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Are you aware of Bill Evans?

Yes, of course. Wonderful, but not close.

I have to agree. At a certain point, this is all subjective. There is a directness to his playing that I can't get enough of. I judge by who I listen to more of. I do listen to Bill, and I got to see Michael Petrucciani. I keep coming back to Keith.

@@edwardsah3 Yep. A big part of it is how he's able to get the melody to float on top of everything else. Hard to do.

Keith has said that the music just flows through him without thought.

​@@michaelcorenzwit6860 yes, that's how he describes his creative process. But we know that any creative process that involves such degree of complexity and balance demands lots of decisions and an absolute control over the material. That comes from the brain, from the thought process. I just think that what he means is that he is not analyzing the material "per se". The music just flows, as you wrote. But he is constantly thinking as his is generating his melodies, his harmonies; he is constantly shaping his decisions. That constant filtering of very refined ideas is what he is, and that's what makes him create such marvelous music.

@@andradas9688 I was a jazz musician and I felt my improvising was best when my brain was allowing my music to flow freely. Of course the brain is involved in all aspects of our lives but conscious thoughts are not the source of inspiration for improvisation. You need to consciously develop the ability to improvise by hours and hours of practice before you have the ability to allow the music to spontaneously flow through you and your instrument.

@@michaelcorenzwit6860 Melodic and harmonic choices that are not just clichés (the redundant melodic lines taken from other players, the same scales, same voicings, etc, which unfortunately happens A LOT in jazz) require extreme concentration and an acute mind. Concentration does not mean a "barrier" to the "flow" of the creative process, much on the contrary. If hours and hours of practice involve conscious thoughts and you simply take that baggage to the performance itself, you cannot argue that improvisation is spontaneously created. That itself denies KJ's initial statement. As an addendum, for some reason people tend to suggest the existence of an external entity that somehow uses you and your instrument as a vehicle. That's called fantasy (other form of creativity), which is an important part of people's lives, but it is just that. The brain is extremely powerful and even if you think you are creating spontaneously, we know you are basically expressing ideas "trained" and "filtered" beforehand. That's why KJ's statement is a contradiction, which is fine. That doesn't make him less wonderful.

@@andradas9688 I have known and conversed with many great jazz musicians. They universally agree that the music that they play comes from something other than conscious thought. I am in no way implying that there is an external entity involved. Let’s agree that Keith plays wonderfully and is a transcendent genius of creativity.

Not for me...beautifully said.

yeah, french cuisine or Japanese kaiseki is totally different from a bag of potato chips.

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Spectacular performance! 3:45

We can repeat if you think it's convenient. 5:43 We don't think it's inconvenient.

Unbelievable! 8:05

William Griffiths....amen...never grow tired of this man and his playing.

William, could not agree more.

Only saw him once, Munich 2016. I knew it would be a CD.

Hear, hear.

without brain and soul comment.

I'll be tired of you When stars are tired of gleaming When I am tired of dreaming Then I'll be tired of you This I know is true When winds are tired of blowing When grass is tired of growing Then I'll be tired of you Beyond the years till day is night Till wrong is right, till birds refuse to sing Beyond the years the echo of my only love Will still be whispering, whispering If my throbbing heart Should ever start repeating That it is tired of beating Then I'll be tired of you You see now?

I much prefer to listen to Bill Evans than to listen to Keith Jarrett - I always have - I always will

+ichabe dichlieb He's asking for more light on his back (and on the piano) and less in his eyes .

oh booooo hooo mummy!!

Rick Simpson!!!!

Swing Band Heaven then go somewhere else, you idiot! This is the Mozart of jazz of our time. Your shallow ignorance should be embarrassing for you, but you don’t have enough sensitive for that!

@@rmac1042 slow down. everyone got their own taste. he explained his arguments decently, I don't know why would you get mad at someone for sum like this..

Would a dictionary help you?