‘It Don’t Mean a Thing if it ain’t …’ – jazz piano lesson
‘It Don’t Mean a Thing if it ain’t Got That Swing’ – Ellington. This was recorded first in midi format, and annotations added later. It was improvised in the quirky style that is sometimes used by such people as Harry Connick Jr, Jessica Williams, and of course Monk- with the deliberate ‘stumbles’ in time, the cluster discords that sound like mistakes, and the deliberately stilted time. I tried to copy this simple, primitive, naive style. Also, I have small hands, so the stride style is simplified with no stretches, and can be played with the Left Hand root and chords contained within an octave. A clearer to see video in stereo, is downloadable at www.bushgrafts.com or try the Higher quality version here – http – but why do Youtube raise the original volume level to cause clipping on the higher quality version of the video – if the original video was OK, surely that can be controlled when converted?
it certainly has that swing
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Wow is all great, there is a place where I can get the sheet music for songs similar to what you posted here?
I would like to have a piano again it would be really pleasing.
Great to hear all candidates makin us feel bad about her exceptional. For part of what I almost thought I heard groans Errol Garner. The implicit and 10th actually walk real interest. There was a different sense of style.
It’s very different for you. . Sounds great! By the way, I’m glad to hear you talk about the issue of the cut – a source of great frustration and thought it was me!
Nice ragtime modern. “
Great combination of styles old and new.