Amazing Kenny Kirkland Giant Steps solo performance

[Bento79]

WOW!!!!!!

[NeilCasual]

Seen a hundred times... and still as neat as ever.

[tungmori]

One of the greatest improvisers of our time! I remember Kenny..

[BlingMasterFunk]

i wonder if anyone has transposed this solo?

[bassbymichele]

Giant Steps' such a magic tune... It always brings joy! I always have goosebumps when I think how great John was and still is... An absolutely wonderful solo by Kenny too on a very hard song.. All those changes... I learned them as a bass player...

[steflova2]

I've been practicing this one for a while. I was soloing on the chords but i hate when it goes to the F# major it sounds like i'm really being dragged around from one chord to the other. I listened again here and notice that it sounds like kenny kirkland is really just soloing on 1 exotic scale for the whole song. Am i right ? if so what kind of scale is it ?

[phanioma]

@steflova2 it never goes to the f#major........

[steflova2]

@phanioma pardon me -- i typed too fast . I believe I meant the the ii-V-I that goes from C# to F# to B - maybe you call the chords flats. --- but i fixed the problem. I just use less notes so the tonal center doesn't sound too far away from the 'tonal center' that i'm playing in. Hey -- by any chance did anyone identify any special scales that Kenny Kirkland is using. or is just using the same old major scales and just choosing some nice notes ?

[markmarktarmann]

@steflova2 mostly chords tones from the major chords and the altered V7 chords leading to them.

[dwartyclone]

Kenny ripped this tune to shreds! lol He's has to be one of the most swinging pianist ever! WOW!!

[MikeeRenegade]

Amazing! All the flaps, which he press , don´t keep up with the back than he press the flap again!

[utoob4227]

MOST UNDERRATED JAZZ PIANIST. EVAR!

[sbaiar]

He was one of my favorite piano players of all time!!! He swings so friggin' hard!

[Modes9]

Beautiful continuity and flow. It's so hard to make this tune sound as musical as Kenny does.

[myxamore1]

watch the left hand

[PsychotikPandora]

@myxamore1 ostinato very speed yes

[myxamore1]

this is art....

[myxamore1]

yeah....god bless him for a while already....

[jarbasg1]

God bless you,Kenny Kirkland.

[steflova2]

you know the more i listen - the more i practice - the more i can actually appreciate how much of an outstanding solo this is

[hidaba]

incredible!



[saxev2005]

R.I.P. Kenny Kirkland....one of my favorite modern jazz pianists! This man was truly nasty....

[steflova2]

what year was this recorded ?

[BOTTOM432]

WOW!!!!! AMAZING  R.I.P KEN

[gerdex]

uhh ... must go practice now

[SUPADJ50]

THE ONE!

[mdudekm]

WHERE IS THE REST OF THE VIDEO, I ASK?

[viacatel]

o mamma mia che meraviglia

[Aydee58]

Kirk. Smokin like a Mo!

[teflo2]

Wow!!

[mallardvasey]

What a player , what a player. Jesus, such a shame he's gone.

[astronomicato]

KK use to live some streets in Queens NY close by home...I remember listening to him live at the Zinc Bar in The Village,,,We all miss ya' Kenny!!!

[K43TOC]

THE GREATEST PIANIST SINCE FREDERICK CHOPIN!!!!

MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT!!!

[stgrooveme]

Kenny Kirkland! He is one of the all time masters! He has it all, I miss him dearly, and what a gift!

ES SCPA Jazz

[palmerston532]

WOW

[intrepidpooch]

It's very hard to transcend the inherent difficulty of blowing over a complex tune like Giant Steps and really play from the heart but Kenny always does--what a great solo! He also plays a great Giant Steps solo on the Branford Marsalis video "Steep."

[Maryrichard]

fantastic. thank you.

[milessmiles78]

finally online!!!! thanks so much for posting....what a great solo!!!