www.billytaylorjazz.net presents “What is Jazz?” with the Billy Taylor Trio, including Billy Taylor on piano, Chip Jackson on bass, and Steve Johns on drums. Musical selections include “Tom Vaguely,” “Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child,” “St. Louis Blues,” “Picture This.”

Visit www.HearandPlayJazz.com for more… Great musicians (…or at least the ones that sound better than “good” ones) have a few traits in common. They have specialized knowledge of a variety of genres and can “activate” any of these playing modes in an instant. They are unpredictable in that their playing incorporates various styles regardless of what primary genre they’re operating in. They are multi-dimensional and “cook much more than chicken” (…so to speak). Basically, they never run out of things to play. They’re not afraid to explore musical elements outside their comfort zone. Their musical growth never reaches a final destination but is a continuous journey. …And I have to admit. I’m guilty as a teacher of sticking with “one” primary genre. For over 7 years, we’ve taught primarily gospel music by ear. Yes, you can pick up our 300-pg home study course and find general music theory, ear-training, and various progressions from other genres, but our main focus up until now has been on gospel music. I simply called it “drilling deep” or focusing only on one type of player. It was the classic “don’t try to please everyone” and “stick with what you know best” philosophy. But even I’ve realized the necessity for gospel (and ALL) musicians to explore other genres as there is a lot to be discovered by doing this. Not only do you increase your creativity by pulling chords, patterns, licks, and tricks from other places, but you break yourself away from being limited to …

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www.easyjazzpiano.com presents this new Easy Jazz Piano DVD. If you have always wanted to learn jazz piano, you will learn a fun song, improvisation and some hip chords on this DVD.

‘Things Ain’t What They Used To Be’. This is a jazz / blues /gospel piano tutorial. Again I have revamped/upgraded a previously posted Youtube video to take advantage of the higher quality video available now. I have added much clearer and more accurate notation and lots of annotations. The video and the transcription are free to download on my website at www.bushgrafts.com There is a great vocal version (has the introduction with lyrics added) by Carol Welsman on her ‘Lucky To Be Me’ CD – listen to a sample at http

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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

I plan on doing a tutorial on this Duke Ellington tune. Hopefully I can get to it next week. The thing that is so great about this tune is the complexity of the melody and how the harmony is so much a part of the sound, that you really can’t mess with it that much, or it doesn’t sound like Sophisticated Lady. For that reason, I just kept it in the original key with the original changes. I also borrowed heavily from the Ellis Marsalis version, which is just terrific. He is just the consummate musician. I recorded this differently than I did with Georgia on my Mind. I have the Zoom in the same position, which you can see in the upper right of the frame, pointing 45 degrees down in line with the second hole of the piano. I also added a ribbon mic over the bass strings and mixed it in to give it a thicker sound. I hope you enjoy it.

The pattern from MC-505 was inspired from BBC production Walking with Dinosaurs with Nigel Marvin as Adventurer Zoologist . Over that C minor pattern, the Blues Form was improvised over on my Piano. If you like what you hear please leave me feedback and any comments you have. Please also check myspace. website make sure to first click music subcategory than type in ObeeLektro same name as I use here on Yotube. Also please check my other 54 videos of variety of different projects from Synthesizer improvisations over original composition from my ray of Groove boxes. to Solo piano improvisations from free style to improvisation over Classical and Jazz standard tunes, to Video projects with my Sister Izabella singer to StarWars fun projects where I layered my original compositions over nicely edited excerpts from Star Wars Episode III, to ambient Electronic music tracks filled with tons of beautiful photos from my many journeys through out Europe and North America. Enjoy.

From www.PlayPianoTODAY.com , this is the updated version of the online piano lessons series titled ‘Phat’ Chord voicings. Check this out for a revolution in your piano playing!