AUTUMN LEAVES on harmonica

Here's my first video. Yours truly on the Seydel Orchestra Chromatic harmonica playing "Autumn Leaves" with the Hal Leonard backing tracks. Inspired by the great Miles Davis recording. Thanks for checking it out!

[@danagreen6518]

Hi Chris, I am starting Autumn Leaves this week with my mentor..yours is one of the great interpretations of of all time, smooth and simply amazing, I am 67 yo and when I get to be 77 I want to sound like that at least 50%! Bravo to the King. via the coast of Maine

[@deaws6824]

This video came to my recommendations so I found it just now. This is so beautiful! Autumn leaves is one of my favorite songs. Thank you

[@stephenkatko3236]

I'm brand new to chrom...this is totally inspiring. Awesome improv too.

[@austinszuja6882]

Hell yeah man. Good stuff for the harmonica. Underrated as hell

[@erikenriquez]

Great feeling! 👏🏼😎🎵🇲🇽

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks!!

[@floydsuke]

Chris, this is a great rendition of this great classic !! Your improve was awesome and the upright Bass on this track was great. I play both harp and upright so you can see my appreciation for this beautiful song !! - FLOYD

[@PavelNovak767]

Beautiful!

[@afaqumara]

I'm speechless.. This is too good 👏

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thank you!!

[@GeorgeMiklas]

Beautiful Chris! Simply beautiful.

[@thangogu2788]

So beautiful!

[@claydobbins9342]

Another one of my favorites you have so eloquently voiced.

[@storm1968eu]

i am adding your interpretation to my recommended-listening-list for autumn leaves. great feel.

[@onethumbpicker]

Very nicely played-thanks for posting.

[@ronarel7446]

A real pleasure to listen to. Thanks for producing it.

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Jonathan12111]

hi Chris, your rendition of this music piece is truly beautiful. thanks!

[@woelneberg]

This is so good! Hearing you play it is very inspiring, and a great help for learning the tune and how to express it with harmonica.

[@bendoukatarik6420]

All your life is an Autumn...Harmonica sunshine....so every year you have to change attitude and love....😊😊😊.thanks.

[@cvasit]

Fantastic , Very Soothing...Keep up the great inspiring work. Love the song and also the way you played it .Beyond words to express.Just one has to feel. God Bless you

[@HandwhistlerBen]

Gorgeous tone and awesome technique. Smooth playing, outstanding wind control.

[@debu54]

Wonderful rendition! Soul soothing, to say the least.

[@macdjerf7763]

Very good and inspiring!

[@agriciobrazil2391]

Very beautiful! Wonderfull.

[@chrisbauermusic]

Agrício Brazil Thank you sir!!

[@kazhilly]

Wonderful and played Beautifully, and a Joy to watch. I'm not much of a jazz-fan to be honest with You, but I really like this video and song, I'm very impressed!! It's Great to see You are really getting into the groove when playing, Very Pleasant indeed Thank You!

[@euab1931]

Es el primer video de un gran intèrprete y que lo seguirà siendo : congratulaiones!

[@dr.brucecampbell7039]

Definitely makes me want to get started again with my chromatic harmonica. Wow. So smooooth!

[@hectorosvaldoperez8379]

¡Maravillosa interpretación! ¡Una sonoridad única!

[@vistrouk001]

splendid version congratulations

[@txomingoitibera4885]

So nice!

[@ChristianMASCRET]

Excellent ! You play very great ! Great bravo from France, Chris. Regards. Christian.

[@christianmascret2575]

GREAT BRAVO ! It is always a great pleasure for me to listen to your playing. Christian.

[@chrisbauermusic]

Christian MASCRET Thanks Christian!

[@ramonysuarmonica]

Excellent version, congratulations

[@chrisrees7054]

When you smile at the world, the world smiles with you! 😊

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks!! 😂

[@euab1931]

Buen ritmo, musicalidad excelente y serena y atractiva presencia. Gracias!

[@agriciobrazil2391]

Beautiful! Great !

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thank you!!! One of my favorite tunes to play!

[@chrismayka]

Hello Chris, Our congratulations with your first video !! Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful live performance with us, you have choosen such a wonderful song, your playing is just magnificent and your Seydel chromatic sounds just wonderful, your harmonica has a wonderful deep sound, our compliments to you for this great work !! Have a very nice week. Dearest greetings from Chris and Mayka - The Netherlands - Europe - KZbin chrismayka.

[@tiffanyl164]

love it!

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks!!

[@james69136]

Very well performed and good improvisation 😊🙏

[@6eemerrich]

Sublime

[@agriciobrazil2391]

Excellent! Great.

[@MrFclima]

Excelente!

[@bobsyeruncle4841]

Great rendition thanks

[@Chromatic_Harmonica]

Very beautiful !!!

