Tune Up (Miles Davis) - Geoff Peters solo jazz piano

[nateinunderaminute]

what kind of sampler are you using!?

[geoffpeterstrio]

@nateinunderaminute hey Nate, it's a Yamaha P-90

[Amuseit]

Nice work! Keep it up!

[geoffpeterstrio]

@Amuseit thanks!

[brickone999]

sweet , i'm stealing the intro idea from you :DD

[geoffpeterstrio]

@brickone999 awesome :)

[Tarantulegs]

Your playing is so good! I hope to improvise like that some day!

[geoffpeterstrio]

@Tarantulegs thanks so much! :)

[geoffpeterstrio]

@KnownAzTAF thanks!! :) I will :)

[cenzala22]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[geoffpeterstrio]

@cenzala22 thank you!

[Hendeter]

Very Good !

[geoffpeterstrio]

@Hendeter thanks.

[BradSD25]

i love the idea of a microphone in the living room!!

[jet07son]

beautiful ... very suave...

[geoffpeterstrio]

@jet07son thank you!

[fiandrhi]

This is awesome. You have a true feeling for music, and you have evidently studied hard. Thanks for sharing your stuff.

[geoffpeterstrio]

@fiandrhi thanks very much! :)

[max1003592]

beautiful.. great

[geoffpeterstrio]

@max1003592 thank you!

[max1003592]

Hi Geoff, i am from italy, and i would know the name of your piano if is possible. i would buy the yamaha p140 but what do you reccomment to me?... thanks

[geoffpeterstrio]

@max1003592 it's a Yamaha P90.

[changeme2388]

nice nice :)

[geoffpeterstrio]

@changeme2388 thank you

[geewizer33]

smooth man, smooth

[geoffpeterstrio]

thanks

[BillyC15]

Beautiful substitutions, I really enjoyed it. I'm curious about how you improvise them. Do you practice them in various keys or did they just come to you as you practiced and explored all the possibilities of the song?

[geoffpeterstrio]

thanks BillyC, glad you liked it! For learning this tune, I started off by reading the real book chart (chord symbols and melody) and then memorizing the chordal structure of the song. I did this by playing sections of it repeatedly at a slow tempo and gradually speeding it up until I could play the whole form knowing exactly what the underlying chords and melody are. I then kept the chords running through my head & trying playing around with substitutions, chromaticisms, and just experimenting!

[ChaoSTM]

nice bill evans style playing

[geoffpeterstrio]

thanks

[nfn12]

i'm a jazz pianist and i'm learning this song. it's really cool! i love the way you play it!

[geoffpeterstrio]

thanks!!! :D

[mod15]

beautiful voicings! keep it up, i enjoy listening to you a lot

[geoffpeterstrio]

thank you :)

[blubbafisch]

Great work!

I have been playing the piano for 13 years now (just classic) and two months ago I started Jazz/Improvising. I am playing this piece, too but I'm not as good as you are. Wow.

[geoffpeterstrio]

thank you :D

[emanu0675]

very nice

[geoffpeterstrio]

thanks

[gdispaux]

Thanks a lot ! Could You tell me what synth you are using to make this keyboard sound like a real piano ?

[geoffpeterstrio]

It's a Yamaha P90 keyboard. I am using the Piano 1 Sound from the keyboard recorded directly into my computer :)

[gdispaux]

Thank You for the informations. It is a pleasure to listen to your music.

[geoffpeterstrio]

Thank you! =)

[ilanvag]

Thanks for this. I came back to jazz piano after many years I didn't play, and this is one of the standards I'm trying to play these days. VERY NICE work, and great ideas.

[geoffpeterstrio]

thanks a lot! :)

[guitardork54]

Very nice. Great ideas going on there....well played, IMHO. I'm a guitar student - working on a few standards including Tune Up, so my O is truly H, but I'm interested in ideas, and your version has given me a few.

[geoffpeterstrio]

thanks!!