I Remember Clifford - Jazz piano and . . .

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http://www.youtube.com/JustPianoforte
There I just start to make some tutorials for Jazz musicians beginners, and more :-)

. . . in the first part I have played the piano solo in the second part I added bass and drums, and you can also see the mini keyboards.

I Remember Clifford is the name of a jazz threnody written by jazz tenor saxophone player Benny Golson in memory of Clifford Brown, the influential and highly-rated jazz trumpeter who died in an auto accident when he was only 25 years old; he and Golson had done a stint in Lionel Hampton's band together.

The song became an instant standard, as musicians paid tribute to Brown by recording their personal reading of it. Golson later said:

[it] took me several weeks, but I'd never written a composition like it before. I wanted to create a melody that the public would remember, and associate it with [him].
I Remember Clifford is also the name of an album by Arturo Sandoval; the entire album is a tribute to Brown, who was a great influence on Sandoval, and features Golson's tune.

Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 June 26, 1956), aka "Brownie," was an influential and highly rated American jazz trumpeter. He died aged 25, leaving behind only four years' worth of recordings. Nonetheless, he had a considerable influence on later jazz trumpet players, including Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Booker Little, Freddie Hubbard, Valery Ponomarev, and Wynton Marsalis.[1]

He won the Down Beat critics' poll for the 'New Star of the Year' in 1954; he was inducted into the Down Beat 'Jazz Hall of Fame' in 1972 in the critics' poll.

Biography:
Brown was born in Wilmington, Delaware. After briefly attending Delaware State University and Maryland State College (University of Maryland, Eastern Shore), he moved into playing music professionally, where he quickly became one of the most highly regarded trumpeters in jazz.[1]

His style was influenced by Fats Navarro, sharing Navarro's virtuosic technique and brilliance of invention. His sound was warm and round, and notably consistent across the full range of the instrument. He could articulate every note, even at the high tempos which seemed to present no difficulty to him; this served to enhance the impression of his speed of execution. His sense of harmony was highly developed, enabling him to deliver bold statements through complex harmonic progressions (chord changes), and embodying the linear, "algebraic" terms of bebop harmony. As well as his up-tempo prowess, he could express himself deeply in a ballad performance. It is said that he played each set as though it would be his last.

He performed with Chris Powell, Tadd Dameron, Lionel Hampton, and Art Blakey before forming his own group with Max Roach. The Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet was a high water mark of the hard bop style. The group's pianist, Richie Powell (younger brother of Bud), contributed original compositions, as did Brown himself. The partnership of Brown's trumpet with Harold Land's tenor saxophone made for a very strong front line. Teddy Edwards briefly replaced Land before Sonny Rollins took over for the remainder of the group's existence. In their hands the bebop vernacular reached a peak of inventiveness. [1]

The clean-living Brown has been cited as perhaps breaking the influence of heroin on the jazz world, a model established by Charlie Parker. Clifford stayed away from drugs and was not fond of alcohol.[1]

In June 1956, Brown and Richie Powell were being driven from Philadelphia to Chicago by Powell's wife Nancy for the band's next appearance. While driving on a rainy night on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, west of Bedford, she lost control of the car and it went off the road. All three were killed in the resulting crash. He is buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, in Wilmington, Delaware.

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[You2beSteve]

Nice atmosphere, great performance!

I'm very pleased that Youtube has introduced me to a very good pianist.

Congratulations!

[PianistaItaliano]

@You2beSteve Thanks

[mikemax2]

My friend this is black grand sample tekk?

Very good, big pianist!

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks mikemax2, this is a "eastwest" Steinway with Gigastudio Tascam.

[leahbleahb]

this is amaaaaazing! how did you learn to do this?

[PianistaItaliano]

Thanks leahbleahb, do you mean the small keys upon?

[musamor75]

Once again, amico, ci hai fatto molto piacere con la tua bellisima musica. Non é facile far suonare i "ballads". Famoso! Una carezza affetuosa per l'ascolto. Grazie per questi momenti fiabesci.

[esaurito30]

stupendo ;-) ,,

[MrOldkingcole3]

I'm trying to broaden my piano playing by learning some jazz and I was wondering what are some basic jazz chords to use in the left hand while I improvise with the right?

[ssgjsg]

sweet !