here's one of the famous Carla Bley free pieces from the book. sadly she passed away recently at the age of 87. she was always one of my favorite composers/piano players and i'll miss all the music she didn't have a chance to make.
here's one of the famous Carla Bley free pieces from the book. sadly she passed away recently at the age of 87. she was always one of my favorite composers/piano players and i'll miss all the music she didn't have a chance to make.
What? Fantastic!! I was completely speechless when I listened - how can you play sooo fast and jump……listened 3 times….
Amazing performance! Love it, love it!!
I asked myself what reason that you/jazzpianists play fast? Couldn’t answer my own question Probably because you like it
You are so gifted, it is a true joy to listen to you. Art Tatum( I listened to him first time 1959) is one of the most virtuosic pianists of all time. And listening to your playing, my thoughts went to him. He utilized incredibly fast flourishes and a pulsing stride rhythm to dazzle his audiences. - And you did it here!!
I think it shows you are extremely interested in playing jazz…..and you once said you had a good teacher. I thank him.
And finally, the last 38 seconds - nice ending as always.
Thank you budo.
Best wishes,
Stig
R.I.P. Carla !
Crazy ! Sometimes, it reminds of D.D. Jackson's pieces. I don't know if you know this pianist (Don Pullen was his teacher) ?
Hope you will have access to this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PggwYdA...mp;index=5
Why is it that when I play random notes it sounds so blah and when you do it sounds so great? Interesting piece, most of it I felt like I was in a free fall grasping at straws that were falling with to me to try to save myself. Very impressive playing!
Ken
budo wrote:here's one of the famous Carla Bley free pieces from the book. sadly she passed away recently at the age of 87. she was always one of my favorite composers/piano players and i'll miss all the music she didn't have a chance to make.
What? Fantastic!! I was completely speechless when I listened - how can you play sooo fast and jump……listened 3 times….
Amazing performance! Love it, love it!!I asked myself what reason that you/jazzpianists play fast? Couldn’t answer my own question Probably because you like it
You are so gifted, it is a true joy to listen to you. Art Tatum( I listened to him first time 1959) is one of the most virtuosic pianists of all time. And listening to your playing, my thoughts went to him. He utilized incredibly fast flourishes and a pulsing stride rhythm to dazzle his audiences. - And you did it here!!
I think it shows you are extremely interested in playing jazz…..and you once said you had a good teacher. I thank him.
And finally, the last 38 seconds - nice ending as always.
Thank you budo.Best wishes,
Stig
thank you so much for your generous comments! Art Tatum is without a doubt one of the absolute greats and i admire his playing immensely. but i am very far from that of course actually it would have been great to hear him play a free piece like this. who knows what he could have done with it?
R.I.P. Carla !
Crazy ! Sometimes, it reminds of D.D. Jackson's pieces. I don't know if you know this pianist (Don Pullen was his teacher) ?
Hope you will have access to this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PggwYdA...mp;index=5
wow, thanks for pointing out this piano player to me! i'm a big fan of Don Pullen and didn't know about this player at all. he's definitely taking Pullen's thing to a new level here. actually i have no idea now he's able to make sounds like this. really fascinating. and yes RIP Carla Bley. she was such a big influence on me, both through her playing and all the crazy tunes she wrote that have been performed by others.
Why is it that when I play random notes it sounds so blah and when you do it sounds so great? Interesting piece, most of it I felt like I was in a free fall grasping at straws that were falling with to me to try to save myself. Very impressive playing!
Ken
thank you so much! well one thing i can say is that in her tune there are all kinds of great motives and interesting musical snippets that i tried to use in the solo. that is something that Cecil Taylor always did in his improvisations too (at least most of the time ... building from little thematic cells). can't say i can really do it but that's the goal at least