How To Play 'Bring On The Night' (Sting / Kenny Kirkland Piano Solo)

CHECK OUT A COMPLETE SCORE HERE:
http://mus.cr/wPrDfd
(youtube won't allow me to embed this video as part of a video score).

This is one of the greatest ever piano solos in pop music, played by a giant of jazz, whose talent burned so brightly yet so briefly on this earth. Kenny Kirkland was a virtuosic pianist and by many accounts a workaholic too - this combination of supreme talent and incredible application made him one of the most highly regarded pianists of the last 50 years. I'm inspired by this solo for many reasons - the highly percussive and syncopated style is so funky, and palatable for pop fans, whilst the harmony is bluesy but Kenny still manages to take it 'out' later on in the solo. His phrasing is also incredible, given the tempo of the track. I really would love to have the facility at the piano that Kenny had! I realise that there are already videos of this solo / transcription on youtube already, but they are either played under tempo, or not transcribed properly, or both. I decided I'd much rather transcribe it myself and learn exactly what's going on. Any mistakes (and there are many!) are mistakes in my playing, not in the transcription I did... the shaking in the video is caused by me hammering the piano so hard that my laptop was moving around despite being rested on top of two very sturdy amps :D No wonder I feel tired now! Anyway - this was the best take in terms of feel - so here you go. I hope you enjoy it!

This video was recorded:
Nord Stage 2 88 - Apogee Duet (direct from amp outputs) - Logic.

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[jazzseb]

very great playing ! how you make a artist's link (sting) in your video please ?

[tomogradymusic]

@jazzseb

Hi there, thanks for the compliment! The artist link comes up automatically when content is recognised, so I'm afraid I haven't looked into how to insert it manually..

[tsunchoo]

bloody hell i love music - well done that man!

[tomogradymusic]

@tsunchoo

Thanks!

[paypower66]

I'd like a midifiles…!!!! praise even from Paride from Italy

[tomogradymusic]

@paypower66

Hi Paride - the score's up now (check the link above). Now you can play the solo too!

[nickast31]

Great job !! you're absolutelty crazy to cover this ! but you're doing it perfectly ! wouhh !!! I also like David Dancious solo on this song. My personal prefered live song from Sting's Concerts. Keep goin' on !

[bean9seventy]

@tomogradymusic ,just wanted to be sure its wasnt sting , i wil try and check out daryl jones ,see where he is at ,,,, thanks tomogrady ,,

[tomogradymusic]

@bean9seventy

Hi there, hope you're well! I believe the bass player is Darryl Jones on this album.

[bean9seventy]

,great gig tomogrady,,i was thinking of doing some sting jams when he was in the the police,,they started out doing punk rock and ended up doing funk ,,,, any idea who the bass player is on this track ?

[tomogradymusic]

@Jhon0319

Muchas gracias :D

[Jhon0319]

Eres demasiado bueno. Exitos...

[paypower66]

my compliments, you are very great!!!! Paride :-)