The first solo concert of Georgian pianist Beka Gochiashvili at Tbilisi State Conservatoire. Date: 3.02.2017 00:26 - Part I 14:25 - Shumba/Part II 36:05 - Round Midnight/Part III 59:15 - Libertatem 1:06:35 - Is Ak Aris
Wow, this is really great. I don't even know anymore if this is jazz or modern classical music. I guess when the music is great (and it is with Beka Gochiashvili) it will meander into new territory, and the classification into "jazz" or "classical" or anything else, becomes secondary.
Long time I was not so excited by a musician. Don't know what is the part of improvisation there, but this is so great, powerful, inspired and generous. A brain made for music. so grateful.
FML bro you are so amazing... The era of Petrucciani and Oscar Peterson has passed away. Everybody thought that "trio" passed away with their soles... And here you are.. I am listening to your music, it's modern and classic... What's most important?! It's better than anything else, especially in this all-new era of jazz and classical music. Bro, I am so proud of you... ))
Saw Beka play with Stanley Clarke tonight..amazing show..Stanley as always amazing and Beka blew us all away. WOW going again tomorrow night. Can definitely see Stanley influence him. Wow
I found myself asking, "Why wasn't this level of talent so apparent when I was younger, like in the 1980's? What is rarer then?" The answers turns out to be multifaceted. First, there are obviously more people in the world, and a larger percentage are playing piano. Second, we're more readily aware of the total amount talent than we were in the 80's--at that time, all we had were a limited number of cassette tapes and vinyl records to represent what selected talent was recorded (or what we saw live in concert). There's another element becoming more evident over the past 8-10 years: more young people (say age 13 - early 20's) see the tremendous talent online/RU-vid and are encouraged to work hard--the element of competition and drive. There you have it! Let me know what you think. Cheers!
This is pretty cool. He has grown up, and plays somewhat complicated jazz now. Was trying to find hidden elements of Georgian music there but could not - I would love him to do some "ethnic jazz". Anyways, I will keep listening to my favorite of his performances and that is the one with Stanley Clarke. Congrats, Beka - you are a great musician.
did you listen more than 5 min? not trying to be rude, just wondering because it starts off very angular and intellectual but then it gets more beautiful
Cool, I agree! I just thought your original post seemed like an understatement to me, but that's because I thought this was a very powerful/moving performance.
technically flawless :) i feel through more experience and time he'll learn to hone in his skills more... to me its a balance between technique and feeling... if you have too much over the other, the message you want to convey across gets lost... #justmytwocents hoping more great things for this guy! Love & Blessings
I have a bit of bias with against the first piece. It's hard to follow the melody and themes. Second one is pretty good, but then there's not much change in texture, so it might get boring. The intro of Round Midnight is the melody twisted almost beyond recognition for like 3 min, but you will hear fragments of it. But the real melody starts 38:39 and its AMAZING! Then it gets kinda boring. The last one is gorgeous. Very nice melody.
Ben Miller I teach music theory and jazz piano improv lessons privately for ppl at home but compose at Sony studios as my main job in Culver city...and I saw this post ....and even I (and a coworker) were shocked JUST LIKE YOU that the RU-vid community has become this toxic.... at home I listened to the whole performace (its over an gr so I couldnt do it at work) so my wife says they are called trolls who are out for attention... so don't even worry about the 2 dislikes... its ridiculous.... ... I have played jazz piano for 22 years and Im 31 now...so most of my life and even at Hamilton Academy of Music (the place I went 2 highschool thats also in Culver City near Sony) we had ppl that didn't understand jazz and insulted it as unorganized noise even tho its the most technically demanding form of music... so my 1st assumption was that they dont understand improv... my second was that they dont understand the complexity of jazz.... but then I asked my wife to come to the mancave to listen to 1 of his pieces and she saw the 2 dislikes too and said that just like the small few ignorant classical musicians way back in our highschool days, these 2 ppl are just trolls... who dislike anything positive because they probably haven't done ANYTHING significant with their lives and love posting thier anger on the internet... Cuz this guy "Beka" is probably 5 to 7 years younger than me and plays just about as well as I do with my 2 degrees and Im 31!... yet even I was called a genius in my adolescent stage....and yet he reached my abilty at a slightly younger age than me.... and he is famous unlike me... so he should be praised....not disliked due to jealousy or hate...know what I mean? We should praise the generation behind us for gettijg to our level 5 or any years sooner than ourselves, not hate on them!...what a shame.... good post and ovservation tho :) (sorry for long post and typos, I just realized its length lol)
What were you listening to? That was the best rendition of Round Midnight I've ever heard. All the complex chords and reharmonizations were brilliant .
Как жаль, что ему теперь меньше есть, что сказать чем в юном возрасте. Изчез бурный, свободный поток Музыки и осталось выжимание из себя рассосредоточенных элементов. Это видно и по мимике: когда из музыканта духовное содержание льётся свободно, оно всё в пальцах. А в противном случае, расплачивается лицо, мучающееся в нелепых ужимках.
