Merry Christmas - Piano impro.

I tried to improvise (simple form) this beautiful Christmas song. At the beginning the volume is a little low but after at 00:30 rises automatically (I am not sure why)
However, I hope you enjoy and a Merry Christmas 2007 at all.




You can also visit my other new channel:
http://www.youtube.com/JustPianoforte
There I just start to make some tutorials for Jazz musicians beginners, and more :-)


Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a Christmas song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me In St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics, which has become more common than the original. The song was credited to Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, although during a December 21, 2006 NPR interview, Martin said that Blane had encouraged him to write the song but had not had anything more to do with writing it. In 2007, ASCAP ranked "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" the third most performed Christmas song of the past five years
The song first appeared in a scene in Meet Me in St. Louis, in which a family is distraught by the father's plans to move to New York City for a job promotion, leaving behind their beloved home in St. Louis, Missouri just before the long-anticipated Louisiana Purchase Exposition begins. In a scene set on Christmas Eve, Judy Garland's character, Esther, sings the song to cheer up her despondent five-year-old sister, Tootie, played by Margaret O'Brien.

When presented with the original draft, Garland, her co-star Tom Drake and director Vincente Minnelli criticized the song as depressing, with lines such as "Have yourself a merry little Christmas / It may be your last / Next year we may all be living in the past" and "Faithful friends who were dear to us / Will be near to us no more".Though he initially resisted, songwriter Hugh Martin made several changes to make the song more upbeat. For example, the lines "It may be your last / Next year we may all be living in the past" became "Let your heart be light / Next year all our troubles will be out of sight". Garland's version of the song, which was also released as a single by Decca Records, became popular among United States troops serving in World War II; her performance at the Hollywood Canteen brought many soldiers to tears.

In 1957, Frank Sinatra asked Martin to revise the line "Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow". He told Martin, "The name of my album is A Jolly Christmas. Do you think you could jolly up that line for me?"Martin's new line, "Hang a shining star upon the highest bough," has since become more widely recognized and sung than the original. Martin made several other alterations, changing the song's focus to a celebration of present happiness, rather than anticipation of a better future. Although the 1957 rewrite is the most familiar to listeners today, some artists, such as James Taylor, have issued more recent recordings with the original lyrics of the Judy Garland version.Quiet Company recorded the song most recently for the 2007 release of Peace on Earth: A Holiday Album. The album was made available for download directly from the web. All proceeds from sales went to Toys for Tots charity.
Recorded versions
3LW (2002)
Christina Aguilera (2000)
The Cheetah Girls (2007)
Clay Aiken (2004)
Tori Amos (1998)
Frankie Avalon (1962)
Tony Bennett (1968)
Suzy Bogguss (2003)
Toni Braxton (2001)
Garth Brooks (1999)
Kenny Burrell (1967)
Charlie Byrd (1982)
Glen Campbell (1968)
The Carpenters (1978)
Chicago (1998)
Coldplay (2000)
Perry Como (1968)
Sarah Connor (2005)
Floyd Cramer (1967)
Bing Crosby (1962)
Doris Day (1964)
John Denver & The Muppets (1979)
Neil Diamond (1994)
Gloria Estefan (1993)
Percy Faith (1966)
Ella Fitzgerald (1960)
Connie Francis (1959)
Kenny G (1994)
Judy Garland (1944)
John Gary (1963)
Jackie Gleason (1956)
Delta Goodrem (2003)
Robert Goulet (1963)
Amy Grant (1992)
Lena Horne (1966)
Whitney Houston (2003)
Chris Isaak (2004)
The Jackson 5 (1970)
Alan Jackson (2002)
Joni James (1956)
Jack Jones (1969)
Wynonna Judd (2006)
Diana Krall (2001, 2005)
Steve Lawrence (1964)
The Lettermen (1966)
Kenny Loggins (1998)
Demi Lovato (2007)
Aimee Mann (2006)
Martina McBride (1998)
Brian McKnight (2002)
Sarah McLachlan (2006)
Johnny Mathis (1963, 1969)
Jo Dee Messina (2002)
Anne Murray (1993)
The Pretenders (1987)
Quiet Company (2007)
Boots Randolph (1992)
Lou Rawls (1967)
Linda Ronstadt (2000)
Sandler & Young (1969)
Carly Simon (2002)
Frank Sinatra (1947, 1957, 1963)
The Singers Unlimited (1972)
Barbra Streisand (1967)
James Taylor (2002)
Mel Tormé (1992)
Randy Travis (2007)
Jerry Vale (1964)
Andy Williams (1965)
Vanessa L. Williams (2004)

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• Christmas
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[cwalkitout15]

This song really does bring tears to my eyes. It's so incredibly played, and I just can't express how beautiful this sounds.

[PianistaItaliano]

@cwalkitout15 Thanks Colleen :-)

[rwhitneyavose]

I always learn something from your postings. please keep them coming. You have an audience.

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks rwhitneyavose.

[crazypianolady]

Wow this makes my heart ache, tears are filling my eyes. I'm in heaven!

[airnsmke]

beautiful playing . can i suggest counting? steady tempo really does so much even when trying to make it dreamy like you were...i know cuz i have the sammme exact problem.

[conor34]

amazing

[lyingpancake95]

@huszarpet1981 it seems as though he just added audio to the playing... Not sure if thats even him now... =/

If it WAS him though then he might actually play good

[huszarpet1981]

Is the sound delayed to what he is playing or this is fake? I play piano, but he does not play what we can hear

[chickenyogurt]

Fuck, this is beautiful. Excuse the language.

[4thKyuubi]

How can you play like this? To know what kind of chords to press and keep the rhythm and signature. This is the kind of technique i want to learn

[SamSkii14]

what key is this in?

[RiquelmeZidane10]

why is the video cut shoort!?