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here's a great tune by the Duke. the chart is in F but i've seen footage of him performing it in Db, so i went with that. other than the key there's not much in common with his performance the Duke was one of the great solo pianists of all time, i think his playing is really undervalued by a lot of piano players. i hope he wouldn't find this treatment too heretical.
Looking at the sheet it looks as an easy piece so I think one could be tempted to overdo it. But as always, you know what you want with the music.
If I have an easy basic thing, for me, it is hard to make it interesting, but you always can and do. The music flow, as I said before.
Always interesting how, after the intro, you gradually make the improvisation grow, nice transitions to more improvisations in different ways. It is your ”flow” that make it.
Here is how I experience it, the places it grow and change, love it.
Intro,
1) 0,24
2) 0,47
3) 1,24
4) 1,65
5) 2,15
6) 2,44
7) 3,04
8) 3,20
9) 3,42
10) 4,00
11) 4,12
12) 4,38
13) 5,10 …ending, and I love the forte fortissimo at the end!
You did this extremely well! Thank you budo. I always enjoy your playing
Best wishes,
Stig
Looking at the sheet it looks as an easy piece so I think one could be tempted to overdo it. But as always, you know what you want with the music.
If I have an easy basic thing, for me, it is hard to make it interesting, but you always can and do. The music flow, as I said before.
Always interesting how, after the intro, you gradually make the improvisation grow, nice transitions to more improvisations in different ways. It is your ”flow” that make it.
Here is how I experience it, the places it grow and change, love it.
Intro,
1) 0,24
2) 0,47
3) 1,24
4) 1,65
5) 2,15
6) 2,44
7) 3,04
8) 3,20
9) 3,42
10) 4,00
11) 4,12
12) 4,38
13) 5,10 …ending, and I love the forte fortissimo at the end!You did this extremely well! Thank you budo. I always enjoy your playing
Best wishes,
Stig
thank you so much for your generous comments and your close listening. yes i stacked as many fffffs as i could muster at the end. at some point i guess i just decided, well that's it, time to stop