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'Star Eyes' - jazz piano tutorial jazz2511 - 740 views - 4 days ago

In Mark Levine's best selling 'Jazz Piano Book' he includes a final chapter ('Practice, Practice, Practice' pp. 254 -267), in which he makes a number of suggestions that apply some of the ideas contained in his book to the standard 'Star Eyes' (Don Raye and Gene DePaul).

This version was improvised from the basic chords and melody leadsheet in 'New Real Book No.3'.
I didn't set out to specifically incorporate Mark Levine's ideas in this. However this might be useful to piano players who have studied this chapter - suggesting some additional ways to play the song. The full quality video is available to download free from my website at
http://www.bushgrafts.com and the transcription and backing track are on my DVD
http://www.bushgrafts.com/jazz /DVDbuy.htm

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'Les Grelots' (Michelle Petrucciani) - latin jazz piano tutorial jazz2511 - 1,358 views - 4 weeks ago

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I recorded this midi file some time ago - I transcribed the song from a Michelle Petrucciani CD. This video is the midi file converted to notation (using PG Music's 'Power Tracks Pro Audio' software). I have added quite a few comments to the video and I have also added a leadsheet that scrolls as the song plays to play along!
He recorded it a number of times - several times solo, and at least once with the composer Eddie Louiss - usually as a samba. The backing that I recorded, especially the bass line, is more in the loose jazz-salsa mould.
The video and midi file can be downloaded from my website at http://www.bushgrafts.com
On my DVD -
http://www.bushgrafts.com/jazz /DVDbuy.htm
is also an MP3 of the backing track, a printable copy of the notation, and also a printable copy of the leadsheet.

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'It's the Talk of the Town' - jazz piano tutorial jazz2511 - 1,422 views - 1 month ago

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It's the Talk of the Town. I used the Band in a Box 'Real tracks' to create the bass and drums backing. There are lots of annotations on this video highlighting things other jazz piano players might find interesting,

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Nardis - jazz piano lesson jazz2511 - 1,689 views - 1 month ago

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Nardis - jazz piano lesson. This tune (attributed to Miles Davis - though he apparently never recorded it) has been played by quite a few jazz pianists - notably Bill Evans. There are several excellent versions on youtube - try the version by 7notemode -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =egwA5XUkb-8
This I did some time ago as a midi file - and using computer software was able to transform it into a video lesson with piano and notation views, as well as some annotations.
The printable transcription is on my DVD - http://www.bushgrafts.com/jazz /DVDbuy.htm -
(over 120 printable transcriptions of these videos and more than 9 hours of high quality video for $25 !)

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Embraceable You - solo jazz piano lesson jazz2511 - 1,336 views - 1 month ago

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Embraceable You - jazz piano lesson. This is an enhanced version of the original video posted here on Youtube. Now that I can upload High Definition videos, it is worth upgrading some of my earlier videos that have had lots of hits, with added notation, and clear views of the keyboard.
Herbie Hancock does a great solo version of this on his (fairly) recent 'Gershwin's World' album.
This is a very simple play through ( 3 times) which should be fairly easy to play.
The printable transcription is on my DVD - http://www.bushgrafts.com/jazz /DVDbuy.htm -
(over 120 printable transcriptions of these videos and more than 9 hours of high quality video for $25 !)

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Strange Meadowlark (Dave Brubeck) - solo jazz piano lesson jazz2511 - 1,201 views - 1 month ago

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This is one of Dave Brubeck's most beautiful compositions - from the best selling 'Time Out' album. It is quite unusual in form.

One feature of the original is the sparkling arpeggios that Brubeck plays up the piano - while I have not copied exactly the notes played by Brubeck, I have shown a few different options in creating these (relatively) easy to play, but impressive sweeping arpeggios. See 2:42, 3:38, 5:44 for some examples.

There is a free to download copy on my website at http://www.bushgrafts.com
The printable transcription is on my DVD - http://www.bushgrafts.com/jazz /DVDbuy.htm -
(over 120 printable transcriptions of these videos and more than 9 hours of high quality video for $25 !)

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A Fine Romance - Jazz piano tutorial jazz2511 - 1,239 views - 1 month ago

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Solo piano - this was improvised drom the leadsheet shown. The video and the midi file recorded with the audio are on my website at http://www.bushgrafts.com

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'Ballad of the Sad Young Men' - with Michelle Benjamin jazz2511 - 1,218 views - 1 month ago

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'Ballad of the Sad Young Men' - with Michelle Benjamin. Another great song with Michelle Benjamin - with scrolling accompaniment shown. The video and a midi file of the piano accompaniment are downloadable (free) from my website http://www.bushgrafts.com
The transcription is on my DVD - details on the website

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'Waltz For Debby' - accompanying a jazz singer jazz2511 - 1,717 views - 1 month ago

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'Waltz For Debby' - accompanying a jazz singer - one of the best known of Bill Evans' compositions. Lyrics by Gene Lees. Sorry about the spelling of Debby on the video - wasn't thinking! The video and a midi file of the piano accompaniment are downloadable (free) from my website http://www.bushgrafts.com
The transcription is on my DVD - details on the website

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Strollin' (Horace Silver) - solo jazz piano lesson jazz2511 - 1,343 views - 1 month ago

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Strollin' (Horace Silver) - solo jazz piano lesson. In this, I have used a variety of block chord techniques - it seems to lend itself to this. The video can be downloaded free from my website - http://www.bushgrafts.com
The transcription is on my DVD - details on my website.

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These Foolish Things - Jazz piano tutorial jazz2511 - 1,399 views - 1 month ago

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These Foolish Things - Jazz piano tutorial. As with my other videos, there is a free-to-download high quality video on my website http://www.bushgrafts.com along with a midi file. The printable transcription is on my DVD - http://www.bushgrafts.com/jazz /DVDbuy.htm -
(over 120 printable transcriptions of these videos and more than 9 hours of high quality video for $25 !)

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'Blue Bossa' Version 1 - High Definition version - Jazz piano tutorial jazz2511 - 3,899 views - 2 months ago

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One of my most viewed videos has been this version of 'Blue Bossa' I have had many requests for a transcription. In the process of preparing this, I took the opportunity to re-cast the video in High Definition mode and to add a clear view of the notes played on the piano keyboard, and also an animated notation window. The printable transcription is on my DVD along with the bass and drums backing track I prepared and used on the video -
http://www.bushgrafts.com/jazz /DVDbuy.htm
The video is on my website - http://www.bushgrafts.com .

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	jazz2511 uploaded a new video (4 days ago) 'Star Eyes' - jazz piano tutorial In Mark Levine's best selling 'Jazz Piano Book' he includes a final chapter ('Practice, Practice, Practice' pp. 254 -267), in which he makes a numb... more

	jazz2511 commented on improvisation clinic: solo like a composer (1 week ago) "This is excellent material Rob. It is so refreshing to hear emphasis being placed on these compositional elements of improvisation - rather than th..." more

	jazz2511 commented on 'Embraceable You' - solo jazz piano (2 weeks ago) "Thanks for the coment - and thanks for pointing out the problem with the link. I have corrected this - but better still, I have taken this video an..." more

	jazz2511 commented on 'Moon River' Jazz piano lesson - solo and trio (2 weeks ago) "The simple answer is 'Band in a Box'. Import the midi file, ask it to split the melody track (piano) into Right and Left Hand. There is a little mo..." more

	jazz2511 commented on Looking up - Played by David Beebee (2 weeks ago) "Like you Dave, I love the Petrucciani recordings - and I envy you having seen him live. A great tribute to him on one of his best songs. Great ba..." more

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