Master Class #40 - Great Moments in Jazz Piano History: Lennie Tristano Plays C Minor Complex

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Join Dave for a discussion of Lennie Tristano's CLASSIC improvisation C Minor Complex from his album The New Tristano, given at the Univ. of Eastern Connecticut. Topics include the walking bassline, building a complete performance, the "little guy in your head", performance dynamics, and much more.

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@earfulaudio5199 6 жыл бұрын

You, and what you play and share, is just such an incredible resource. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

@DonVueltaMorales 5 жыл бұрын

In my History of Jazz class back in 1974 at Queens College (CUNY), the instructor, Rudi Blesh (1899-1985), presented "C Minor Complex" as "truly Third Stream, an authentically different style from traditional jazz and classical." Blesh spent a bit of time time dissing Baroque-style fugues and artificial suites written by jazzers, noting that they seemed forced and sycophantically sucking-up to big brother classical. Now, with some historical perspective, I wouldn't say that Blesh was 100% correct about this, but he recognized this piece as one of the crowning achievements of improvised jazz. Blesh always stressed that he was not a musician, something borne out only once at the beginning of the semester, when he barely played a C major triad and compared it to a C minor triad. Thanks for this wonderful, enlightening lesson, one that I've been waiting 45 years to hear.

@DaveFrank 5 жыл бұрын

thanks for writing) Please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at www.davefrankjazz.com for 50 in-depth master classes (4 more about Lennie), all free for thee.

@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 6 жыл бұрын

You're the man, Dave. I love listening & watching you play. Wish I still lived in New York (and had more time to devote to practice), I would definitely seek you out for piano lessons.

@themfu 6 жыл бұрын

Russell Szabados Skype lessons 👍

@eytonshalomsandiego 6 жыл бұрын

gr8 compliment to your other "Lennie's from C minor Heaven" class, thanks D

@dldl43b 6 жыл бұрын

So very nice. Thanks! I like your humming the melody. It's an historical practice.

6 жыл бұрын

Perfectly explained. Thanks for this work.

@billbrown5782 3 жыл бұрын

Just wonderful!

@petersimms8290 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave & Professor Cornicello. That was amazing.

@DaveFrank 6 жыл бұрын

were you there?

@hanshi422 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant presentation. Illumination. Listen! Hear! Learn! Frank is ... frank. The master teaches.

@olivierbyinshi1064 6 жыл бұрын

It is awesome.

@mikedavino2400 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks again

@CharlesAustin 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome Dave... thanks for the insight there !!

@DaveFrank 6 жыл бұрын

$2 Charles

@jazzman1945ify 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant playing, including humming !

@DaveFrank 6 жыл бұрын

haha

@gitarwoman2 3 жыл бұрын

I Remember You...great lesson. Thank you.

@DaveFrank 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for writing, please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at davefrankjazz.com for 54 in-depth master classes, all free for thee)

@cornicello 6 жыл бұрын

This is great! (Okay, I was there for the taping of this...)

@DaveFrank 6 жыл бұрын

you were?

@cornicello 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, there's my bald dome at 45:29!

@DaveFrank 6 жыл бұрын

hey it's YOU!

@antoniocoppola3377 3 жыл бұрын

Great pianism

@DaveFrank 3 жыл бұрын

for sure)

@aflessas 5 жыл бұрын

The humming is Dave improvising , as a bassist I do it all the time

@DaveFrank 5 жыл бұрын

I wish it would stop.

@aflessas 5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was you while you were playing ?

@DaveFrank 5 жыл бұрын

@@aflessas yes, it's involutary as you said..

@aflessas 5 жыл бұрын

@@DaveFrank If it ain't broke , don't fix it . I'll never stop

@frederickkk1985 3 жыл бұрын

I listened a part of Lennie

@DaveFrank 3 жыл бұрын

did you like it?

@frederickkk1985 3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveFrank absolutely!

@DaveFrank 3 жыл бұрын

@@frederickkk1985 haha

@bobviavattine1715 6 жыл бұрын

What is that hum? Maybe the guy with the camera?

@rillloudmother 6 жыл бұрын

Is that Dave frank or Keith Jarrett?

@DaveFrank 6 жыл бұрын

Keith is in good shape)

@maxcohen13 6 жыл бұрын

Nice playing in the beginning. My favorite part was when you went _HHmmmmm hhmmmmm hmm hhmmm hmmmm hmmmmmmhhmmm hmmmmm..._

@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 6 жыл бұрын

maxcohen13: Someone forgot to turn off his lapel mic.

@DaveFrank 6 жыл бұрын

that was my favorite part also

@DaveFrank 6 жыл бұрын

we'll see if we can correct that, thanks for writing

@TypingHazard 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's a localization thing but I feel like "New York" is too hard to say over and over lol. I live in Nebraska, so if I were gonna do this I'd use "Lincoln" for eighth notes and "Omaha" for triplets. I've tried these mnemonics though and they just trip me up. Someone told me "pass the goddamn salt" was how you play fives and I couldn't do it for a month. lol

@DaveFrank 6 жыл бұрын

yeah, Lincoln and Omaha swings!