Wow, thank you. One couldn't find a better introduction to both styles.
@JohnJohnCrusher7 ай бұрын
That was awesome. I learned so much in 3 minutes and 8 seconds. Nice playing too of course
@AdrianLearningJazzPiano7 ай бұрын
The shortest and the best explanation of this subject I've ever seen...
@hepphepps83567 ай бұрын
Bebop happened the saxophone player was drunk during a jam, forgot the tune was in major and played a IIb5-V7b9-Im..oh s***-Imaj7 to everyone’s astonishment.The drummer was so shocked he started placing the bass drum on weird beats and the bass player started walking all over the place in search of the One. The trumpet player got all Dizzy and flipped the saxophone player the Bird. All happened in seconds and rythm-changed the world!
@ergbudster33337 ай бұрын
Reet.
@marike11007 ай бұрын
Funny but no. Bird was just a genius who changed the world.
@myfavorites96866 ай бұрын
The same story goes with the beginning of Bossa Nova. It’s been said that this style was started by a guitarist who could not play. However it was based on the natural feeling of rhythm of Brazilians . Very smart.
@FCMC1237 ай бұрын
Embarrassingly talented while insightful! The independence is awesome Thanks for the refresher that explains it spot on
@onemoremisfit7 ай бұрын
It seems like every comment section has somebody calling something embarrassing lately.
@stubbsmusic5437 ай бұрын
Well analyzed. Well explained. Well played. That's easily a whole semester right there! Thank you so much!
@ainsleystones46007 ай бұрын
That was very interesting Howard. Thank you very much! 🙂👍
@brothercaleb7 ай бұрын
“Jack of all trades” 😅 Your sense of coordination and rhythm is on point 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
@JamesDGardner7 ай бұрын
Hearing you explain this stuff is a priviledge, thank you!
@rosco1pug7 ай бұрын
Great presentation with a compelling narrative, but so much fun too!
@BoazKimMusic7 ай бұрын
Howard, you really make fantastic summaries of music history and theory. Thank you for making this one, too!
@WhiteBoar14837 ай бұрын
Wow, I learned more in this 3min explanation on the difference from swing to Bebop than I did reading books or watching documentaries on it..😂
@paultetreault92437 ай бұрын
You can't hide talent - and knowledge!
@euclidestorres28447 ай бұрын
Very impressive! I feel I will never learn to play the piano and the harmonica like this, not to mention both at the same time.
@joebashorun80437 ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏 great explanation.
@NAjustlikeatrumptroll7 ай бұрын
Bebop lines on a diatonic harp ... with piano chords? Wow!!
@gazicj7 ай бұрын
dang! this cat is the real deal. immediate like and subscribe. wow. incredibly useful, that was. thank you professor, and godspeed. peace out. we keep on pickin
@drogba4evah6727 ай бұрын
Fantastic demonstration/explanation! Thanks.
@jettrom6097 ай бұрын
this is such a great explanation
@lawrencetaylor41017 ай бұрын
I knew there was a difference but this really showed what was happening. Merci beaucoup.
@steve177 ай бұрын
Wow, what an amazing and insightful explanation! Thank you mr Levy!
@michaeldavis99547 ай бұрын
So clearly presented. I’ve been looking for something like this forever.
@justjohnny65597 ай бұрын
Thank you for that concise and fabulous lesson! 🌞
@uripmargono9467 ай бұрын
You made everything look so easy.
@Ezra-y7q2 ай бұрын
It's so interesting to watch your eyes when you're soloing. It's as if they recede into your musical mind. They're not focused on the camera lens. It's as if you've quit accepting input from your eyes. This could all be in my head of course. But it's one of the things I got from this video.
@Rowland_Hoskins7 ай бұрын
Wow! I've never heard bebop harmonica before.
@koshersalaami7 ай бұрын
That was great, and that harp playing was great, particularly with a piano left hand
@Peter-sk5vg7 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant analysis and top level playing. Cheers man!
@ezraschwartz52017 ай бұрын
Fantastically entertaining and educational video!!! Thank you 🙏
@Rheologist7 ай бұрын
This is the first video of yours I’ve seen and I was blown away by your harmonica solo at the end! I didn’t know you could do that lol
@ordyki7 ай бұрын
하워드 레비 스승님 많은 것을 배웠습니다. 당신은 스승님입니다. 감사드립니다. I learned a lot from Master Howard Levy. You are the Master. Thank you.
@grrlgd38357 ай бұрын
fantastic !
@davidjoel56067 ай бұрын
This is very succinct and beautifully put!
@jorymil7 ай бұрын
A lot of commenters here don't know who Howard Levy is. He's continuing the lineage of Toots Thielemans. Plus he's one of the original members of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. A true master.
@onemoremisfit7 ай бұрын
Saw him live a couple times 20 years ago with drummer Steve Smith. Saw him on TV once, he demonstrated a chromatic scale on a diatonic harmonica by use of note bending.
@priortempore_7 ай бұрын
this video made me feel great for some reason
@thatlovejones7 ай бұрын
Damn, didn't know you were such a great piano player.
