This is a spontaneous version of "Falling Grace" with the wonderful singer, Michael Schiefel.
Hi Everyone,
Well, after months of fun work had by me, I have finally released my book "Free Verse and Photos in the Key of Jazz." In it there are 36 verses built entirely of jazz tune titles, a format that is completely original and my crazy idea. They vary from the shortest with four titles to the longest with 73, "My Little Brown Book." Each one centers around a theme. E.g., "Alexander's Ragtime Band" includes characters like "Mingus Fingus" and "Mack the Knife." Even the poem titles are song titles.
Is it too early for Christmas tunes?
I usually break out my Christmas book around this time of year, but somehow I never get around to really learning some of the better tunes. I thought I would change that this year and try learning a few, playing them in different keys, coming up with interesting changes, etc.
Here's my attempt on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
This very simple tune by Gil Evans sounds great on vibes. Don't overplay on this one. Space is where it's at. See what kind of beautiful textures you can come up with. Be bold and creative! Use your pedaling and mallet dampening techniques.
Hi guys This month i'm going to give you my solo version of the unknown standard called "Everything I love".
For the first one who post his own solo version, playing the head as I wrote it down, he will have a FREE skype lesson with me!!
if you have any question please contact me via email: giovanniperin87@gmail.com
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Have fun
Giovanni
Revisiting a beautiful song written by the great bassist Steve Swallow. I first learned this composition while studying with Gary as a student at Berklee in the 70s. Steve wrote so many great compositions and this is certainly one of them.
This semester I have been working with my teacher on playing ballads in the solo style and wanted to share a system/ exercise that I've been using to begin developing orchestration ideas when playing the melody. The following exercise is based on a concept I modified from John Mehegan’s “Jazz Improvisation 4: Contemporary Piano Styles” called “Root – Chord Patterns”.
Volume Two of the Complete Guide To Improvisation is now available via Amazon, www:edsaindon.com and the Berklee College of Music bookstore.
Chapters: Upper Structure Triads, Four Note Groupings, Motivic Playing, Cyclic Patterns and Major 7th #5 Superimposition. Here's a link that includes the Table of Contents and brief description of each chapter.
https://drive.google.com/a/berklee.edu/file/d/0B0TwrpqjL6dQYnlpcTZyeUQ1…
My Buddy, Paul Sottnik, and I are working on a piano vibes duet project. This video Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers by Steve Kahn was recorded on site at SUNY Fredonia.
My Buddy, Paul Sottnik, and I are working on a piano vibes duet project. This video Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers by Steve Kuhn was recorded on site at SUNY Fredonia.