Though much of the allure of jazz lies in its possibilities of in-the-moment conversations among musicians, solo albums turn the spotlight on the music’s possibilities for personal expression. This ...
This is my very simple method for how to start playing solo jazz piano. After watching this video, players should be able to take care of the melody, the comping and the bass line, all by themselves.
Today it's the best-selling piano and solo jazz album of all time. But 50 years ago, Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert nearly didn't happen. Between the substandard piano, an exhausting car journey, ...
Oscar Peterson at the piano? Oscar Peterson was the piano. His touch could be light and feathery, as ethereal as a memory. It could operate with blinding speed, releasing liquid lines that felt like a ...
In this jazz piano tutorial, we break down how to accompany yourself or a soloist on Van Morrison’s iconic tune Moondance. From comping patterns to voicing choices and rhythmic feel, this video gives ...
"There's a lot of sparkle in the lower register," Welsman says, as she polishes "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" to a shine, perfectly capturing the sentiment of the tune with her sublime vocals and ...
You might know it as one of the following: a 19th-century waltz, a two-handed jazz piano duet – or perhaps a general byword for an easy piece of piano music. But what actually is ‘Chopsticks’, and who ...