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Re: Two sweet jazz piano videos for the new year

null@example.com (Jake Johnson) — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:22:06 +0000

dcitron wrote:

Great playing by a promising artist! But what happened to her? Her Web site and artist rep pages all vanished ... :-O

She appears to have been sidelined by the Covid epidemic. She speaks about it on her Facebook page. (And she offers lessons online.)

https://www.facebook.com/arielpocockmusic

A shame that everything was shut down just as she starting to get known.

Re: Two sweet jazz piano videos for the new year

null@example.com (dcitron) — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:09:56 +0000

Great playing by a promising artist! But what happened to her? Her Web site and artist rep pages all vanished ... :-O

Re: Two sweet jazz piano videos for the new year

null@example.com (LTECpiano) — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:53:24 +0000

Jake Johnson wrote:

My, no responses at all? May I ask everyone's impression of the piano sound and how it was achieved? I think I hear compression, with perhaps a slow envelope so that the gain gently rises. Are there other effects on this sound? It seems to me "natural," although I suspect that this "natural" sound is instead carefully calculated.

No responses ? ? ... oh no ... I have been listening to her for a number of years now. She is sitting on the shoulder of Bill Evans.

Lanny

Re: Two sweet jazz piano videos for the new year

null@example.com (Jake Johnson) — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:10:49 +0000

Compressed a little more than I would like, but she's so good that I can ignore it. On a Baldwin, note:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3v2wCG8Cnk

There are some youtube videos of her singing more modern songs that I think she wrote. She's a jazz singer and player, to me. A serious singer and player.

Re: Two sweet jazz piano videos for the new year

null@example.com (Beto-Music) — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:57:20 +0000

The piano sounds fine.

Strong deep wood bass, but with a middle range and trebble similar to many jazz pianos.

The mic would help with some equalizing or dynamic filter. The voice sounds like no effect at all was used.

Re: Two sweet jazz piano videos for the new year

null@example.com (wallpaper) — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:39:06 +0000

Takes me back, Made me think of Billie Holiday.
This kid is way out of step with her own generation.
God bless her! There's hope.

Thank you Jake.

Re: Two sweet jazz piano videos for the new year

null@example.com (Jake Johnson) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:30:19 +0000

My, no responses at all? May I ask everyone's impression of the piano sound and how it was achieved? I think I hear compression, with perhaps a slow envelope so that the gain gently rises. Are there other effects on this sound? It seems to me "natural," although I suspect that this "natural" sound is instead carefully calculated.

Two sweet jazz piano videos for the new year

null@example.com (Jake Johnson) — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:12:03 +0000

Happy New Year. For simple listening pleasure that may help to heal wounds from a night of celebration:

Posted on PianoWorld--Ariel Pocock, eighteen years of age, playing "Darn That Dream""

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hf-zgYnjK0

And playing and singing "Body and Soul"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unCce1Of-ZA

Nice sound, yes?