A jazz piano lesson to help you learn jazz standard “My One And Only Love,” famously recorded by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman.
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Taking a deep dive into the world of jazz standards 0:13
Pre-rock popular songs 0:45
Origin of the term “The Great American Songbook” 1:22
Rock and pop musicians re-discovering these musical chestnuts 1:59
John Coltrane’s development in the early 1960s 2:38
The John Coltrane Quartet’s “sound” 3:08
Coltrane’s interpretation of “My Favorite Things” 3:21
1963’s John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman album 3:45
Coltrane’s return to playing ballads 4:06
The AABA musical song form 4:36
Harmonic analysis of the ‘A’ section of “My One And Only Love” 4:55
Contrary motion between the melody and bass line 5:30
An ear training exercise 6:16
The harmonic variety of the ‘A’ section 6:37
Harmonic balance between the ‘A’ and ‘B’ sections 6:47
The harmonies often mirror the lyrics 7:48
Thinking about what chord to begin with 8:00
A colorful, Gil Evans-inspired Cmaj13 voicing 8:19
Going back to 1930s jazz pianists such as Art Tatum 8:38
A solo jazz performance of “My One And Only Love” 9:21
Bloch chords, a la George Shearing and Milt Buckner 9:56
Beginning the turnaround with a Bb7 chord (tritone substitution) 10:01
More arpeggiated motion during the 2nd ‘A’ section 10:09
Preceding each chord with a tritone substitution 10:23
Simplifying the texture 10:27
A descending “alto” voice 10:39
A shimmering accompaniment to start the bridge 10:49
A stark texture, with melodic lines in all voices 11:07
Chordal, for contrast 11:26
Reharmonizing the last ‘A’ section 11:29
Embellishing the melody 11:57
Establishing a ballad tempo while creating a musical interlude 12:10
The 2nd chorus 12:27
Slow stride 12:37
Continuing to improvise around the tune’s melody 12:52
Starting the improvised solo, during the 2nd ‘A’ 13:03
Improvising with arpeggiated triads 13:14
Can you hear the melody in here? 13:23
A playful 3-note motif, taken from the bridge 13:33
Continuing and developing the motif as the bridge begins 13:40
A subtle double-time feel 13:45
Adding chords 14:11
Leaving some space between substitute harmonies 14:16
Varied textures and rhythms 14:30
Hinting at the melody yet again 14:34
A more swinging double-time feel 14:42
Soloing as the double-time feel gains momentum 14:51
Improvising with block chords 15:05
A left-hand counter melody 15:10
Ascending RH chords, similar to the tune’s opening melodic line 15:15
Fluid LH textures under RH chordal improv 15:22
The LH joins the RH 15:38
Walking bass 15:53
Straight 8ths 16:08
Going out-of-tempo 16:20
Rubato for the final ‘A’ section 16:24
Adding a tag 16:58
Referencing the opening motif for the ending 17:10
Cmaj13(#11) 17:16
Relating the closing voicing to the opening chord 17:25
Highlighting the lyrical content 18:04
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Ron
13 сен 2022
