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Some great playing here by an early Billy Taylor. Interesting how well he incorporates his left hand in his playing. Creating a counterpoint, reminiscent of Lennie Tristano´s playing I guess.
Some great playing here by an early Billy Taylor. Interesting how well he incorporates his left hand in his playing. Creating a counterpoint, reminiscent of Lennie Tristano´s playing I guess.
Among current players, Brad Mehldau uses a lot of left hand melodic counterpoint.
True, you can also hear him more recently "getting away" from conventionally playing the melody in the right and playing chords in the left hand. Instead he will arpeggiate the harmony under the melody. He does this especially on more contemporary, pop oriented tunes that he has done.
Keith Jarretts Solo-Concert from 1984 in Tokyo. His playing is so sensitiv and outstanding. Harmonies are well balanced and devided carefully to both hands. Harmony is not "per se" a fact, it is outcoming of the horizontal lines which are found in both hands. A almost contrapuntal type of playing in his performance you can listen starting at 3:58.
I don't really check out specific artists but rather just the songs I really like and want to play and don't give too much attention to the player.
Though I really like Kyle Landry, his original songs isn't too shabby, and love the improvisations. I don't think ill ever play like that but one can always dream.
I agree about Fabrizio Caligaris - can anyone give me some tips about how to play that chromatic run at 1.09 in Misty? Maybe you just have to keep practicing it until your fingers bleed...
It's great that he's making his sheet music available too; not many seem to do that, so I'd appreciate any suggestions for others who do so!
I just discovered this guy, Peter Martin I think his name is. http://www.youtube.com/user/pianopeter#g/u He's done a number of short vids that he calls two minute jazz piano. Little pointers but really solid advice and the guy can definitely play.
Great thread by the way! I will be scouring it in more detail.
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