St.Thomas - Jazz piano

Me playing "St. Thomas" by Sonny Rollins- one of my favorite tunes to jam over.

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Music

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• Jazz
• piano
• calypso

[streetskating123]

great sound! I liked how you threw in the chord changes when they happened in the solo.... like you'd be doing a run and then play the dm7-g7 chord change.... sounds great. ... What was the last chord you played??!

[derailleur2]

Thanks for the comments.Last chord is ( I think) LH : B and F#, RH: Eb, Ab and C- not sure what you call it. I was working on chromatic stuff when I did this- George Benson said he thinks in terms of chromatics- like instead of thinking Dm7-G7-C, think Dm7-Db7 -C. Anyway, thanks again. Cheers!

[durachta]

Very Good.

I've been learning jazz piano since i was about 9, i'm now 13 and i'm finding myself at a wall in my playing which i can't get passed.

But i must say you have given me hope as i searched how to play this song and your playing has convinced me that there is still something achievable and great about jazz piano.

Thank You

[coolcat4215]

My piano teacher told me to learn to play this, but he wouldnt play it once for me to listen and get the feel of it to. I am not very good without listening to a piece once or twice to see how it sounds But, i am a sneaky person, so looked it up on here, and found you playing it. Thanks for helping me, now i know what it sounds like, i can play it much more easily!

Thanks again!

[SUPERBLORP]

Fail, this song was meant for the saxophone/trumpet!

[jazzster123]

swinging lines..like your quote of Solar around 3:04 or so. Please post some more tunes. Great chord you ended with.

[TheMisterpiano85]

yeaaah



[ich0hasse0es]

@derailleur2

...substituted 2-5-1 of your dm7-g7-c.

You can play the 2-5-1 by only substituting the 2 (like Abm7-G7-C) as well.

Resume:

you can play your 2-5-1 (Dm7-G7-C) with triton-substituted 5, or substituted 2 or both.

Hope you understood anything, i do hard with translation :)

Greetings

[ich0hasse0es]

@derailleur2

It's called sub-five, caused by the #11 you can play in your Dominant. when you do a triton-substitution you see its enharmonic equivalent to the Db7 (G7->C#7->Db7).

In this Standard turnaround 2-5-1 (dm7-g7-c) you just switched the 5 to the sub5 (goes chromatic one step down). And you can switch the 2 (dm7) as well to a "related-two" (Abm7). So you can play Abm7-Db7-C.

It's called related two because of the relation to the intended one Gb (Abm7-Db7-Gb), a complete triton substi...

[ich0hasse0es]

@derailleur2

@derailleur2

Your Db7 is called a sub-five. You know you can play your Dominant (G7) with a #11 (Cis)?

So the Db7 is nothing else then a triton-substituted #11 enharmonic equivalent to the Db, you see?

so it's called sub-five, because you go a chromatic step down with your dominant.

with Dm7 you have a 2-5-1 standard turnaround and a switched 5.

If you want you can switch the 2 as well, and play a Abminor7, it's called a "related two" because of the relation to the intended Gb

[koenmobiel]

Dude, why are you playing swing timing over straigt latin. Your timing is also not complete steady. I suggest you take a good look at the music again before posting something which is not worth listening to.

[Bestor123]

Hey, I like your improvisation starting at :32. Can you teach me the chords that you used? I want to use them in my solo for this song!!

[streetskating123]

maybe like a weird Ab7 with a B in the bass? idk thanks though!