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A jazz piano lesson to help you learn Kurt Weill’s jazz standard “My Shining Hour,” famously played by Miles Davis.
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A milestone! 0:09
Enjoying each step of the journey 0:24
Playing jazz standards on piano 0:40
Appreciating Ira Gershwin’s lyrics 1:12
My connection with Kurt Weill 2:06
“Mack The Knife” 3:07
The early and later styles of Kurt Weill 3:23
The Gil Evans arrangement of “My Ship” 4:12
The Claude Thornhill influence of Gil Evans 4:42
The “Birth of the Cool” nonet’s style 5:25
The 3 great Miles Davis/Gil Evans albums 6:06
My letter that was published in “Downbeat” magazine 6:58
Kurt Weill’s original introduction to “My Ship” 8:20
How to use chord substitutions 9:30
Gaining perspective from Keith Jarrett 10:12
Gil Evans’ use of block chords and double-time feel 10:30
Personalizing Kurt Weill’s original intro 10:59
Playing the melody rubato, with lots of chord substitutions 11:47
Adding more 8th-note motion 12:14
Block chords 12:25
A ‘C’ pedal tone 12:35
Wider voicings 12:40
Playing the bridge in a ballad tempo, with a variety of left-hand techniques 12:52
Gil Evans-like substitute harmonies during the last ‘A’ section 13:23
Extending the turnaround, with chords from the intro 14:04
Slow, relaxed stride 14:17
Using walking 10ths at times 14:42
Swing-era riffs, in block chords 14:54
Single-note soloing 15:06
A chromatic countermelody 15:17
A bit of syncopation 15:23
Emphasizing the swing feel 15:28
A countermelody that turns into a vamp 16:06
Playing the vamp with quarter notes 16:28
Creating a new “intro” to the reprise 16:45
Slowing down the tempo for the melody 16:51
An Art Tatum-inspired fill 16:57
Harmonizing the melody with block chords 17:00
A 2-handed ascending lick I learned from Billy Taylor 17:07
Back to the tune’s melody 17:10
Gently using a double-time feel 17:14
Swinging a little stronger during the bridge 18:02
A triplet feel for the final ‘A’ section 18:37
Ritardando 19:05
Rubato 19:10
Trying out lots of different harmonies 19:13
Evoking the intro for the ending 19:18
Letting intervals determine the chord voicings 19:51
Play the voicings you enjoy! 20:59
Miles Davis, Gil Evans, and Kurt Weill 21:27
Taking your playing to a whole new level 21:58
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