Stella by Starlight (revisited) -- jazz piano solo

[tritonesubz]

theres some real gems in your arrangement and voicings, thank you for sharing your gift.

[orfeodigital]

hello, beautiful version WHERE CAN I GET THIS SCORE?

[7notemode]

@orfeodigital Thanks. Sorry, no transcript.

[jamesbeckers]

this is beautiful, your use of voicings in the intro is superb. It reminds me of Keith Jarrett's solo intro on Stella on "Standards Live"

Thank you.

[7notemode]

@jamesbeckers Thanks. I appreciate it.

[meedeeluv]

HEY  WHAT CAN I SAY HE PLAYS WITH A [PASSION)!!!!!

[Praclik22]

Lovely version. Reminds me of Keith Jarrett solos a bit(in a good manner!). Inspiring, makes me go and sit infront of my piano right now.

[gogoriviera]

How did you get the score to play back with correct bar lines and rhythm on a somewhat rubato piece? Great Work

[7notemode]

@gogoriviera I just use the scrolling score in Logic without modifying it. Thanks.

[michaeltolhurst]

@7notemode without modifying it...ugh a true artist. I quantize all my scores unfortunately .... amateur



[marcostrada5]

Bravo bravo bravo!



[elbeeone1]

ok, so now i,ve listened to this piece for a hundred times,i,m now going to attempt to play it,lol...such a beautiful piece it touches the spirit.i know i will enjoy this journey.......oh and ur night in tunisia i,snt too shabby either ,lol....well done

[MrMichaelaNichole]

You have a remarkably lyrical style to your improvs. This was the first song of your's that I came across. I have listened to many others, but I keep coming back to this one. Very, very nice.

[7notemode]

@MrMichaelaNichole Thank you so much!

[gilougilou100]

gros gros niveau!!

bravo

[strathers]

Beautiful stuff. Is there any chance for that score you have at the top to be made into sheet music? If thats possible i would love a copy! Thanks for this amazing piece

[maty7976321]

Allmost worship music!

[thred46]

just beuatiful man , is there a copy to be had

[pekar5]

you are grat but this is not stella god bless you.

[paxwallacejazz]

No bro. as far as I am concerned you are on a very compelling track with this direction like miles 64 side of same tune on My Funny Vallentine with "the quintet". I am sure you know this document .

[manfredicomposer]

I like your style. It's handy having the keyboard at the top. Well done

[freeqwerqwer]

strange intro, more like pop sound than jazz.............very poor interpretation by 7notemode

[AManAnd88Keys]

@freeqwerqwer show me a typical "pop" tune where I can hear such an Intro. I don't know what kind of jazz you listen to... It's a tasteful intro in my opinion, and jazz for sure.

[luomodellestelle]

bravo... ma troppo incasinato....

[AManAnd88Keys]

@luomodellestelle in terms of "casino", Chick Correa for example can do worse than 7notemode. And he is, for some reason, far more famous. Which is beyond me.

[coolguy701]

wonderful jazz playing and shorts. just perfect! love it. shorts and all.

[7notemode]

Thanks, I'm more careful what I wear now. :-)

[musicinnovator]

Awesome!!! Yes, I could hear the theme from your rendition!! Very nice expression you have and beautiful contrasting tones.

[ivak4eto]

Great visualization!

[71letitbe45]

5 stars...perfect harmony

[riam76]

Outstanding use of harmony, absolutely love this. your reharmonization made me smile and "oooh" and "aaaah".

[7notemode]

Thanks, riam76

[kuleventil]

Hi, thx for all the excellent videos. Can u please tell me what software u are using for displaying the keyboard and notes. Regards.

[7notemode]

I use GarageBand on a Mac and I layer the videos using ScreenFlow

[jaywbe]

how long does it take learning jazz? i know the piano inside out, having been classically trained for donkey's years, but i have absolutely no idea how to do "all this jazz" :)

i know it's definately worth investing time into, just wondering how long till i can speak fluent jazz

cheers, keep em posts coming

[7notemode]

Good question, but I don't have a good answer. You never stop learning, so it goes on for as long as you play. Maybe find a teacher and see what kind of affinity you have for it.

Best of luck jaybe

[andylowings]

@jaywbe Seems to me that you leave your ego and preconceptions at the door and just get playing.

Then have another go. Then relax a bit playing.

And then when someone says heh you`re a jazz player..well, then you are.

[PauloTozzi]

It was very much out of form but it is beautiful piano playing anyways

[joezafro2]

...I can't wait until I can read that fluently...

Looks fun :D

[peppersax]

Your harmonizations are 'Bill Evans Like" Great job. I would have preferred if you had brought the melody in (keeping its integrity throughout). However, still great work!

