Play Jazz Piano Like Bill Evans

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LESSON SUMMARY
Do you want to play jazz piano like Bill Evans? In this Quick Tip, you'll learn how Bill Evans approached improvisation on "Autumn Leaves" in his famous 1959 album Portraits In Jazz. We'll examine his use of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic components, including:
- 8 Left Hand Comp Voicings
- 6 Melodic Improv Techniques
- 2 Rhythmic Impov Techniques
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:46 Bill Evans solo: section 1
01:12 Review melody & chords
03:23 Section 1 breakdown
09:45 Bill Evans solo: section 2
10:00 Section 2 breakdown
14:52 Conclusion
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Jonny May

Пікірлер: 74

@PianoWithJonny 3 жыл бұрын

00:00 Intro 00:46 Bill Evans solo: section 1 01:12 Review melody & chords 03:23 Section 1 breakdown 09:45 Bill Evans solo: section 2 10:00 Section 2 breakdown 14:52 Conclusion

@catalindots9378 3 жыл бұрын

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@watubelukinat 2 ай бұрын

Stunning ! left hand swipes to allow Right hand flights of colors

@PianoWithJonny 2 ай бұрын

Yes, thank you!

@laurieverchomin8638 9 күн бұрын

Yes!

@blessedtembo9858 3 жыл бұрын

Sir jonny thanks for all your videos . Not only are u an inspiration to playing jazz but a good teacher and a great teacher😂, i always learn and enjoy your lessons from my home . Am in africa zambia and i finished the autumn leaves jazz version , thanks to you. By the way if u practice jazz from this channel stick to it . Jonny is a great teacher and i will always be a fan to ur channel sir jonny 😇. Wakanda forever

@tupperlienke9712 3 жыл бұрын

Great lesson on Bill Evans. It breaks down to simpler ideas than expected and they sound so good! Thanks!

@kiyotamr 3 жыл бұрын

So great! Thank you for this video.

@aeon4901 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite solos!

@BlakeGreen 3 жыл бұрын

this is probably y favorite free video of yours. Great stuff. I'd love more like this

@juliocastillothewhitehorse8834 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jonny!! Please more videos of jazz!! You are Amazing pianist!!

@Tritonorec 3 жыл бұрын

Jonny Bill Evans. Me encanta, buenísimo!!!

@TimothyChiangPianist 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff! When you lay it out, it just shows that it doesn’t have to overly complicated to sound good😀

@codetech5598 3 жыл бұрын

You can get the Bill Evans sound, but you need the cigarette to get the Bill Evans look.

@hahabass 3 жыл бұрын

@@codetech5598:-))))

@lukesavage1019 3 жыл бұрын

@@codetech5598 and the heroin

@davidgroth26 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent break down, thank you!

@omelmasalunga7960 3 жыл бұрын

wow, fantastic lesson. Thank you.

@SolarMumuns 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video: great content and expertly delivered. Thank you!

@PianoNotion 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! This is a cool rhythm!

@fredericrenoult6536 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutly excellent. Clever and understandable

@Bookssful 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@jamieconley4913 3 жыл бұрын

This very helpful, thanks man.

@markdecker2112 3 жыл бұрын

very nice breakdown of the master.

@eydiguttason1961 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jonny God bless you and your family I'm from Aalborg Denmark

@HoneyDrake 3 жыл бұрын

Great playing !!!!

@brendaboykin3281 3 жыл бұрын

Thanx, Jonny.

@rolandgerard6064 3 жыл бұрын

Best lesson...

@1230salo 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!! Awesome video

@imanmusic5829 3 жыл бұрын

THANKS

@FranciscoPereira-px6mu 3 жыл бұрын

Great job! Keep it Up!😎👍🏻

@williamlarson2759 3 жыл бұрын

You explain this so well..thanks for sharing!

@PianoWithJonny 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@chuckc7375 3 жыл бұрын

How about doing one to play like Kieth Jarrett.

@lancewang4923 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing what you can do with one scale...

@nicholasr6381 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jonny, this is my favourite video. Would love If you would do some other songs of his especially the Tony Bennett/ Bill Evans album

@andricookingnbaking721 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll try yuor excellent break down, sure!!!

@AMAZING_INSIGHTS776 3 жыл бұрын

Nice one

@peoriaos6627 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Please add more of Bills stuff

@davidgerber9317 3 жыл бұрын

Bill Evans is playing with other musicians, so all he needs are shells for his left hand. But for solo piano, it helps to have some roots and voicings in the left hand (as I saw you doing!). Thanks for another great lesson!

@Yodaandhislightsabre 3 жыл бұрын

Was this an improvisation or a composition by Bill? If an improvisation that blows my mind

@ShaunTrillo 3 жыл бұрын

that's exactly what i want to do

@petemccollum151 3 жыл бұрын

Could you do a tutorial of Very Early :)

@EWormMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@bobbylow5968 3 жыл бұрын

Bill Evans is my God , funny as I am full atheist, I own many many vinyls from way back and CDs . Now « to play like Bill Evans » is shocking vanity if I may say so, nothing wrong with your musical science , your dexterity but it. ain’t the real thing and how could it be? To be sure I pulled out my 59 vinyl of Portrait and listen to both versions of Autumn leaves ......,, of course Scott Lafaro is fabulous ( what a tragic loss) and Paul Motian as well and both bring the rendition to its perfection. In fact your exercice looks like a lesson by an art teacher who tries to dissect a work by VanGogh brush stroke by brush stroke after having identified the chemical composition of the colours. Technically remarkable but no soul, no Schmertz, no genius.

@bobbylow5968 3 жыл бұрын

Schmerz ... no t. .

@tommasocollalti6441 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jonny! I was wondering why you play the voicings without 9th note but with the 1 note

@myls_pianist 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Maestro Jonny, I am an Italian piano teacher and I wanted to ask you if your courses are subtitled in Italian, because I am interested in buying them

@jaserpiano12 3 жыл бұрын

Me puedes regalar material de jazz ..libros PDF

@steverose3860 2 жыл бұрын

Actually the 1st LH chord is Bb & Eb from the bottom up (instead of the inversion you are hearing).

@luckyviet 3 жыл бұрын

hey, bill evans!

@nateofalltrades1448 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of keyboard do you use?

@brendaboykin3281 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds very hard and brittle to my ears. 🤔

@jazzkang7093 3 жыл бұрын

9ood........

@ouriel 3 жыл бұрын

Where is the transcription

@lilybond6485 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. -- but -- really --- no one can play like Bill Evans.

@wanderlngdays 3 жыл бұрын

All these chords belong to the key of G minor, not B flat major (they both share chords until the D major appears)

@thenix0389 2 жыл бұрын

G minor is B flat major, the D7 is a secondary dominant

@wanderlngdays 2 жыл бұрын

@@thenix0389 G minor and B flat major are relatives, but not the same, and D7 is the dominant of G minor, not a secondary dominant

@thenix0389 2 жыл бұрын

@@wanderlngdays Yeah, but you don't have D7 in the G minor scale, so it's a secondary dominant. Man, we talkin' basic ...

@wanderlngdays 2 жыл бұрын

@@thenix0389 yes, you have. I’m talking about harmonic minor scale, a standard minor scale (with the leading tone). Not a secondary dominant at all. And yes, we are talking basic

@thenix0389 2 жыл бұрын

@@wanderlngdays The harmonic minor scale is the standard minor for who? Lol

@greg55666 Жыл бұрын

My whole life I have been irritated by players bopping their head around as they play. You know who didn't do that, because he was serious? Bill Evans.