Joey Alexander - Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala - 2014
Listen to Count Basie’s recording of “Li’l Darlin’” if you want to hear how this is done at a very high level of virtuosity.
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
When I listen to this, I can't help but hear James Brown's "It's a Man's World" in those sweet melodic parts. Mehldau's a virtuoso, and I know he can explore the hell out of a piece, but I love when he brings out the sweet. The buildup from the search he begins at 6:00 comes to a beautiful culmination at 6:50 and in comes that wonderful melody agai... See more
Miguel upv • Brad Mehldau - My Favorite Things @ Jazz a Vienne 2010
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Brad Mehldau - My favorite things @ jazz a Vienne 2010
the music of J. S. Bach, whom I profiled a few chapters ago as the sine qua non of jumping from fluid to crystallized intelligence.
Arthur C. Brooks • From Strength to Strength
Thelonious Monk playing “Honeysuckle Rose”.
Haruki Murakami • Norwegian Wood
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Bruce Hornsby did not start piano until he was 17 years old, yet he remains one of the most important pianists of the 21st century, as he established a sound that is his own. It is a clever blending of the Americana side of jazz that you hear in some of Keith Jarrett's work, a big influence on him, as well as that pure cinematic western landscape t... See more
How to Play Drop 2 Piano Chords - Bruce Hornsby Style | Rodney East
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A beautiful intelligent union of Beethoven and the Blues, that spoke to my heart. Pure magic happens when an artist like Jon Batiste is attuned and surrenders to a higher intelligence.
Peace, love and creative vibrations from Sydney, Australia.
Peace, love and creative vibrations from Sydney, Australia.
Für Elise - Reverie
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As the spark of an idea started to build, she sought help from a collaborator, Emily Bear, a 19-year-old composer and musician who had been introduced to the world as a 6-year-old piano prodigy but was hoping to prove herself as more than just a former spectacle for daytime talk shows.
Julia Jacobs • TikTok to the Grammys: How a ‘Bridgerton’ Musical Beat Broadway (Published 2022)
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