@howlinhobbit7 ай бұрын
excellent! hadn’t seen you before but since I just subscribed I’m going to see a lot more of you.
@CharlesRBiggs7 ай бұрын
Outstanding!! Well done.
@chrishelbling38797 ай бұрын
Love hearing from a man who knows what he's talking about. But what is bebop?
@SJazkid7 ай бұрын
Jazz genre developed by some jazz legends during jam sessions that focused on individual virtuosity and was more for listening so it developed it's own separate style detached from swing, characterized by fast lines and complicated rhythms contrasting swing at the time which was basically pop dance music 🎶🎶
@frankebert44747 ай бұрын
superb explanation. thanks for uploading from germany
@ajmartin447 ай бұрын
That was fantastic!
@paulkhare48547 ай бұрын
Wow! This is phenomenal
@Snhojbar7 ай бұрын
What a talent! Thanks you!
@mallorga19657 ай бұрын
Great way of teaching! Thanks. I knew my thing was bebop.
@andrewkratz2267 ай бұрын
Amazing explanation
@dylanbuckle1147 ай бұрын
Excellent lesson!
@greatvanzini7 ай бұрын
Wow. Best vid I've seen in a while.
@andrewrobinson25657 ай бұрын
I agree 👍💯.
@IvanValienteGoogle7 ай бұрын
Excellent! ❤❤❤
@vannthemannjohnson7 ай бұрын
Outstanding lesson! Thank you
@BenBrossMusic7 ай бұрын
Best musicology lecture ever! And with a flippin' harmonica as the demo instrument! 😂 I love it!
@dragolov7 ай бұрын
Beautiful, Maestro! Respect!
@JimmyDsRecRoom7 ай бұрын
This video was fun to watch and very informative! I can now pinpoint the spot where I went from loving instrumental music to thinking it was a bit too busy, and not quite as nice for my personal taste. I think you hit the nail in the head when you said swing was designed for dancing. It’s easy to move to and speaks to my inate sense of rhythm.
@John-bd2gz7 ай бұрын
Great video. I was wondering about any transitional music that was sort of in between these two genres, possibly Benny Goodman, Art Tatum or Coleman Hawkins.
@paulrodberg7 ай бұрын
wonderful lesson. talented man. wow.thanks for your teachings.
@franssu22297 ай бұрын
Cool, thanks !
@zzfjjc7 ай бұрын
¡Impresionante! Con tu talento y conocimientos eres capaz de transmitir más información en tres minutos que la mayoría de los "expertos" en tres días. Muchas gracias.
@steve245507 ай бұрын
Very impressive.
@charlesarmstrong52927 ай бұрын
Thanks Howard for that great explanation.
@ralphmunn66897 ай бұрын
...so now he's got THREE brains. We're SO fucked. 😳🤣
@hakonberg80037 ай бұрын
Very very enjoyable! You are a true virtuoso!
@humblemai22117 ай бұрын
😅😅 please make more tutorial about jazz bebop Piano..thanks
@kooky747 ай бұрын
Thx for the video. Goooooood sumary ❤
@peetminer7 ай бұрын
Nicely done bro!
@GuitarTotality7 ай бұрын
Syncopation... 🌎✌🌱🎶🎸
@gillan57 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@jackwilloughby2392 ай бұрын
Hey Howard, do you know about the Frank Paparelli books? Cuz you just demonstrated three of them in 3 minutes. Great piano library from Dixieland to Bebop. You remind me of Phil Woods sitting at the piano with his Sax, playing a chord then Improvising over it. Great demonstration!
@brodymundt7 ай бұрын
How do you play bebop on harmonica😭😭😭😭
@buckycore7 ай бұрын
Dudes a music wizard
@Sinchingolo2 ай бұрын
I wish there was a ❤ button.
@doreendiggins6205 ай бұрын
Damn, you are one brilliant guy, and musician.
@MikeBouchard5 ай бұрын
This is a brilliant presentation.
@mister0887 ай бұрын
Very well done explained and demonstrated!!! You must be a teacher in addition to being an accomplished musician. 👍🏼
A perfect and concise explanation. I can't argue with anything here; and I usually do when Jazz history is taught.
@m444ss7 ай бұрын
Ace!
@jahlbrown83616 ай бұрын
This was perfect
@RaineyDaysStudio7 ай бұрын
You rule
@marlowepi77887 ай бұрын
thanks!
@teachingbeats7 ай бұрын
It seems some here are confusing the genre of swing with "swinging" the groove.
@humblemai22117 ай бұрын
😅😅great teacher
@ifolkinrock7 ай бұрын
I watched this whole thing before I looked at the name on the channel and realized that my parents had their minds blown by him and Bela Fleck back in the 80s 😂
@twhis98436 ай бұрын
Same here. I went oh man, it’s Howard Levy, the Secret Weapon of the Flecktones.
@claytronico2 ай бұрын
stuff is uncut
@robst2477 ай бұрын
Great explanation. What's the origin of the name 'Bebop'?
