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Another great Jazz pianist for you: Bill Evans. Here he is playing "Peace Piece," a mellow tune that will carry you into a..well...peaceful state of mind. Enjoy! |
It's April, Jazz Appreciation Month! I'll be posting Jazz Greats all month for your listening pleasure :-) Our first Greats are: Oscar Peterson-- One of THE GREATEST Jazz pianists of ALL TIME playing Jumpin' at the Woodside with Count Basie-- another Jazz great! So that you know who is who: when the video pans to Oscar, he's facing to your right and The Count is facing to your left. (Oscar Peterson was capable of playing at unbelievable speeds)! ----------------------------------------------------------------------> |
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Expressive piano playing requires more than just piano study. Read what two great piano teachers had to say, then listen to Pavarotti:
"The whole approach to performance will be greatly aided and simplified by supplementary study of voice wherever possible and by listening closely to good singers." Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "What relates to beauty and taste in performance will be best cultivated, and perhaps, ultimatey most easily obtained, by hearing music finely performed, and by listening to highly distinguished musicians, particularly singers gifted with great powers of expression. Indeed, among those musicians and composers, who in their youth have received instructions in singing, there will generally be found more pure, correct, and critical musical feeling, than among such as have only a general and extrinsic idea of melody and good listening." Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837), A Complete Theoretical and Practical Course of Instruction on the Art of Playing the Pianoforte... |
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Below, check out a group of siblings, The 5 Browns. Every one of them graduated from Julliard with a degree in piano and now they all perform together! I hope you enjoy watching and hearing them play as much as I have!
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