5:37 Here's the thing, Sean. Cory is of a different breed. He started in gospel, but drew from the wider jazz and even pop influences. While everything you say about thinking from a gospel musician's perspective is valid, the truth is that the greats like Cory have a vast array of musical influences that aren't limited to gospel. Cory is able to harmonize melodies in what sounds like a weird 'outside' way because he's drawing from the resources you frequently find in jazz progressions, as well as his own personal interpretation of all that outsideness as he brings it into a gospel context. As soon as I heard the way he harmonized the Db note there, I immediately knew that was ART TATUM! Tatum used that very outside movement a whole lot in his playing, and it's no secret Cory literally absorbed a lot of Tatum. The progression is a temporary modulation to the 'b2' of the main key before finishing on the tonic of the main key. So in this case, Db/F, then E7 to A, then Bbm7 Eb7sus Eb7 to Ab etc. And guess what the 'b2' is? The _tritone substitute_ of the 5 of the main key! Back in the late swing and early bebop eras, Tatum (and a few others like Hank Jones) played it to embellish a regular 2-5-1 by playing a 5-1 on the b2. From the main key's POV, the whole movement becomes a b6-b2-2-5-1. If a gospel musician is asking questions as to how this type of playing is possible for these guys and how they can learn that, truth is they need a broader study of jazz especially. Not necessarily jazz for jazz's sake, but incorporating jazz elements that can function well in gospel, to be used to taste, ultimately to give the needed color and lift that serves the overall worship experience.
The first video I ever saw of Corey and I’ve been hooked ever since! She told him he’d be famous one day and it came to past, one of the greatest to ever do it!
Cory’s been playing in church since he was a toddler. You can’t pay for what he has. Nothing like complete immersion. Of course, it helps to be innately gifted.
That movement over the two five one... I'm like at least Sean had the nerve to try that. That's ridiculous. I just as lost 16 years later as I was then.
This is great example of how we do "musicking" in the black church. All of the country, after a gospel concert, a young guy is gonna hop on organ and get put to the test 😂
What is the theory behind his 2-5-1 fluid harmony? You said you need to play without thinking , but thats not what Cory's doing. All the greats have to put in time and effort for things to appear effortless
I take it Sean is a huge fan.. there are so many more musicians that ppl are sleeping on: like that boy Davy and so many others 🤷♀️ So much of Cory's stuff will have a Baptist church giving you the side eye..
There's a sub - category you are hearing in Cory's playing. He grew up in Brooklyn in a COGIC Church. COGIC Gospel organists play differently from Baptist or Apostolic Gospel Organists. And within COGIC, Organists in the East Coast and mid-West, play different Gospel harmonies than those on the West Coast. Mike Bereal, Jason White, Walter and Ed Hawkins, Andre Crouch, grew up and come out of West Coast COGIC churches, and you can hear the difference between East and West coasts.
I actually lost interest since i havent seen a jason tyson video in yrssssssssssssss can u plz upload 1more I've been askin all the time under all ur vid
Alain Merville does all the Jason Tyson / Bruce Hornsby stuff..also check out Rodney East with PrettySimpleMusic..he breaks down alot of the Bruce Hornsby stuff
