budo wrote:

lately i've been recording a lot of tunes by Misha Mengelberg.  he was a great Dutch free pianist who is probably best known among jazz players for being the piano player on Eric Dolphy's famous "Last Date" album.  but he was also a very colorful character with a lot going on.  here's a rather cryptic tune by him.  it's not clear what exactly to do with it but i tried some weird things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx6EIDlAbkc

budo, you do something absolutely fantastic with this melody. Lovely how the music grows gradually and with incredibly rich "new" chords…
Couldn't tell what chords these are in some places, minor chords and harmonies, or unresolved ones lacking the third, major or minor…well, don't believe me when I don't know. In any case I really enjoyed this performance Thanks budo. Brilliant!

Best wishes,

Stig

thank you Stig for listening to this long and strange performance what i ended up doing was playing the same notes on the staff throughout but changing the key signature/tonality, and modifying the chords here and there.  for example, after it goes through C and A minor (with the same melody) and back to C, it switches to a very suspended kind of sound.  that is Eb7sus over a Bb pedal point, and i'm playing the same notes on the staff but the key signature is now a mix of Eb and Ab.  i don't know if that is a useful explanation or not.  honestly it's the kind of trick Beethoven did all the time.  at least that's where i remember hearing it a lot.

lately i've been recording a lot of tunes by Misha Mengelberg.  he was a great Dutch free pianist who is probably best known among jazz players for being the piano player on Eric Dolphy's famous "Last Date" album.  but he was also a very colorful character with a lot going on.  here's a rather cryptic tune by him.  it's not clear what exactly to do with it but i tried some weird things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx6EIDlAbkc

budo, you do something absolutely fantastic with this melody. Lovely how the music grows gradually and with incredibly rich "new" chords…
Couldn't tell what chords these are in some places, minor chords and harmonies, or unresolved ones lacking the third, major or minor…well, don't believe me when I don't know. In any case I really enjoyed this performance Thanks budo. Brilliant!

Best wishes,

Stig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx6EIDlAbkc