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Rhodes test flight (mercy mercy mercy) Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 463 seconds Guess what I bought today! This is "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy," by Zawinul, and "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" by Herbie Hancock. Related: electric, fender, funk, fusion, hancock, herbie, improv, improvisation, jazz, joe, piano, rhodes, soul, zawinul |
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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 549 seconds The Joe Zawinul classic, piano solo style. First commenter to identify what brand piano I have wins a virtual prize. Grab a beer for this one, I blow for pretty much 8 minutes over ||:G7-C7:||. So the more you drink the better I sound. Related: bozo, jazz, mercy, piano, solo |
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Pentatonic scales in 5 minutes Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 305 seconds A quick lesson on the uses of a pentatonic scale Related: jazz, music, pentatonic, scale, theory |
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A Night in Tunisia Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 390 seconds Youtube needs more bebop so here's my version of the Dizzy Gillespie classic, A Night in Tunisia. Related: ahead, bebop, bozo, dizzy, gillespie, jazz, piano, solo, straight, tunisia |
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Memphis Underground Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 514 seconds This is just a one-chord blowing vehicle. My comping is more interesting than my soloing, if you ask me. If the ending reminds you of a Miles Davis tune, it's because we shamelessly ripped it off. I'm playing my modified Korg M1. (There are more mods than just the gaffer tape over the logo.) Name the Miles tune that the ending is ripped from and win a PRIZE! Related: flute, fusion, herbie, jazz, mann, memphis, quartet, underground |
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Nefertiti (Fender Rhodes version) Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 289 seconds Another take of Wayne Shorter's fantastic tune. Related: bozo, carter, davis, fender, hancock, herbie, jazz, miles, modern, nefertiti, piano, rhodes, ron, shorter, solo, tony, wayne, williams |
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Freedom Jazz Dance Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 385 seconds Eddie Harris's one-chord jam. In this episode, I am playing to a drum loop. I dropped it in on the final video edit cause it adds a lot. You still have to imagine the bass line though. Related: amen, bozo, brother, dance, eddie, freedom, funk, harris, hutch, improvisation, jam, jazz, piano, solo, starsky |
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My Funny Valentine Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 569 seconds Horace Washington & Friends doing a funky arrangement of MFV. This was recorded in 1992, and all wack scene changes are in the source video, not my doing. I don't have anywhere near that much hair anymore, by the way. Horace Washington on sax, Bob Carson on bass, and Phil Collier on drums and funky navy surplus gear. Yours truly playing a modified Korg M1. Related: valentines, day, day, funny, fusion, jazz, korg, m1, rhodes, sax, saxophone, soprano, valentine, valentines |
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Caravan Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 308 seconds Tonight's set is gonna close with one of my favorite tunes, Caravan, made famous by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. I can't get enough of this tune. Fans of the diminished scale (like myself) get all the room they want to stretch out. Which I do. Stretch. Out. Related: bozo, caravan, diminished, duke, ellington, jazz, piano, scale, solo, swing |
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Well You Needn't Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 332 seconds I'm posting this because YouTube desperately needs more Monk tunes. Certainly not because it's one of my great performances. I am putting this up because there are some really cool ideas in there in between some of the awkward spots. Related: ahead, bozo, jazz, monk, piano, solo, straight, swing, thelonious |
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Volvox blues Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 245 seconds it's my channel icon, but you get a bonus song. Related: blues, bozo, jazz, piano, solo |
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Tell Me a Bedtime Story Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 330 seconds This is one of Herbie's best compositions in my opinon. It was originally orchestrated for a small group with trombone, fluegelhorn and flute plus a rhythm section, and released on the album "Fat Albert Rotunda." You're more likely to find the reissue called "Complete Warner Brothers Recordings," and you should definitely buy it. This is kind of a tricky piece to pull off solo. Related: bozo, jazz, piano, solo |
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so what - a different angle Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 342 seconds my version a few different ways to manipulate tension and release "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen." --Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Related: bandwagon, bozo, davis, fender, free, improv, improvisation, jazz, miles, modal, obscurantism, piano, rhodes, smooth, so, what |
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Dolphin Dance Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 355 seconds Another one of my favorite Herbie tunes. From the album Maiden Voyage. This is one I've never played with any band, just messed with it on my own because I like the tune so much. It's in the real book with some mistakes in the changes. Any mistakes in this version are mine, not the real book's. Related: bozo, dance, dolphin, hancock, herbie, jazz, piano, solo |
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Walkin' Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 468 seconds Okay, I felt like Youtube needed some more straight ahead blowing. So here it is, Walkin' written by Richard Carpenter, made famous by Miles Davis. F blues. I'm also playing with my new metronome I got off ebay (it's actually thirty years old and I got it new in the box), it swings. A bunch of choruses of blowing, then the head, then more blowing, then the head. Related: ahead, blues, bozo, jazz, piano, solo, straight, swing, walkin |
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What Is This Thing Called Love? Posted by: volvoxburger
Video duration: 340 seconds I apologize for playing the Cry Me a River Lick. You deserve better than that. Related: ahead, bebop, bozo, cole, improvisiation, jazz, piano, porter, solo, standard, straight, swing |
