Sophisticated Lady - Jazz Piano Solo

[azarabulness]

why is the video only showing my views?

[Danny2Vaginas]

I am 14 years old and all of my surrounding classmates and peirs listen to hip hop and rap, and expect me to as well. Although I appear as i like rap and hip hop, and part of me used to, I have a love for jazz music, especially your piano playing skills. I know that it takes alot of talent to be a musician, for I play the acoustic guitar. You have much talent and I appreciate you making beautiful music and sharing it with us.

[Ally657]

Wow this was composed in 1932? I thought the creation of jazz came a bit later on.

[mexicanchiliman]

@Ally657 early swing and big band music merged with early jazz and blues and then merged into what most people think of as jazz throughout the 1900s :)

[carlomagno913]

someone must have accidentally clicked dislike

[russianblizzard]

Alfonso your style of playing the piano is moving my soul. I recognize that a part of you really is the piano.

[PianistaItaliano]

@russianblizzard I am glad you like my work, Thank you very much

[irishman48]

This song (particularly this version) has taken over my life. I play it twenty times a day. For over a week now, I've been trying to figure out what it is that makes this rendition so much better than every other one I've ever heard (other than its high quality and musicianship).

Then it suddenly came to me why. It's the flawless tempo you chose to play this at. Other covers of it (even good ones) are always just a tad too fast. The pacing of your playing is what makes it so great.

[PianistaItaliano]

@irishman48 Thanks, your comment it's much appreciated

[irishman48]

Your version of this song really kicks ass.

Kudos to you, both for playing it so beautifully and for sharing it with the rest of us.

[PianistaItaliano]

@irishman48 Thanks

[SuperHelmut12]

chromatilly good

[maciex95]

i am 15 years old, and i love jazz, you got skills, great play

[mmaybrown]

Duke Ellington would be proud!

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks mmaybrown

[jehutys5]

Absolutely stunning. I would let this piece ring all over my house at night if i had speakers all over my house.

Great work once again Sir!

[jehutys5]

Absolutely stunning. I would let this piece ring all over my house at night if i had speakers all over my house.

Great work once again Sir!

[jehutys5]

Absolutely stunning. I would let this piece ring all over my house at night if i had speakers all over my house.

Great work once again Sir!

[DistopyXXX]

Senza parole...suona divinamente. I miei complimenti!

[Myfaspoohbear]

amazing do u have music sheet i can have

[nj400]

beutifull feel u have for this song

[zimmermann10]

Bravo

[allanikitskaya]

So wonderful performance and music, this Duke's jazz improvising style is amazing!

Thank you!!! Many, many stars!!!

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks for your kind comment allanikitskaya, much appreciated.

[unfamilliar]

Cool voicings. I play this song often too with my own voicings, it's cool to hear so much more rich interpretation.

[matiquielma]

How do you make your piano sound like that? awesome.

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks matiquielma,I use on this music-video the yamaha model dgx 620 grand piano with graded hammer keyboard, the sound is not standard to the keyboard, the sound is with Tascam Gigastudio, Steinway D from Sampletekk, need PC with 3000 Mhz, Soundcard with GSIF, 2 gb ram and of approximately 15 gb space to load this piano.

[CordovoxMan]

Great job. Great tune!!!!!! Will

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks Will.

[aemeill]

Great Job!!

Do u have a website where midis can be downloaded? :)

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks aemeill, sorry I have no webside for download.

[musicusblau]

Very nice performance. I like this style.

[ArtRmusic]

Very nice! Any love for Don Grusin? Have you seen the "Hang" DVD by Don and Natali Rene?

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks Natali Rene, no I dont know the "Hang" but thanks for for suggesting, I will look for it. Grusin is Great, one of my favorite pianist composer.

[urbania70]

Funny is that ArtRmusic spoke about Don which is the brother of the more famous Dave. Yes your style has similarities. I got his "Gerschwin connection" as well as his "Homage to Duke".. masterpieces.

I love your style and will come here always more often to learn.

[lucamadeus]

assolutamente splendido

[PianistaItaliano]

Grazie lucamadeus.

[thevampiresong]

who are aome of your favorite piano artists?

[PianistaItaliano]

Hi Angel, I have many favorite, like: Bill Evans, M.Petrucciani, Dave Grusin, Oscar Peterson and many others......

[Lot2learn]

Excellent playing throughout. You have the ability to put a great amount of feeling and emotion into your playing, and that is a wonderful characteristic and makes the listening experience that much more enjoyable. *****

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks Roger,I appreciated it!