[@chrisbauermusic]

Andrea Orlandini Thank you!! It's one of my favorites to play!

[@GregoryPearsonMusic]

Wonderful tone and vibrato

[@cottagethyme]

Excellent!

[@vectortemple]

Great job!

[@DerrickBigWalker]

Very nice playing!

[@steve-fy4pk]

Well done great choice of song

[@user-kf3fy2zw4s]

Nice music. Excelent. From México City. BRAVO .

[@FedericaChannel]

Beautiful! Have a good music :)

[@camilomoreno8026]

Beatiful, great phrasing!

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks!!

[@begotten59]

Smooth, thanks Chris 🎼

[@48CHORD]

Chris you once again produced a paramount performance your choice of notes we're very tasty, Great !!

[@electricharmonyac7354]

Very well done.

[@shaunobrien8975]

Beautiful

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks!!

[@muddyhatta]

Awesome.very nice,

[@rafatzintzun8]

Excelente 👌 armonica-jazz🎉

[@martinlee8057]

Fantastic lovey tone and playing

[@chrisbauermusic]

martin lee Thank you!! It's one of my favorite tunes to play.

[@alprice5]

Hey Chris I really enjoyed that rendition. Beautiful tone and relaxed phrasing. Super sweet stuff. Peace fae Scotland.

[@chachachantv]

So goooooooooood

[@kevinchen4294]

为什么可以这么好听😍

[@Xuafmot]

Nice laid back feel.

[@valeriuiacub9331]

superb

[@shaydusty6087]

Amazing!

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks!

[@harpothehealer]

Really enjoyed your work , Thanks very much best regards

[@chrisbauermusic]

harpothehealer Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@strawwoodclaw]

very nice!

[@direktinfo]

Very nice...man

[@Iemilearaujo]

Amazing

[@chrisbauermusic]

Emy A. Thanks!!

[@Broaart]

This is so good! Great Jazz.

[@juanleonellozadamaldonado8865]

Genius¡

[@matteopasetti991]

Magnifica

[@chrisbauermusic]

Matteo Pasetti Thank you sir!

[@varytea3983]

Kosma himself would be proud to see this

[@elduodedostango]

very nice.

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks for the awesome comments! They truly are encouraging!!

[@rexcanine9766]

Chris Bauer I Dan Ensor do salute you!

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks so much!!

[@lezjoh116]

Really nice Chris. A wonderful song. By the way - saw someone in a post refer to you as Mope - geez - that seems like a thousand years ago. :o) Forwarded this video to Vinnie.

[@Harmonica-Rudi]

Sehr schön.

[@robertomansurlemos..musicas]

Maravilha..

[@jamespsyfer]

Dude, you chilled it..and killed it!😍

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks!! One of my favorite tunes!

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks Tom!

[@harmonica4ever]

Really impressive, really enjoyed the improvisation and I've played it a lot of times myself, but I'm not improvising much at all. I can feel all the theorical work you've done in the years before, and since you can play the instrument, you simply apply your previous work on this harmonica, and here's the result. Personally I'm lacking the needed theorical work, and I don't practise much also. both don't help in improving my playing :-) Thank you for the very good video, I'm playing it once more

[@sfarzanyar]

How has your practice been so far? I hope you've improved a great deal!

[@Willeyeuke]

Awesome. I just started playing the chromatic. Where exactly can I find the backing track you used? Thanks

[@MaunyMusic]

Excellent rendition!

[@chrisbauermusic]

Mauny Muray Thanks!

[@mambojazz1]

@@chrisbauermusic Do you find the Seydel Orchestra has a different tone than the Seydel Symphony 48? Besides the the range just the tone. Im thinking to add one to my collection

[@chrisbauermusic]

mambojazz1 Not really. They are the same, just tuned differently so you can get those lower notes. Since Seydel doesn’t have a 14 hole harmonica, the Orchestra tuning range gets around that for those notes...at the expense of the higher notes.

[@ptgazell]

I want to be like you when I grow up! Is that an RE-20? I recorded my first CD in 1978 on that mic! Hard to beat. You sound great as usual.

[@landztranz]

Loved it, Chris! Tnx! Two questions (so far...): 1) Are you a pucker player or a tongue blocker? 2) Why didn't you play the intro? Barry

[@ichkannsnet]

Hi,can you tell me who is the best mic for chromatik recording? thank you

[@riedelpedrosa2934]

Legal!

[@joephillips4082]

I tried "Like" this one twice, but alas, no. (Corrected back to Like). Excellent rendition of a timeless essential tune.

