'This Nearly Was Mine' - solo jazz piano lesson

'This Nearly Was Mine' - solo jazz piano lesson. To clearly read the music, you will need the high quality youtube version - http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=qe8OF8ymzGM&fmt=18
Wonderful tune from South Pacific - lots of jazz pianists have played it - Fred Hersch, Chick Corea, Dick Hyman, Cecil Taylor.
I tried to keep this as simple as I could - in the key of C, no re-harmonisation or difficult to execute runs. My favourite Keith Jarrett album is the one he recorded straight after having chronic fatigue - 'The Melody At Night With You' where he plays great songs in a lovely simple way, with minimal improvisation and no grunts and groans! Non pianists please ignore the comments/explanations.
This would be easy for an intermediate pianist to play from the transcription which is on my DVD along with a melody and chords leadsheet. Details regarding the DVD, the midi file,, and a superior quality copy of this videoto freely download are on my website at
http://www.bushgrafts.com/jazz

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[florbo73]

bellissimo pezzo, grazie!!!

[mrbikejoy]

my favorite r and h song. wish you would publish your arrangements for amateur pianists like myself

[kekn06ab]

Possibly one of the most beautiful piano solos I've ever heard... thank you for the upload, I'll be sure to try it out and post any comments I come up with.

[Danny15LL]

beutiful. where can i buy the sheet music?????

[zonaras83]

That's amazing! Thank a lot!

[jimbomed]

absolutely beautiful...as was meant to be played

[hrcanda]

BEAUTIFUL! This piece is great because the technique is so accessible, I mean, it's in C, but then the chords are precious, top notch!

[featureG]

Happy New Year Doug and thank you again and again for your work and contribution to this site.

[thankmot2008]

Just beautiful. Thanks for posting.

[yuehchopin]

danke!