, I can understand that certainly, however, I just feel that he's trying to point out that so many people don't even understand the reference, sort of like Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat" character. I just meant to say than I really don't think he intends to show the Austrians any disrespect.

[SkateYourOwnStyle]

Sehr geehrter Herr Pfeiler, this video was meant to be funny, also sein's net gleich so böse und lassens die Amis a bissal an spaß machn... ich bin auch Musiker und kann sie (das mit Larry Goldings) irgendwie auch verstehen, aber so lange's net mehr wird lassen wir sie halt machen was sie wollen und sein net gleich so streng mit ihnen.

Hawedere und schöne Grüße

J. Kasti

[drumbum1010]

because hans groiner is a made up character who is meant to be funny.

[thomaseiler]

... and he is...

[omberzombie]

\o/

[POETICIMAGES]

Viva Hans Groiner Forever

[rpiket]

Larry, I always new you were a great musician, but you are also a great comedic talent.

Roberta

[pianojazz66]

This guy is a great musician comedian. I love the vids with him here on youtube.

[kdfan]

larry is the king!

[speciman70]

Monk as it should be.