Tenderly - jazz piano solo

Tenderly is a beautiful tune that usually demands thick, lush chords. It's melodic structure and chord voicings give the piece a style and sound that is very much 'of the period' when it was composed in the early 1940's. I tried to inject a little bit of a modern sound in this performance by editing out many of the lush chords and making them a little bit more open and ambiguous. I also tried to use a more angular approach and more silence in the phrasing to play off the lyrical way this piece is usually interpreted. For me it's a trade off. This approach takes away from some of the beauty of the piece, but also adds something a little bit different. Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson do amazing versions of this tune. George Shearing has a great version on his My Ship albulm as well.

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Music

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• Tenderly
• Art
• Tatum
• Oscar
• Peterson
• jazz
• piano
• solo
• 7notemode
• Raleigh
• Durham
• North
• Carolina
• improvisation

[StephonST]

F@#%^3$7 amazing... you're my hero today.

[7notemode]

@StephonST Ha! Thanks.

[vimana19pianomedley]

Absolutely fantastic, I am subbing this bloke.

[7notemode]

@vimana19pianomedley Thx...by my guest.

[vimana19pianomedley]

I like this guy's rendition, it is sophisticated and cool. Thanks.

[7notemode]

@vimana19pianomedley Thanks.

[Mosgaard]

Youtube, please stop removing the HD quality of good old ones, thank you

[uprightbassmatt]

Pure pleasure to listen :)

[claitontesch]

Here I am to learn more!!!!!

[TheKingJacob1]

very nice sir

[ThemPianoRhythms]

This is so cool. I would love to be able to do jazz stuff like this.

[7notemode]

@snipeize No score, but I do have a video tutorial up.