Bill Evans Master Class with Dave Frank - Complete

[@ajpr3404]

THANK YOU Dave! God bless you.

[@ALTERED13TH]

Thank you for your generosity with your time and talent in putting all of this wonderful instruction and insight up. Your generosity shines through in your playing. Bill Evans has always struck in some ways as the Glen Gould of the jazz idiom.

[@DaveFrank]

$2 please. HAHA!

[@DaveFrank]

Dave Frank :)

[@gingervytis]

1:54 - 1:60: "While nothing analytical can account for the creation of something at this level of brilliance...". Very well stated, and and affirms what Bill said in a discussion with his brother (and I badly paraphrase): "You can't think fast enough to plan what you're playing. It takes years and years of practice for it to become unconscious and automatic."

[@elleondejuda4681]

I saw that interview and Bill evans talks about amazing stuff that great pianist still talk about to their students on how to learn jazz in a free way with out you coping style but rather express your inter self one you get to the highest level of improvisation. Bill saw music as part of "evolution "in each person. He said that bach , Mozart, beethoven, played jazz (improvisation) I agree.

[@DaveFrank]

Analysis of a Time for Love by Bill Evans

[@ijohnny.]

Fabulous teacher, and playing. Best jazz piano lessons on YT, I am grateful to Dave Frank!

[@bradforddavis6497]

great class... thank you... i am so proud of the fact that i owned that vinyl album in '69. It was beautiful then and still beautiful in '22.. 50+ years later... Bill Evans will be around for some time to come... great insights.. thanks again.

[@f.lynnwickes298]

Dave, this is one of the best lessons ever. Thank you!

[@peterwilhelm1888]

Very nice and gentle. Thank you Dave Frank.

[@marcovcorreia]

I wonder if Bill Evans could explain his own piece so well as Frank :) Thanks for this!

[@rileymoore8364]

Appreciated, Dave! I think it's great that people like you, who can actually use their experience to deeply understand the playing of great artists, take the time to spread this to other people who can learn from it. This knowledge might fade away if people like you didn't do things like this!

[@DaveFrank]

thank God I did it! Thanks for writing)

[@rileymoore8364]

+Dave Frank awesome analysis

[@DaveFrank]

Check out the Chick one)

[@rileymoore8364]

+Dave Frank did - that was the first one I saw! great stuff

[@alexanderdelacruz9249]

Hi 🙋🏻 Mr Frank, you sir are a Jedi Master of jazz piano ....... respect ✊🏻

[@DaveFrank]

thanks for writing Alexander, please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at davefrankjazz.com for 56 in-depth classes, all free for you!

[@benjaminmorris811]

Fantastic lesson. Thank you, Dave.

[@stuartdryer4089]

I love your piece Russo's World. Bill is my favorite musician. So many piano players that I like but Bill is paramount. It's nice to have a great teacher explain what makes it work. Thank you!!

[@DaveFrank]

hi, thanks for writing. I can never get over Bill..

[@PianoLandscapes4film]

love, love, love, love, love, Rosseaus World!! So appropriate that you played it a an intro to this master class on Bill Evans! I am studying it slowly.

[@DaveFrank]

hi dear Barb, blessings and keep swingin!

[@brandoncarter3985]

Thank you for doing this...Bill is my all time favorite

[@CoyLadyDDL]

Thank you so much for posting this, Dave. I really learned so much your 'play by play' analysis. Like most, love Bill Evans and this helps me understand the complexity of his voicing.

[@DaveFrank]

Thank you for writing, please enjoy 40 in-depth free master classes at www.davefrankjazz.com)

[@jurbanek2704]

Thank you so much! You did a great job as always. So glad I found your channel! Love everything about NYC and your persona and playing evokes the New York atmosphere in me. Love from Prague!

[@DaveFrank]

Blessings and keep swingin from 52nd St.)

[@jorgemartinez2684]

Dave!! Maestro!! Its like if the Bill s soul would be in Your body!!!! Just simply beautiful!!

[@DaveFrank]

hi Jorge, thanks for writing)

[@Thierry.pianiste]

Thank you Dave for this wonderful explanation !

[@DaveFrank]

thanks for writing, please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at davefrankjazz.com for 56 in-depth master classes, all free)

[@trampley]

Thanks so much for posting. This video has given me a ton of new tools to play with the sound of Evans, who is my favorite jazz pianist. Seriously, this is a gold mine of ideas to spice up solo playing.