@herberar7 ай бұрын
Amazing!!! I wonder what kind of harmonica is the one you're playing.
@HowardLevyland7 ай бұрын
It's a customized Hohner Marine Band in G.
@TruthSurge7 ай бұрын
strange. I thought swing was about playing a shuffle rhythm then I suppose I mixed shuffle up with swing. Shuffle is like 6 notes and 6 notes and skipping the 2 and 5th notes but your examples were mostly all straight like 8th notes so I guess swing and bebop are not uniquely tied to a shuffle or straight beat. interesting vid. nice harmonica playing!
@jorymil7 ай бұрын
Shuffle and swing aren't quite the same: there's less emphasis on 1 and 3 with swing rhythms. It's also important to distinguish between "swing" music, and a general swing rhythm. If someone asks a drummer these days for a swing rhythm, it's going to be more of a bebop-type thing on the ride cymbal, as opposed to what guys like Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, and Jo Jones were doing. The Basie Band sounds different than Max Roach/Clifford Brown (though both are awesome!). And the Butterfield Blues Band sounds very different than either.
@TruthSurge7 ай бұрын
@@jorymil So...... what is swing, then? I mean, in 2 sentences, what the heck is it? How can I tell a song that's swing instead of be-bop? Or should I care? hehe I've gone this long w/o knowing, apparently. I just hear a thing and go oh, that's what it is. Prob like a 2 year hold seeing a rose and has no label yet but it still is red and smells good.
@eddierivera18607 ай бұрын
Give me SWING! Mr. Chick Webb ( the original king of swing)
@DrLumpyDMus7 ай бұрын
Charles Wicksteed was the king of swing(s). I'm not sure if he played the blues harp.
@eddierivera18607 ай бұрын
@@DrLumpyDMus your the king of clowns!
@fredyonnet7 ай бұрын
On a G harp? lolll Already then :) Much Respect!
@ifolkinrock7 ай бұрын
I know that a C harp plays standard blues in G, so a G harp would play standard blues in D. Is he playing bebop on a G harp in the key of C?
@fredyonnet7 ай бұрын
@@ifolkinrock I put common "harmonica knowledge" to the side to follow Howard. His perspective is far more comprehensive and logical. Howard is definitely playing CMaj a G harp here. The equivalent would be FMaj on a C harp.
@fredyonnet7 ай бұрын
@@ifolkinrock note to self: he sounds just as fluid in all keys of any harmonica.
@HowardLevyland7 ай бұрын
Thank you, my friend!
@festusbraun7 ай бұрын
Your Swing is more dixie.....
@craigoog7 ай бұрын
Ok! I like swing and don't like bebop.
@maxomilian7 ай бұрын
That's what they all say ... give it time lol
@craigoog7 ай бұрын
@@maxomilian oh I've tried.
@maxomilian7 ай бұрын
@craigoog Well try harder !
@lexdunn41607 ай бұрын
Great video. I always wondered how we got from the sublime jazz of the 20s through the 40s and ended up with the discordant, ear-bleeding garbage that is bebop. "Hey Dizzy! How about you rip anything melodious out of the music and I'll destroy rhythm. Okay?" "Yeah, Charlie, sounds great. In a decade or so we can make jazz the most hated musical form on the planet!"
@Bartholomew.7 ай бұрын
this is probably the worst take I have ever heard
@David349817 ай бұрын
Cynical and lowly informed take, sorry. You're allowed to not like bebop, but there is literally nothing discordant about it - it's a style using advanced concordant and tonal harmony. It challenged musicians on their technique, sound, speed, imagination, harmonic knowledge and acuity. It's the basis for modern jazz. Again, if you don't like it, that's a you problem.
@zvonimirtosic61717 ай бұрын
@@Bartholomew. Just because you don't like the comment, does not mean that what's said in it is not true, at least in some parts. Americans have that issue, that nobody can criticise them, nor their arts, nor their music they have concocted, nor "their way of life". Or else … That "attitude" has created an atmosphere, and a culture, in which art forms, and music forms, are never perfected, but abandoned or fall to the lowest denominator.
@mattburketthehimhis47507 ай бұрын
@@zvonimirtosic6171you're projecting. The comment disagreed with the opinion. It didn't disagree in a meaningful or articulate way, but what you're describing about personal attacks because of a disagreement of opinion does not exist in that comment
@zvonimirtosic61717 ай бұрын
@@mattburketthehimhis4750 Grow up kiddo. People have right to complain about the incompetence of many players who entered the jazz genre, thinking that they can play whatever and still entertain. Same has happened later in rock, pop, country, etc. and same has happened in visual arts, in journalism, literature, etc. It's the major, widespread problem that America had introduced during and immediately after the WW2, then celebrated and exported everywhere else. Jazz only happened to be the music played in America at that time, so jazz (bop) happened to the "ground zero" of that problem in popular music, abstract expressionism "ground zero" in visual art, and same as Hiroshima and Nagasaki were ground zero of the American international expansionism. That's all.