Ron Drotos KeyboardImprov

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@mrknockknock1 Күн бұрын

Seriously, is the piano just smaller than normal? Or are your hands just huge? Because you're spreading beyond an octave comfortably with just one hand, and mine has to really stretch all the way out painfully.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Күн бұрын

Don't worry about that. Keith Jarrett is an example of a great pianist who didn't have a huge stretch.

@Elwrt455 Күн бұрын

Thank you for this ( I just found out that the 1980 hit single " Bon Bon Vie" by T.S. Monk or Thelonius Sphere Monk III is the legend's son)!

@KeyboardImprovcom Күн бұрын

I hadn't made that connection either - fun song!

@jeroenbecx1638 3 күн бұрын

This is really great Ron! It sounds like opening up all kinds of hidden dimensions of the tune

@KeyboardImprovcom Күн бұрын

Thanks - that's what I'm going for!

@LndnJazzHour 3 күн бұрын

Nice!

@KeyboardImprovcom 3 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@NohaFekry 3 күн бұрын

🙏🏽

@ScottlandShaffner0423 4 күн бұрын

Fellow player here who loves this tune. Great interp and voicings!

@man0sticks 5 күн бұрын

Didn't Porter write this song in the mid-30's for the film Born to Dance? I wish the Real Book would include the verse. Original sheet music has the introductory verse in Bb and the chorus in G major.

@soïghan 6 күн бұрын

no e for divin : "il est né le divin enfant"

@НикитаПатрушев-в1ы 8 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

@astro11223 10 күн бұрын

Wow magnificent!

@KeyboardImprovcom 9 күн бұрын

Thanks! I really had fun with this. The tune is complete in itself and doesn't really need a solo section, so I took my time with the and brought out the textural implications of each phrase as it went along. Glad you enjoyed this :)

@squidkid2 11 күн бұрын

Great analysis of this underplayed Duke Ellington classic. BTW it's pronounced chel-c not see-a. That's standard pronunciation. If anyone questions you just ask them how to pronounce the word sea. You don't go down to the see-a. You go down to the sea. When one person mispronounces a word on the internet then everyone follows and no one bothers to just look it up in a dictionary. Dictionaries have pronunciation as well as definitions of words.

@KeyboardImprovcom 11 күн бұрын

Thanks Did I mispronounce the title on the video? I actually do know how to say it. Maybe I was reverting to how I said it as a teenager. Either way - much appreciated! The ironic thing is that Strayhorn apparently had the wrong bridge in mind when he gave it this title.

@squidkid2 10 күн бұрын

@KeyboardImprovcom I think you got it right! I didn't mean to nitpick but I was an English major as well as a musician!😁😁

@KeyboardImprovcom 10 күн бұрын

@@squidkid2 Language and music is a good combination!

@ChuzzJazz 12 күн бұрын

This sounds fantastic. Do you go by a sheet music or is this by ear? Blue Moon is one of my favorite songs to play on the piano. I would appreciate it if you could give me some pointers on improving! ChuzzJazz Blue Moon: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJaZZJelaZKUe5osi=jaSFkfqHj1AzOiHD

@KeyboardImprovcom 9 күн бұрын

I've been playing this since I arranged it for a vocal group when I was 19 years old. I probably learned it from an old fake book. Learn the I/vi/ii/V chord progression really well, in all 12 keys, since it's the basis of Blue Moon and many other songs. Have fun!

@Anonymous-cm9md 12 күн бұрын

❤I loved what you did with this!❤

@KeyboardImprovcom 12 күн бұрын

Thanks - it's a very flexible song!

@NohaFekry 14 күн бұрын

🙏🏽

@NohaFekry 14 күн бұрын

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@GARRY3754 14 күн бұрын

Refreshing info. Ironic I have been attempting Litha. Nice take.

@KeyboardImprovcom 9 күн бұрын

Thanks Garry - have fun with it!

@akmuk7 15 күн бұрын

❤️🙌🙏

@NohaFekry 15 күн бұрын

Love your approach. Thank you Ron🙏🏽

@NohaFekry 15 күн бұрын

🙏🏽thank you so much Ron

@NohaFekry 15 күн бұрын

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@NohaFekry 16 күн бұрын

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@HARPAULSANDHU 17 күн бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@wesleywashington1251 17 күн бұрын

Those chords sound so good!!

@KeyboardImprovcom 9 күн бұрын

Yep, Monk was amazing!

