Jordu: Journey Through The Real Book

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A jazz piano lesson to help you learn the jazz standard “Jordu,” composed by Duke Jordan.
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Learning jazz standards “in context” 0:00
Who was Duke Jordan? 0:31
The early bebop “vibe” 1:17
The importance of being a good accompanist 1:35
Duke Jordan’s pianistic style 2:06
Stride piano 2:47
“Jordu” as a post-bop composition 3:18
The musical and harmonic structure of “Jordu” 3:37
Starting right away with the tune’s melody 6:37
Playing the 2nd ‘A’ up an octave 6:54
The bridge 7:10
Returning to the original feel 7:25
Beginning the improvised solo 7:41
A slightly busier left hand texture 8:00
Walking the bass at the start of the 2nd chorus 8:47
Repeating a blues lick, with rhythmic variety 9:00
Developing a saxophone-like lick 9:33
Digging into the swing groove 9:50
Faster melodic lines 10:12
Using chords to signal the end of a section 10:51
More subdued 10:55
Interplay between the hands 11:00
Stride piano 11:26
Block chords11:33
Returning to the melody 11:41
Ending with a m6/9 harmony 12:09
The value of slow, methodical practicing 12:53
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Enjoy the journey, and "let the music flow!"
Ron

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@willzang3000 3 месяца назад

KILLING IT BRO

@annefernandez6723 10 месяцев назад

Thank you very much for this inspiring video !

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, Anne - I'm glad this is inspiring you with your music!

@eduardosposito8052 Год назад

Thanks a lot Ron!! Happy New YEAR

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Год назад

Thanks Eduardo - Happy New Year to you too :)

@richardi5647 Год назад

Great solo! love that walking bass line........ :)

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Год назад

Thanks - I love playing bass lines like that!

@caponsacchi Год назад

I love Duke Jordan's playing with Blakey and Mobley on the tiny Transition label (sold to Blue Note). He's more lyrical and melodically free than the hard-boppin' Horace Silver, who has the advantage in creating ingenious yet accessible and memorable compositions for rhythm plus 2 instruments (e.g. "Ecarole"). I didn't realize til recently that Duke was married to vocalist Sheila Jordan, who was gigging in England while in her nineties. "Jordu" is the one to know, though recently I discovered his "No Problem."

@rondrotos5285 Год назад

Interesting perspective on Duke Jordan's playing - he's often overlooked. I got to know Sheila a bit in the 1980s. A wonderful singer and very nice person!

@song4night 3 года назад

My favorite pianist on youtube. I treasure your talks as well.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 3 года назад

You made my day :)

@song4night 3 года назад

@@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 😊👍

@brendaboykin3281 3 года назад

Thank you, JazzBrother. Also the Ex-hubby of progressive Jazz singer Sheila Jordan. Max & Brownie: the Jazz door openers for me at about age 21. A friend gave me two 90 min cassettes of the complete Quintet repertoire. I fell madly in love with all of it:especially Jordu. Thanx so much, Ron. All the best. 🌹🌹🌹

@johngeast Год назад

Jordu has been one of my favorite tunes always.. it could be the soundtrack to my day But I never knew the harmony precisely; it reminds me of My Old Flame.. "But I'll never be the same" C7-F7 "Til I discover what became" Bbmaj-Eb7 (!) "Of my old flame" D7-Eb7 2-5-G Such a smooth sound, seems almost to conjure a foxtrot rhythm, slow slow quick quick, or a samba box step P.s Clifford Brown is a treasure trove of melody. His solos embed themselves in the memory, as if they were written there.. and his solo becomes an integral part of the song. Great melodies to study and play

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Год назад

The melody definitely evokes those wistful tunes like My Old Flame.

@johngeast Год назад

@@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 The bridge was one of my first melodies I ever played on guitar ages ago. It swings hard by it's nature, with an easy repeating pattern, yet is still mysterious to me. I'm checking out more from Jordan

@caponsacchi Год назад

Nice coordination of right-hand improv with walking bass. Very few pianists seem to have solved that challenge. Oscar, of course, though Dave McKenna is best known for mastering it.

@rondrotos5285 Год назад

Thanks! It's a fun style to play.

@mintygreen8760 2 года назад

A favourite standard of mine! Duke Jordan composed some other great tunes, another favourite is No Problem, which has a similar melancholy feeling. The interestingly the first two recordings of Jordu are entitled Minor Encamp.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Thanks! I didn't know that about the title Minor Encamp - I'll check them out.

@mintygreen8760 2 года назад

@@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 I actually got that slightly wrong, the first recorded version is called Minor Escamp, it's on a 10" LP from 1954 on the Swing label. The next recorded version is called Minor Encamp from a recording where Roy Haynes is leader called Roy Haynes Modern Group, this was released in 1955 on the Swing label as well.

@ChrisSmithSaxophone 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing this Ron. I get so much out of your Real Book videos. Each one is like a jazz history lesson, as well as a music lesson. I love that Clifford Brown and Max Roach album too! 😊 🎶

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 3 года назад

Thanks Chris! It's interesting to hear how that group sounded different with Harold Land vs. Sonny Rollins.