Terence Koo: THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT (Stuart & Sons Piano)

[Mail4lj]

Absolutely looove the walking bass...By far, one of the best arrangements I've heard of this song, ever... Brilliant. I couldn't agree more with @Fishies125... Sincerely, Your #2 biggest fan on YouTube! :)

[RaphaelStone1]

Calapashi, this pianist is amazing, but Keith Jarrett invented his own original music style and compositions and is unmatched in the industry.

[isokariari007]

AMAZING AMAZING AMAAAAAZING!!!!!!! Dan from London

[Calapashi]

Awesome Terence, love your work. You'd give Keith Jarrett and his ilk a run for their money any day of the week.

Keep the vids coming please!

[fillygt]

My favorite arrangement of this song ever!

[Fishies125]

Wow wow wow wow wow. Purely brilliant arrangement and some of the most feeling I've ever heard put into a piano piece. You, sir, are one of my new favorite pianists.

[TerenceKoo]

@Fishies125 - Thanks Fishies!! You've made my day. I'm waiting for the editing to be done on more videos - more posted soon. Thanks again. Terence

[Fishies125]

@TerenceKoo Can't wait!

Cheers!

[xXPwn3dXx]

YOU ARE AMAZING.

[TerenceKoo]

@xXPwn3dXx :)

[producer4real]

Your touch is fantastic! Good stuff.

[cookiemarc]

Wow, that was amazing. I would love to study under you. As a Pianist myself, I take instruction very well, and you style and interpretation is so amazing. I love it. If you do teach, I would love to learn.

[Cedar55555]

I like what you're doing! You have such a smooth, effortless style, and I can really tell that you love playing. please continue to make YouTube a genuine source for artistic development! :)

[GreenLifeSource]

Finally, somebody that can play the piano on youtube.

[andyfirthjazzmusic]

Moving in leaps and bounds mate-well done! We should do some recording together sometime in the holidays, it'd be fun!

[TheMeefive]

Great stuff!

[TerenceKoo]

Thanks guys for your support and feedback. I just did a live gig with my trio which we recorded - more videos coming in the next few weeks.

[SaXDuDe17]

Boss.

[wetdream777]

hi,iam dr.romero from the philippines i like your style

[wildnites558]

whoa!

[Jazzmehegan]

Man the skills on this piece are a masterpiece. I keep coming back and saying woah! I'm amazed everytime.

[TerenceKoo]

@Jazzmehegan Thanks for the great response!! :)

[fillygt]

@Jazzmehegan I Agree! I think I just gave him 100 views

[Jazzmehegan]

Great talent!!! Awesome interpretation. Very unpredictable. 

[wakanabeotai]

MR Terence ,you play really beautiful.I enjoyed your version of this song.wish you the best

[tigerfishgirl]

beautiful playing! and wonderful pianos, aren't they?! i've just recorded a cd on one of wayne's 102 key models... bliss.

[TerenceKoo]

Thanks parejopinto and bloggerbum for the great comments!

I rarely get to Melbourne - I think I've been there 3 times. Bloggerbum, if you happen to know of anywhere that I should approach for a gig down there, I'd love to hear about it.

Thanks agan

Warm regards

Terence

[bloggerbum]

Terence you are unbelievable! Are you doing any performances in Melbourne?

[virtuosowannabe]

Bravo!

[TerenceKoo]

Thanks ElsonA9!

The majority of the performance was improvised over the general chord structure of the song (New Real Book 1).....so it's not really a case of learning to play exactly these notes, but learning how to think in a particular way, and make it happen through the piano.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Best wishes

Terence

[ElsonA9]

What a great performance ,where did u learn that ?

[TerenceKoo]

Hi Parejopinto - Thank you for your great comments :) I don't know about the microphones - I'm not that into the audio recording side. Phil Sawyers was the audio engineer - I will ask him and get back to you. Regards. Terence

[parejopinto]

@TerenceKoo Alright! Awesome... Keep it up man! I really enjoyed this

[TerenceKoo]

Hi Keelingjie

Thank you for your wonderful comment about song.

No - I don't have a transcription or any notation for what I played - jazz musicians

tend to make up the performance as they go along (with alot of background theory). I actually couldn't play it exactly the same way again if I tried....however, if you are interested in learning how to play like that, think about learning jazz theory, and jazz improvisation. Thanks again for your comments!!

Regards

Terence

[parejopinto]

@TerenceKoo Hi, This is exactly what I am trying to get that. I mean really. I love Jazz and music like this. I am learning about pentagonic scales and things of that nature. Good job man. Nice song. Just one thing. What are those microphones you were using?

[runaway2me80]

@parejopinto He's using what sounds like one or two large diaphragm cardioid compressor mics. Placed above the strings it's the way to go for solo piano acoustic guitar or solo voice. They're a must have.

[parejopinto]

@runaway2me80 Oh I c... Thank you :)

[keelingjie]

Terence, do u have a transcript of what you're playing? or is anyone able to transcribe what he's doing here? Its really awesome.

[ANTONIVSLVCIVS]

Terence, Thumbs up!

Really wonderful rendition! Applause !

I'm here, following the trail of my friend Terry, BocaFriend, who always finds the best musicians.

Antonio

[BocaFriend]

I'm so happy to have discovered you tonight! You have

a wonderful style of play and I love the elegance of your

performance videos! Ian Dunn good when filming! : )

Off to search for your recordings! Cheers, ~Terry

[squishybeanbag88]

Absolutely Terrific!! Both beautiful and masterful...well done!

[ANTONIVSLVCIVS]

@squishybeanbag88

Bravo! Terry

Antonio

[klavier1us]

Smoothly swings all the way through, with a nice bluesy turn near the 2:20 mark. Very well finessed movement between tight tempo and rubato playing. Beautifully recorded and shot as well. An idea for a down under CD title- "Opalescence"- great stuff, confidently delivered -a T-K-O.

[MsDeniseGold]

Those lessons are coming along a treat my friend!

Love from,

Denise

xox