[@DaveFrank]

+trampley thanks for writing, please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at www.davefrnakjazz.com, there are currently 32 of these babies on Peterson, Corea, Hyman, Zappa, Tristano, and many many more for your anytime enjoyment, all phree)

[@DaveFrank]

+Dave Frank oops, that's www.davefrankjazz.com

[@garysellars8914]

Absolutely superb work. Your playing and analysis is great. I'm a guitarist not a pianist but love Bill's music and like to listen and learn from it. You have to adapt it for guitar but that's the challenge! Thanks for posting this.

[@DaveFrank]

thanks for writing and for your kind words Gary, feel free to visit the master class archive at www.davefrankjazz.com, there are currently 27 in-depth class, all free for thee)

[@zu0832]

+Gary Sellars Listen to Ralph Towner, a brilliant musician and pianist who has pulled off playing "pianistically" on the guitar.

[@aaronkennedy5387]

zu0832 Lenny Brau is another guitarist who was directly inspired by Bills playing you probably know him!

[@babalonworking6]

*Breau....yes he is a MASTER!

[@MrZedhow]

Thanks so much Dave. If I have an outright favourite, Bill Evans is it. Fantastic class and a wonderful insight into the stylistic nuance and techniques of Bill Evans. Really appreciate your master classes and I've got so much out of them. Thanks again mate, Zuie

[@DaveFrank]

glad to be of assistance amigo! Blessings and keep swingin!

[@Myaccountishacked]

Super ! Amazing performance 😀🎼🎹 an excellent tutorial.

[@DaveFrank]

Hi dave, thanks for writing, please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at davefrankjazz.com, there are currently 42 in-depth master classes, all free)

[@charlesbecker1337]

Great lesson. Thank you!

[@DaveFrank]

thanks for writing) Please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at davefrankjazz.com for 57 in-depth jazz master classes, all free)

[@streight4lk]

There is no way to properly tell you how eye-opening these very enjoyable classes are that you put out. Your videos give so much valuable insight at once, however, and my finite amount of time on this earth to work on not playing in a sorry ass way does break my heart... But thank god for Bill Evans and for you.

[@DaveFrank]

***** Thank you for writing..I suggest you pick one class that speaks to you and go slowly through that one and let it take a long time..but have something to practice a bit as regularly as possible, and let it unfold for the next year) Blessings and keep swingin)

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

HI, i read your comment, and Dave's response. I tried the "learn to burn" vid and program starting last Feb. for 3 months, The results, for a 60 year old student of piano (me) were astounding. I finally, because of the very carefully constructed set of instructions, learned the value of PRACTICING SLOWLY. As a result of the playing the same song (joy spring) every day, for about an hour, and practicing just the basic fragments of a be-bop phrase (triplet patterns and 16th note patterns), i can solo thru the changes, comfortably at a medium tempo. 150bpm. I didn't do the last part of the lesson the "stretching" part, which i should have, so i'll have to repeat the process, maybe for a month. The results are global, they help my soloing on every jazz song. The first thing I accomplished, rather quickly. was that I finally memorized the fairly long and complicated A B C A form of Joy Spring, after years of "trying", meaning, "practicing" or rather playing it way too fast. I also tried it with "Giant steps" for a few weeks and finally memorized that too. After a couple of weeks, I had both songs, a miracle to me, chords and melody, and I can still play them without a chart, which surprises me. I tried his concepts for solo piano, which i will go back to now again, but i couldn't dig into it for some reason last year. I guess because, what I REALLY WANT, more than anything, is to be a able to go to a session and really knock one out of the park at 200 + bpm. Like he says, find a lesson that really appeals to you, and stick with it. I can't believe the progress I ve made.---- my

[@DaveFrank]

YAY!!

[@marklaser6293]

Brilliant analysis-thanks!

[@DaveFrank]

thanks for writing, please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at www.davefrankjazz.com for 42 in-depth master classes, all free)

[@lushlights]

wonderful. thank you. "A Waltz for Davey!"

[@MB-dp2rx]

Amazing. Thank you !!!

[@DaveFrank]

thank you for writing, plz njoi 61 master classes on YT under my name, all free)

[@mybiggrin]

Bless you, Dave. Extremely helpful.

[@DaveFrank]

Please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at davefrankjazz.com for 54 in-depth master classes, all free) Bless you, too)

[@mybiggrin]

@@DaveFrank AMAZING! THANK YOU

[@DaveFrank]

@@mybiggrin have fun)

[@Bookssful]

It is a great job and it takes a master to understand another one. Wonderful stuff.

