Jim Martinez Plays Geoffrey Keezer

Jim plays a transcription of "My Shining Hour" from Geoff Keezer's CD "Turn Up The Quiet". Recorded in my living room on his Shigeru Kawai 7'6" Grand Piano. For more info www.jimmartinez.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Geoffrey
• Keezer
• Jim
• Martinez
• Jazz
• piano
• My
• Shining
• Hour

[Lot2learn]

Wonderful playing. Fantastic sound on the piano! How are you recording the audio? Really terrific.

[itmsjim]

Thanks! I used two AudioTechnica mics + a NanoVerb into a mixer...into the mic input of my MacBook Pro. I used a shareware program called SoundStudio to record audio. My Sony camera for video. IMovie put them both together. Saved as an Quicktime movie.

[itmsjim]

My piano is a 7'6" Shigeru Kawai, a special handmade piano. I am a Kawai artist, so I am surely blessed to get a great deal on this amazing instrument. Sounds and feels like a million bucks!!

[allsop18923]

SK7 doesn't cost 80K, and what a beautiful base that piano has.

[metalopig]

But cost only 80 000$ dollars 8-)

[mollegiante]

Great - thanks for that - I would have recognized this tune, a Arlen tune a played quite often myself, in this inspired version

[snaaptaker]

One of my favorite tunes, and very well played. Geoff Keezer is a terrific pianist, but I'd love to hear your own version-- I'm sure it's beautiful.

[KarlWeierstrass]

very nice, where do you get those transcriptions from? Or did you do them yourself?

[libetta]

how do you compare the shigeru kawai with the steinway? (sound and touch-wise_

[pmat1000]

You are a lucky man - You know to read music. I like your style and your sound is great.

[jazzmk]

Totally awesome, Keezer is in my list of top 3 pianists but then he's a huge Newborn fan...I've done a few keezzer transcriptions myself...mostly from Zero One. sick sick player. This was very accurately played and I enjoyed it very much, thanks for posting!

[7notemode]

This video has so much in it I am crazy about! Love your playing, love Keezer who is underappreciated. Absolutely love this transcript. Is it commercially available? I was lucky to play a Shigeru Kawai piano once, by far my favorite asian piano: shimmering, round tone, action is amazing. I use B&K omni mic's, Millenia preamp and dont get nearly as good a tone as this- (difficult room for recording). Are your mic's the 414's or different model?? Thanks for this wonderful video submission.

[Lot2learn]

Thanks for the info Jim. Love your playing!