@Yup-d9x 17 күн бұрын

Wow (^○^)

@NohaFekry 17 күн бұрын

Oscar Peterson (very impressive and cool and playful), Eroll Garner (very playful and joyful and warm in his playing, I almost always just smile and move to his playing so beautiful, Bill Evans (his sound and voicings) , Petrucciani, Gonzalo Rubalcaba both unbelievable in how melodic and rythmic their soloing with a very high speed of thinking that allows them to form “bodies of work” as they solo. Very powerful.

@NohaFekry 17 күн бұрын

🙏🏽

@NohaFekry 17 күн бұрын

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@NohaFekry 17 күн бұрын

🙏🏽

@rickrocketts183 17 күн бұрын

Incredible!

@KeyboardImprovcom 9 күн бұрын

Thanks Rick!

@johnmatelski6413 19 күн бұрын

totally awesome, Ron is putting on a mega clinic here. just scanning over the timestamps, it's like the life that I wish i'd led passing before my eyes (and ears). omg.

@KeyboardImprovcom 9 күн бұрын

Thanks John! Yep, there's a lot in these tunes if we look at both their musical and historical contexts. Good luck exploring these things in your music!

@SharonDerry-h3v 21 күн бұрын

I appreciate these very helpful and excellent videos, good learning material, thank you!

@KeyboardImprovcom 9 күн бұрын

I'm glad you're enjoying these, Sharon. Have fun with your music :)

@jasonnstegall 22 күн бұрын

Actually (if ironically), if players used the basic rules for playing Monk’s tunes for all of jazz, I have no doubt that the music as a genre would have remained popular…

@rondrotos8347 21 күн бұрын

That's a great point!

@michaelbrett5102 23 күн бұрын

Lovely exposition filled with affection for the music.

@KeyboardImprovcom 9 күн бұрын

Thanks Michael!

@Harriet-Jesamine 23 күн бұрын

❤️ I Adore your philosophy towards playing.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 23 күн бұрын

Thanks Harriet - enjoy your musical activities!

@leidelea7194 24 күн бұрын

Que viagem! PIANO SOLO e IMPROVISO maravilhosos!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 23 күн бұрын

Thank you very much :)

@PJ-ce3pe 24 күн бұрын

Wow.....amazingly awesome.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 24 күн бұрын

Thanks - I had fun doing this!

@JeffHongchang 24 күн бұрын

This is great Ron!

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 24 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@Prof.ArnonPalty 25 күн бұрын

Great usage of tritone substitutes/ Dameronian cadences.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 24 күн бұрын

Good point - Tadd was using these harmonies very early on.

@seattlevegas66 26 күн бұрын

Wait - is that Stairway to Heaven???? 🤣

@grisglis 27 күн бұрын

Fun vibe. I'm smiling.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 27 күн бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed this - it was a fun evening!

@juliusthompson9306 27 күн бұрын

💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

@the-piano-wizard Ай бұрын

Can you please make sheet music for this song, I love you music and you are so inspiring thank you showing us your talent for music 🎹 ❤

@the-piano-wizard Ай бұрын

Can you please make sheet music for this song, I love you music and you are so inspiring thank you showing us your talent for music 🎹 ❤

@DeepspaceHorizon Ай бұрын

and you get all that out of the two pages in the real book? Marvelous, Captain 😉 Thank you so much for your excellent playing ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫💥

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Ай бұрын

Thanks for your kinds words - that's a nice way to put it! Good luck with your playing :)

@TheJohnnyBE Ай бұрын

Lovely. One can tell you have cherished this song for many years. And, yes, the tempo revealed new ideas.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Ай бұрын

Thanks - that's a very nice thing to say!

@djangoreinartz2998 Ай бұрын

Bravo! ❤❤

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@kennethellison9713 Ай бұрын

Nice playing. I must say, my favorite arrangement is Mark Murphy, from Bop For Kerouac, which sounds very true to the Evans arrangement.

@mahmoudsamy9407 Ай бұрын

This is so cool!!

@nadim4343 Ай бұрын

Great series. I am not a jazz musician but gets inspiration and learn a lot by giving it a shot 😅

@KeyboardImprovcom-xt1ku Ай бұрын

Thanks and enjoy your jazz explorations! If you play jazz, then you are a jazz musician :)

@Tmidiman Ай бұрын

I’m a guitarist and was inspired. Thanks!

@KeyboardImprovcom-xt1ku Ай бұрын

Thanks for letting me know - that's my goal :)

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