Chim-Chim Cher-ee (Cheree) jazz piano player

My name is Mark Chang and this is me playing an old honky tonk piano. The tune is Chim Chimney Chim Chim Cher-ee from the Disney classic Mary Poppins, but with a swing jazz flair. I've been working on this improvisational arrangement for several years now, after listening to some Oscar Peterson. I play a lot of ragtime, 1920's dance music, 60's, 70's pop, Beatles, and lounge piano, all just for fun. Hope you like. Will post more piano videos as I make them. Use this arrangement only with permission. Recorded in Davis, CA. November 2007.

Well-known jazz pianists: Les McCann, Thelonious Monk, Ron Burton, Jaki Byard, Alice Coltrane, Bill Evans, Barry Harris, Andrew Hill, Keith Jarrett, Lonnie Liston Smith, Sun Ra, Sam Rivers, Matthew Shipp, Cecil Taylor, Mal Waldron, Dave Brubeck , Oscar Peterson , Glen Gould , Fats Waller , Bud Powell, Art Tatum, Bruce Hornsby, Duke Ellington, Donald Fagen, Tony Banks, McCoy Tyner, Thelonius Monk , Herbie Hanock, Teddy Wilson, Schlippenbach, James P. Johnson, Earl Hines, Horace Silver, Ran Blake, Irene Schweizer, Jaki Byard, Sonny Clark, Red Garland, John Tilbury, Marilyn Crispell, Dave Burrell, Paul Bley, George Shearing, Gershwin.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• improvisational
• piano
• jazz
• pianist
• disney
• Mary
• Poppins
• music
• ragtime
• improvisation
• swing
• bebop
• movie

[linkmaster50]

This is really inspiring, great arrangement. I am hoping to arrange a jazz guitar bass drum trio version of this in the future. After seeing this...I really wanna get into ragtime piano now!

[OrganicVeggieLoaf]

@linkmaster50 send me a message when you get your arrangement done. I'd like to check it out.

[olive4naito]

Did your piano come like that with the inside exposed? How do you keep the dust from settling? :)

[OrganicVeggieLoaf]

I was in the middle of restoring the piano and had the covers off for a couple of weeks while I worked on it. I recorded this video during that time.

[MissMatora]

That isn't the song Chim Chimeny

[OrganicVeggieLoaf]

Fast forward the video to 3:00 and you will hear the familiar version.

[TheRickyElliott]

Man, that intro is so Thelonius Monk. The whole piece. I love it. Keep it up! More!

[MrJonman247]

Did you arrange this yourself? It's ace!

[lustyelf]

amazing!

[Prmusik1]

It´s great! I like it very much.You are playing very good! I hoppe you unterstand ? My englisch is not so good. We are from Germany and we are playing too. It was a pleasure to hear you. Thanks!

PRmusik from Germany

[Prmusik1]

It´s great! I like it very much! You are playing very good! I hoppe You unterstand? My englisch is not so good. I´m from Germany.

I wisch You good Luck!

PRmusik from Germany

[Phantomsbreath]

Ain't gotta thang if it don't got that swang. I like that. I'm favouriting this.

[pineappleposse3]

great piano playing!!!!!!

[Criticalperspective2]

It lacks a bit of vivacity, it is quite monotonous especially when the right-hand is playing over the walking bass int he left-hand.