If so, what style? Stride, bebop, etc….
Does anyone attempt the Tatum style these days? Keep it alive. =) I play bebop, stride, and all like that. But at times, I get a kick out of playing that Tatum-like stride….=)

Visit www.HearandPlayJazz201.com for more… James Wrubel, from the Hear And Play jazz 201 learning dvd, gives you a great inside look into the infamous bebop scale that can take your jazz playing to another level! It’s a few minutes of a mega multi-hour course on playing by ear (with…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuczE8vIujc thank you

addition question: how would you distinguished a song from bebop to cool jazz era?

www.billytaylorjazz.net presents a unique piano duo, featuring Billy Taylor and Dick Hyman

Jazz piano legend Walter Bishop, Jr. discusses and demonstrates his Theory of Fourths. Walter Bishop, Jr. (April 10, 1927 January 24, 1998) was an American bop and hard bop jazz pianist. He was the son of composer Walter Bishop, Sr.. In high school his friends included Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, and Art Taylor. He began his musical career after World War II, and played and recorded with Art Blakey, Charlie Parker, Oscar Pettiford, Kai Winding, Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Curtis Fuller, Terry Gibbs, Clark Terry, Blue Mitchell, and Supersax. In the early 1960s he also led his own trio with Jimmy Garrison and GT Hogan. He continued performing into the 1990s. After studying at The Juilliard School with Hall Overton in the late 1960s, he taught music theory at colleges in Los Angeles in the 1970s. In 1983 he began teaching at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. He also wrote a book, A Study in Fourths, about jazz improvisation based on cycles of fourths and fifths. Video: Bret Primack

NYC’s solo jazz piano giant, Dave Frank (website www.davefrankjazz.com), in performance at the famed NYC jazz club. Many other superb complete master classes – on Frank Zappa, Charlie Parker, Bruce Hornsby, Eric Dolphy and Keith Jarrett, etc., available for free viewing anytime on Ustream Dave has 4 killer solo CD’s that may be downloaded for each complete at Jazzheads.com

Here I am playing my own improvisational version (actually 2 versions) of the popular song “Sunny” originally written and recorded by American singer songwriter Bobby Hebb in 1966. “Sunny” has been recorded by, among others, Pat Martino & John Scofield with Joey Defrancesco, Boney M, Cher, Georgie Fame, Johnny Rivers, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra with Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, the Electric Flag, The Four Seasons, the Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, Les McCann, Dusty Springfield, and The Alex Trio featuring David Wise. One cover, a disco version called “Sunny ‘76″ was a hit for Hebb in that year. Bobby Hebb recorded “Sunny” in New York City, which resulted in a tour with The Beatles for Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. This video was recorded March 2008 in Davis, California. At about 2:40 in the video you should notice a profound change in the rhythm and style of playing. I hope you enjoy it and thank you kindly for your positive comments. -Mark Chang

If you want to really master jazz piano, is it basically learning blues(or boogie woogie), bebop, stride piano, and swing piano? Most modern jazz is bebop right and old jazz is swing, stride, and blues?

Can you basically master blues and boogie woogie, bebop, stride piano, and swing from learning from all the stride piano greats? That includes Oscar Peterson, Fats Waller, Art Tatum, James P. Johnson, and Willie the Lion Smith?

I was playing around with this tune and decided to record it. I was focusing mainly on hand independence, and maybe was pushing a little too hard in that direction, but as a form of practice, it’s worth doing. I used Synthogy Ivory Studio Grand C7 with an analog pad just to be playing something different than the usual Steinway patch I regularly use. Quite fun all around.

www.pianowithwillie.com I fixed the audio on this one.