[NicholasTam]

Wow, great voicings. Hope to hear more Ellington from you.

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks Nick

[xiec]

I absolutely enjoyed the way you played this piece - keep it up!

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks xiec you welcome!

[yoursoul85]

Großartig!

[PianistaItaliano]

Danke Almanos Johnson :-)

[dodiese09]

Grande interpretazione, accordi graziosi. Bravissimo

[PianistaItaliano]

Merci très nature Caroline!

[jazz2511]

Another great post Alphonso on a not so easy song - wonderful substitute harmonies and melodic ideas. Pleased to see the Keyboard screen above - did you use Band in a Box?

Doug

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks Doug,yes is only a demo from PowerTracsAudio.But I had this time bad syncro,I will fix this in next.

[MikeyL]

Another 5 Star man - always! Thank you pal. Beautiful.

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks MikeyL.

[26nov46]

This interpretation of S.L. reminds me of Suzy Parker leaning on Dave Brubeck's piano on the cover of Red Hot and Cool (1955). Great atmosphere.

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks Alberto

[Jonboyutube]

Hi Alfonso, A very nice post. I love the movement you put into this and I'm a big fan of the blues licks. A beautiful sound. Thanks, Jon.

[PianistaItaliano]

Hi Jom, thanks I am glad that you like it!

[martin2288]

beautiful! :D

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks martin2288 :)

[giobaz69]

bravo alfonso!!!

ciao

[PianistaItaliano]

Ciao Giovanni, grazie!

[flapane]

bravo come sempre :)

[PianistaItaliano]

Ciao Flavio, grazie :)

[AliciaMonardo]

Una vez más, nos asombra su interpretación. Hay un cuento que dice que hay 24 personas que tienen la misión de sostener al mundo en su lugar, haciendo simplemente lo que hacen, sin que sepan que son ellos los que hacen que el mundo siga girando. Usted es uno de ellos. Gracias por sus bellas interpretaciones:

Alicia Monardo

[PianistaItaliano]

Grazie Alicia, molto gentile.

[featureG]

Very very tasteful, well done, thank you

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks for listen Don

[florbo73]

Magica interpretazione Alfonso, as always ;)!

Peccato che certi passaggi non siano stati riprodotti dalla tastiera sopra...

non usi più quella di van basco?

[7notemode]

Beautifully and sensitively played.  Excellent post Alphonso.

[PianistaItaliano]

Thenks Tom, I am glad that you like it.

[BocaFriend]

Nobody does this better than you, Alfonso!

Listening to your piano stylings is like taking a magic carpet ride through the city lights of

London, Paris, Rome, New York, Miami, Monaco...

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks Terry, very kind from you :)

[desertlight]

Just Beautiful, Alphonso! Great harmony substitution and brilliant improvisation ideas.

It appears that your audio recording device(a computer??) is losing time, causing the audio to slowly fall behind the camera. I had this problem with Audacity when my computer was servicing interrupts from the wireless interface and the power management subsystem. I used a free monitoring program to locate the offending programs and now I shut them down while recording.

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks Laurence, yes... I had some problem with the sincro...I think I will change the software in next :)

[funkyboiblue]

B E L L O ! ! !

* * * * * =)

[ANTONIVSLVCIVS]

Alfonso 5*****

Beautiful improvisation, my friend. I love listen to your music.

Antonio

[PianistaItaliano]

Ola Antonio, grazie!

[urbania70]

Grazie mille x avermelo inviato.. guardavo continuamente la parte superiore del video.. incredibilmente utile per imparare gli accordi!

Peccato che nella seconda parte si perda il sincronismo audio/video, un problema che forse dipende da YouTube.. nel caso, se ricarichi il video adesso non dovrebbero esserci problemi.

Che software musicale e video hai usato per far comparire in alto la tastiera con i tasti usati?

[PianistaItaliano]

Ciao Giorgio, si la sincron... va fuori purtroppo...io lavoro con un semplice windows movie maker...ma in futuro dovro' cercarne uno migliore....il problema e' anche che nella tastierina sopra, a volte non si vedono tutte le note da me suonate....il Softaware e' "Power Traks Pro Audio" e per il video e' "Debut video capture"

[PianistaItaliano]

Se sei interessato, ho messo un link per scaricare gratis il midi-file di questa versione.

[urbania70]

Fatto, ti ringrazio molto!

[DrunkenWomen]

Beautiful =]

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks Anna :)