[@nolanhalsted7016]

Hello Chris, I have listened to this more than 100 times and still love it. I try to play this myself but I can't find the sheet music and the background track. Do you know where I can buy/download the sheet music and background track for this? Thanks

[@chrisbauermusic]

nolan halsted Hi Nolan! Thanks! It's a Hal Leonard backing track from one of the Miles Davis backings track CDs. It comes with music, but it's in the standard key that most fake books have it in

[@seandelaney7436]

Chris I stumbled across your videos and am just amazed at how much emotion you pull out of that harmonica. How did you pick it up? Any advice or tips you can give to people trying to learn?

[@chrisbauermusic]

Sean Delaney Hi Sean. That's a great question. I don’t think it was something I necessarily learned. I think it comes from listening to other musicians and trying to emulate their style. I listen to alot of singers and try to incorporate their stylings into my music. Hope that helps.

[@aaronsazon2835]

very nice video! if you could recommend a harmonica between the saxony and the seydel deluxe steel, which would you recommend between the two? thank you

[@chrisbauermusic]

Aaron Sazon hi aaron! i would say the saxony or saxony orchestra over the deluxe steel. the saxony and the orchestra are fine harmonicas

[@aaronsazon2835]

thank you very much for your reply. im really enjoying your playing and your videos are really helping me choose. much appreciated!

[@vectortemple]

I have a good deal of experience with both. It depends what you like - the deluxe steel is lighter - acrylic comb - and the tone seems to be a little brighter/harsher than the Saxony. Saxony has a cast aluminum comb so it's a heavier and that may contribute to the more mellow, full sound it seems to have. At least with the ones I have, the Saxony seems to play easier and smoother too. I generally play the Saxony, the Steel is a backup. There is a difference in price of about $50 more for the Saxony, but if you're spending that much on a harmonica that probably doesn't make much difference. My "#1" is Saxony Orchestra - 12 holes but drops to G below C on the lower end, chops off the end of the third octave, which I never play anyhow. I would also recommend looking into bebop tuning - that needs to be done by a pro - substitute Bb for C on holes 4 and 8 etc - makes everything much easier and more logical. All the chroms I play are bebop tuned.

[@vikasupadhyay1398]

@@vectortemple so does a saxony have two notes be,low c in lower octave upto G like a 14 hole suzuki scx 14 hole harmonica ?

[@nanahle3701]

That would be great if I know the key and all tabs of this excellent perform

[@s2_cool756]

hey nice playing! I'm tackling the chromatic right now. I'm trying to learn a bunch of applicable scales in all the keys. Question, I'm finding that certain keys are just awkward as hell and others seem to flow easier. Do you play different key chromatics to approach other keys better, or do you just stick with C like a master/purist haha! Anyway, I really like your playing open to any advice to a new guy. Thanks!

[@chrisbauermusic]

S2_COOL Welcome to playing a chromatic! :-). Yes, there are some keys that are very awkward, typically the sharp keys like A, E, B. I don’t use chromatics in different keys usually. I use an E chromatic to play Zorba the Greek (in E). I’ve also used a Bb chromatic to play things in B. Other than that, I stick to C chromatics. Thanks for stopping by!

[@s2_cool756]

Chris Bauer thanks that really helps and makes tons of sense. One other random question. I learned on a diatonic and do this tongue block technique to play, I block the hole in front and play out of the side of my mouth if that makes sense. It makes it so you can do cool blues tricks and stuff. On the chromatic do you find there is a better technique? Thanks again!

[@chrisbauermusic]

@@s2_cool756 Yeah, that's another harmonica battle. I use pucker on single notes. I always found the tongue block method for chromatic to be a little cumbersome. Obviously I have to tongue block for octaves, etc. But for single notes, I pucker.

[@AlexPriceMusician]

@jobdav it a chromatic harp; it doesnt have a key

[@jobdav]

What a Masterpiece!! What other numbers can I listen? What is the make and Key of the harmonica?

[@darkgreninja8349]

it's a chromatic

[@horaciocastanedachavez5120]

What would I like to hear????? anything you record. You are awesome men, but if i I may ask something from perry como

[@alamyamilencisolopez1706]

Would you post the tab please?

[@jordanperera459]

Very beautiful! What's the key of the harmonica?

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks! It’s a C chromatic.

[@chrisbauermusic]

Thanks!!!

[@rexcanine9766]

Chris Bauer my alter ego Rex Canine salutes you also!

[@ichkannsnet]

EV 320 Mik?

[@milevasiljevic9312]

Mislim da Hohner 12/48 Super chromonika ima dosta prijatnini zvuk.Drvo je ipak drvo i daje meksi i prirodniji i puniji ton.Nikako da naprave usnu da ima zvuk slican pravoj harmonici.Zato mi kod nekih melodija tremolo zvuci lepse.Ali to je samo moj utisak jer vise volim kada sviraci sviraju viseglasno.