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it was a sneaky post. Here's the final version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocvvxTRX_s4

It's the changes to out of nowhere. It's one the best solos I've ever heard. It's absolutely perfect. It should be immortalized as an etude.

Great lines in that solo. Well played by you as well.

Congrats on the Fats. Yes each line in the solo is a masterpiece to be studied.

I love Nostalgia ! I think that was one of the first solos I learned with Charlie Shoemake when I first came to LA in '79. Yes well played K !

I used to have a solo arrangement of that playing part of the melody in 4ths against a LH playing 10ths with an open 5th to 6 to Maj7 inner voice movement thing. It was kinda cool. I should try and re learn that and record it.

Thanks for posting, I'd totally forgot about Nostalgia.

Glad you like it. I know I say that every time, but this is really the best solo :-)

Its a bit quiet round here

I was having a play of estate today. great tune...

http://www.divshare.com/download/16555947-a62

need to get the piano tuned big time
(and the bass)

I got a drum kit which is keeping me busy, trying to work out how to co-ordinate the feet.

Must be the Flux. I've just made an arrangement of Estate (never performed it before) for a gig next week. It is a great tune.
Nice playing btw.

Excellent! Estate is popular at our jam sessions. Or maybe to one person since he's always playing it. I've never played it myself.

I'm just amazed at the sound of your piano recordings...it beats my Nord Piano 88! It sounds real

But when I record my Steinway, it comes out so dry in comparison. You must live in a big mansion.

>>But when I record my Steinway, it comes out so dry in comparison. You must live in a big mansion.
I have this problem too. It's really hard to record an acoustic and make it sound good at all. I probably don't have the patience for it.

Dave,
Great playing on Estate. Love the tune. The french singer Nougaro did a version of it with beautiful lyrics and that tune's been with me since I was a very little boy. Always a kind of special tune to me. Very rhythmic approach on your part.

JW,
How does the Nord sound live? you like the sound better. Had the occasion to take it out yet?

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Knotty, Saturday will be my first gig to use it. But just testing it against Aeoborsold and turning everything up, I know it will sound good. This is truly a gigging axe.

Had a jam last night but I left the recorder on Stand-by so no recording at all. But we did do some tricky stuff like Windows.

I'm so busy with gigs and preparing for them that I'm not 'practicing', especially anything new.

oh kool, what a nice song Dave, thanks.

I use reverb, artificial space. Truth is I have so many instruments in my music room I can hardly get in the door.

Strange how it works like that. I have only started playing it recently although I have known it since I sued to see Petrucciani play in the 80's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAPWBcSeKds

Thanks Knotty. I haven't heard the Nougaro version, it's not even on youtube. A shame as I would like to check it out. I do like the Brunoi Martino one though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHcsDtX7_qo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wIs9zm8GPA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

He took of lot of great standards and added french lyrics to them.
His lifetime pianist Maurice vander also wrote several beautiful tunes for him. Le coq et la pendule is one such.

Ah thanks, different title confused me. Nice version.

Nice tip Knotty.

Well this has no piano on it, but it's a marvellous version (Chet Baker):

So you're adding reverb post-recording? Or while recording?

What equipment do you use to do that?

Hi All,

As you may or may not remember, I've used a Zoom H4n to record my trio and solo piano stuff. Just recently I've put together a demo for restaurants that I'm now going to shop around. I'd appreciate if you'd listen to it and let me know if it is ok.

I've 'mixed' the H4 with Garage Band adding reverb and bass, and maybe a little compression on various tracks and in various combinations. Given that the recording was in stereo with the built in mics I couldn't do much else (no pan, or changing levels etc) but I think the results are pretty good considering the simplicity.

For those interested, I basically put the H4 on the music desk of the upright piano facing the strings (with the front open) and the rest of the band was sitting within 2 metres of the mic.

Here is the link:
http://www.box.com/s/ylvg659px67kxk2g0l6y

Scep,

The playing is great on those tracks.
One thing I do if you don't have an extra mic floating around, you can often connect line out from the bass' amp straight into the XLR / 1/4" of the Zoom. Then you can at least mix the bass to your liking. It's probably a bit low now. Drums can just pick up the bleed and that's fine.

But the demo as it is is great. Pretty hip trio you got there.

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