'Sometime Ago' - with Michelle Benjamin - accompanying a jazz singer

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'Sometime Ago' - with Michelle Benjamin - http://www.youtube.com/user/michelleluvsjazz - accompanying a jazz singer. One of the video recordings of some more not often played standards we did recently. The song has been played by lots of jazz players - and a few singers. It is fairly easy to play - in C (the 'peoples' key'!) and most of the chords are derived from that key or substitutions for them.
As with the other vocal with piano videos we have done, I have added some comments that might be interesting to other solo jazz piano players accompanying vocalists/other instruments.
The midi file as recorded while we videoed, and a downloadable copy of the video are free to download from my website -
http://www.bushgrafts.com.
It is a fairly big (60 Mb) high quality video - you may like to consider my DVD which has all my videos, and printable transcriptions for most. Details are on my website.

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  • litte bit disappointed becase it's not available in hd version, but your video and performance are perfect! thanks for sharing!

  • Thank you for the comment - YouTube are right on the ball today - they have re-encoded to HD in just a few minutes. Sometimes it takes much longer!

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  • wonderful singer and pianist!! braaaavoooo!! you both are great.

  • Dear Michelle and Doug,

    Your work is simply wonderful. I have listened to your videos over and over and can´t get enough of them! Your music is exquisite.

    Michelle, you're adorable! Your interpretation is moving, honest, unpretentious.

    Doug, what a pleasure to have you as an accompanist! Your taste is great and your playing so beautiful and peaceful...

    I wish you all the best and hope you keep´on posting videos that I know I will love.

    Barbie (a jazz singer from Argentina)

  • Impro vocal is derty.

  • Dear Doug,

    Thanks for your willingness to share. This is the first time I see your videos. I am a guitar player; my band decided to take up ‘Sometime Ago’. In my view, your video is a wonderful combination of a warm performance (a pleasure to listen to) and a very clean instructional approach. Thank you once again.

    By the way, who is the author of the lyrics? And can someone tell me, what should be meant by ‘sometime ago’ instead of ‘some time ago’?..

  • Tasty sir. And Ms. Benjamin does the tune with not a hint of diva. Nice.

    PhiberO

  • Outstanding.

  • Doug, Both you and Michelle are such a real treat to listen to . Big Thanks to both of you for this great music video. - Lou

  • So refreshing and always a treat. Where is the "tip" bowl?

  • Great as always!

  • Great!! five stars again! thanx

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