[brynttr]

Well, I love what you do with this. As a guitarist I too have long been fascinated by this chord progression. You take it far enough somewhere else to call it something else.

[Eubop]

Like Bill Evans, here in this piece, you're a harmonlc genius!

[7notemode]

Thanks, Eubop.  You're making me blush:-)

[mitoog]

I totally agree with you Eubob,

this is fantastic! 1000000/10

& about the question, how far can you go with this tune, that a very intresting question, but i really think there is no limit

with this tune.

this is (your version) brilliant!

seriously!

[snuffelsuf]

i guess im a simplton of sorts..you do play nice though..mabey I guess you got my buggedness I mean :do you like bill evans? mabey u like him im a melody person but i love art too and abstraction

[snuffelsuf]

i know there are major geinuses that play that .... anyway.your playing is very nice though i mentioned about stella....at first it reminded me of .bill evans...though im not a totaly savy....it did remind me of him

[snuffelsuf]

where is stella? I gave up trying to find the beutifull melody that is stella by starlite i left 4 minutes into it when the song wasent there you should call it sompthing else its not stella by starlite

[ThePiano1991]

I agree, not enough Stella!

Although I did hear the melody before 4 mintutes was up... It was there, but for a very short time, from about 1.45.

But the playing was so beautiful, lovely tone!

[7notemode]

ThePiano1991 and snuffelsuf,

I pushed this version as far away from the original song as I could. I have a more traditional post of Stella up as well.

[johnnyguitarcarson]

7notemode

As Jazz musicians we play this all the time because we love the basic form.

But I must say your brilliant substitutions are like a clinic .

I will probably integrate some of your perspective in my intro to Stella.

I have borrowed intro perspectives from 2 other artist this particular way;

Chick Corea - Humpty Dumpty

Keith Jarrett - Autumn Leaves

Thanks- please keep posting

[7notemode]

johnnyguitarcarson. That's some very high level company! Thanks. Going this far out is going to lose some people, but from a playing perspective, it is very satisfying to me.

[alatirv]

brilliant

[tjjazzpiano]

I swear I've heard you play somewhere... are you the blindfolded guy that plays at all those crazy parties???

[Jonboyutube]

An immaculate performance. This seemed to have everything, harmony, timing, dynamics etc with such control and it still sang, amazing how you do that. What was the right hand chord progression at 05:20? 5*, Surely time for a cd now :)

[wolf1750]

I suspect, you intentionally introduced the melody only in the second half in order to deter me from singing along ... ;-)

You succeeded, but its nice.

[genemir]

i really love the parts where you slow down in the middle of a verse.. it's similar to your alfie arrangement..

i like it very much!

make a record!

[rhecoy2007]

I really love to see your video as I'm really amazed w/ your arrangements...How i wish i can play like yours. can you advise me on what to do...1↔

[tbewa]

i have to admit, if i heard it on a radio, i wouldn't tell that it's stella... but now that you tell me it is... i can hear that!

[genemir]

i hope a producer spots you

and makes you a recording deal

i'll buy your cd!

[GospelMusicians]

Nice...I see you utilized the new YouTube WideScreen function. How's your new camera working out?

[7notemode]

I used the old camcorder for this. I tried 480x888 in ScreenFlow, but it is a little too wide. I'm trying to figure out the exact aspect ratio to fill the screen with no horizontal or vertical black bars.

[kylelandry]

absolutely delicious

[Vayshen]

7NM, thank you so much for posting this one with the board 'n score. I find you pick the perfect things to do this way, and which ones to simply play on the grand.

You have no idea how much educational material there is in here for me. Thank you so much.

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[beebebop]

Yabadabadoo (again!).

Thank you very much for sharing, 7NM.

When are you comin' over to Beijing for a jam, then?!?! :)

Kind regards,

Beebebop,

Beijing.

[tjjazzpiano]

I can't give enough stars to this.

[PianistaItaliano]

This a Beautiful Stella, Fantastic Harmony Construction, I love it.

Fabulous chords changes starting at 3:14 :-)

Thanks for this excellent post. * * * * *

[PianistaItaliano]

Also the wide screen video is great, how did you make it?

[7notemode]

Thanks Alfonso. I rendered it at 480x888 for a 1.85 aspect ratio, but that is a little too wide. I'm not sure the exact aspect ratio to fill up the entire screen.

[Lot2learn]

As you say in the description ..."This tune is incredibly rich" - and as played by you it most surely is. ;-)

The voicings are classic 7NM (love those 10ths). The introspective nature of this interpretation allows the listener a glimpse into the inner creativity of an extremely talented and expressive pianist.

Great post.*****