The peacocks (A timeless place)

[0911luiz]

Sincerely, for me The Peacocks 2 best performs are Bill Evans and the yours. I listen to this video too many times.

[moxievisioninfo]

Also see Eric Watson The Peacocks.

[mgharrisauthor]

Perfect! I am writing a novel in which one of the characters plays a piano solo version of this and your performance is spot on for helping me to imagine it.

[theimprovisor]

@mgharrisauthor Sounds intriguing :-). Could be interesting reading it when it's finished. Glad to raise any kind of immagination and inspiration :-). Cheers.

[ItamarZaf1]

beautiful sir! definetly one of my favorite jazz pieces of all time. I searched the whole web for the chords and couldn't find them. Could you send me a link to where I can find them?

[dankgeetar]

MAN, you really went off the deep end at the end there! lovin it! i felt that!

[ROMANTICLOVE09]

Beautiful playing! Beautiful piano with an excellent sound!!

[spadge1able]

brilliantly cool.wow!!!!!

[ponderingwanderer]

does anyone have a chart for this piece?

[alienlove1]

very very good!!!!!!!

[mihmus]

Beautiful playing...

It's one of my favorite melodies...

Do you have a lead sheet? Can you send it me? Please...

[mpatton1115]

I'm inspired by your playing and agree with the others and yes, Esperanza Spalding (Junjo) and Bill Evans are excellent variations on this beautiful composition.

[tootsierowles]

Thank you for this...it is truly beautiful! The post above referring to 5:05-5:35...I agree...eloquently done! My Pop would love this.....

[theimprovisor]

@tootsierowles.

I'm really flattered by this. Thanks.

[andersdrudjordan]

Absolutely spledid played*****

[adiddlePar]

listen to Esperanza Spaldings take on this

[miltonariasbajo]

man... you're great

[kaliskunk24]

between 5:05 and 5:35...Amazing...

[VanHoorelbeke]

Bill Evans does this song the best

[hyperboreal]

Stunning ballad with incredibly touching chord changes.

And absolutely first-rate playing of yours!

[booksteve]

beautiful statement of this song. thanks for posting this.

[rosebud673]

very lovely, you have a wonderful touch. some of the 16th note runs are faster than to my tastes but this is a very lovely interpretation of a beautiful song

[damenath]

very well played. where can we find the music sheet. I m start learning singing this son. let me know if someone wants to play the piano part (on skype).

[Nicodemus1]

I'm singing this right now. Beautiful song.

[reguspatoff]

To die for!

[karnak5]

Nice, I remember to Bill Evans

[Burtan1]

Well Played!

[wlavin]

That was as beautiful a rendition of The Peacocks that I have ever heard. That includes Bill Evans, Branford Marsalis/Herbie Hancock, Tierney Sutton, Stan Getz, Norma Winstone, and Rowles, himself.

Bravo!

[xklamation]

A TIMELESS PLACE (renamed "A Timeless Place" for the vocal version)(The Peacocks) (lyrics by Norma Winstone / music Jimmy Rowles) also sung by Tierney Sutton, Anne Ducros, Norma Wistone...

[nickandmikec]

Do you have a recording of this piece...first heard it by Toots Thielemans and Stan Getz...I'd love to have this exact version on CD. Wonderful version. I can hear you playing two other of my favorite pieces, "Lazy Afternoon," and "Arlan's, "Out Of This World," which also have that surreal way musically of looking through the chinks in the world's smooth surface.

Nick Campbell

[nolasaxdude]

i still love this tune and also want the chords.

[goldeneye00756]

GORGEOUS.

[Gruntol5]

Marvellous rendition! I have the Jimmy Rowles/Stan Getz version. Even my wife loves it (not jazz orientated). Problem is, when we go to a jazz club, she will say innocently "will you play The Peacocks" please. The reply is always "Any other requests, please." I can see why! P.S A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

[misteroo]

do you know where it is possible to find the chords of this tune?

[theimprovisor]

I have just heard the Bill Evans version.I guess a brief

Internet research will bring some results.

[ryanality]

Thank you for the post. I'm a vocalist and one of the talented pianists I play with wants to do this tune. I've got the Bill Evans version, but your rendition opened my ears up to what could be done playfully and gracefully, (as a singer) with this monster. Beautifully done.

[theimprovisor]

Thanks for your kind words, I have always been envious of singers as they can sustain any note.

I think any pianist (I would say any instrumentalist) aims to sing with his instrument. I look forward to listen to your version, ;-).

[brambau]

the best rendition in my opinion is by Stan Getz on the album of the same title "The Peacocks" by Stan Getz featuring Jimmy Rowles on Columbia

I think it's out of print now but you can buy it used or download it

the only example of this version I see posted on youtube (as of

1/4/10) is from user JHayden65 under the title "the peacocks" terrible sound quality and he accompanies on drums

[imjazzi2]

It's included in The World's Greatest Fake Book (Chuck Sher)

[pauljoer]

listen to bill evans and stan getz play this on bill evan's But Beautiful album. it is my favorite bill evans album probably. Also good is solo sessions by bill evans.

[xklamation]

A TIMELESS PLACE (renamed "A Timeless Place" for the vocal version)(The Peacocks) (lyrics by Norma Winstone / music Jimmy Rowles) also sung by Tierney Sutton

[theimprovisor]

Good to know, I have to look for the sung version.

[xklamation]

hi, theimproviser if you follow the links above to my hi5 profile and check my diary with the entry named A TIMELESS PLACE(The Peacocks)you'll see the lyrics. I posted your video in my hi5 page, hope you don't mind. I sincerely love this tune, and the way you play it's so beautiful. thank you

[brambau]

what is the scale used on the B section? Is it diminished?

and is the phrase moved chromatically out of the key there and in what intervals is this movement?

[xklamation]

the peacocks is also known as "a timeless place", it's the most amazing piece of jazz, my favourite for a long time.

[nolasaxdude]

very beautiful version on Round Midnite movie as well.I love this song

[jazz2511]

I agree that this is a beautiful song with an unusual and complex melody - I've played it before with a singer (it is a difficult song to sing too - I forget who wrote the words). You do a great job improvising on your version - not all that easy when the original melody is such a strong one. Wonderful!

[7notemode]

This is a beautiful song - really sad and lonely vibe. Nuance and dynamics are terrific. Balance between LH and RH is masterful. RH really sings out over the left. Great pedal work. Just enough pedal to keep the LH wet but the RH melody is never blurred. I really liked this a lot. Keep posting!