[@infinitelymusical]

Thx. Am looking fwd to diving in further. Had limited time on initial view -- the Bill Evans class begins at about the 12:47 mark -- but the last half of "Rousseau's World," which opens the video, was mesmerizing to me with its evocation of lush spaciousness & its intriguing harmonic movement. Very Evans-like & if it was your composition, then it's clear to me you have a deep understanding of Bill's piano constructions & it bodes well for the rest of the lesson. I'm glad this channel was recommended. I've subscribed & am eager to also view some of the other master classes of great jazz piano artists of which we are mutual admirers & students.

[@DaveFrank]

hi, thanks for writing. Rousseau's world is an original ballad..have fun with the classes and write anytime you like)

[@RanBlakePiano]

I think Dave nails his musical qualities very well For those of you who at Times”like to explore history if an artist ..considering checking g out the music of GR both recorded Two full albums with each other on another album you ll hear what happens on all about Rosie

[@musicapianosergioguadarrama]

Master Class excelente

[@musicapianosergioguadarrama]

Excelente

[@twli]

Thank you, fantastic!

[@DaveFrank]

thanks for writing, please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at davefrankjazz.com for 56 in-depth master classes, all free for you)

[@OumiKapilaMusic]

That was so helpful. Thank you Dave

[@DaveFrank]

please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at davefrankjazz.com for 58 master classes, all free) thanks for writing.

[@OumiKapilaMusic]

@@DaveFrank seems you have created your very own university. We are all grateful

[@DaveFrank]

@@OumiKapilaMusic please enjoy the classes, blessings and keep swingin from New York!

[@DaveFrank]

@@OumiKapilaMusic :)

[@benjaminpearlman2625]

We are all saying that jazz is the music of the moment. It’s not preplanned.

[@WOHEI62X]

Very good analytic Lesson

[@benjaminpearlman2625]

Jazz prayers going up and down with improvisational lines sometimes they stay in the same place using inner voice.

[@paulfleming3599]

This is the clearest, most comprehensive, most insightful, most generous exegesis of Bill Evans' solo piano I've seen! Dave Frank's musicianship is impeccable.

[@DaveFrank]

Thanks for writing Paul, please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at www.davefrankjazz.com for 40 in-depth master classes, all free (don't tell my wife..)Blessings from NYC!

[@paulfleming3599]

Blessings back from rural Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada. Thanks for the invite, Mr. Frank, sir! (I have marked it "classified" and promise not to tell your wife).

[@DaveFrank]

ok, if I have anything else that I don't want to tell my wife you'll be the first to know haha

[@benjaminmorris811]

Thanks Dave

[@michaelfitzurka5659]

excellent even for a very late blooming early intermediate jazz player

[@eternalrainbow-cj3iu]

You teach me a lot through this video exposure Tgank you! revealing !!

[@DaveFrank]

Hi, please enjoy a visit to the master class archive at www.davefrankjazz.com, there are currently 40 in-depth classes like this one, all free) Thanks for writing!

[@jacksonrauch9429]

Hi Dave, and thank you! There are several times in which you say Bill chooses to use a technique "very carefully", such as when to double the melody or harmonize with fourths. What considerations do you think informed Bill's decision to use such devices?

[@DaveFrank]

To vary ways of bringing out and changing the treatment of the melody. Also depending on the intensity of the moment of the piece, he will make the melody stronger or weaker..

[@greg55666]

Hi Dave, how are you? This video is great. I'm working diligently at improv, and I've learned a ton from your videos--short lines, longer lines, adding triplets, etc. And you pointed me to the one video you have on different styles of left hand to make the playing more interesting. And yet . . . I still feel there is something missing from an improvised melody line in the right hand with chords in the left. This video and song demonstrate dramatically the difference between good playing and . . . my playing. My question is, do you think Evans was improvising here, or did he have it planned out? There's a whole additional level of improvisation going on here (I am guessing), which is, not just improvising the melodic line, but improvising the tone, feeling, mood moment by moment. Repeating the same melody with a different voicing idea changes it entirely. (Which is the point of this video.) Do you have any suggestions on how to develop this kind of technique? Thank you! It just occurred to me that the part of the song you are looking at, the first 32 measures, is before he starts to "improvise." He's playing the melody straight, and all of his improv is going into the tone, mood, etc. You think that's a separate skill? Or the same improv skill applied at different times? (In fact, I just realized, around measure 55 he starts doing straightforward "improv" like you teach--it's just melody in the right hand with block chords in the left. But of course it still sounds like a whole different thing from what mortals like me do.)

[@DaveFrank]

Generally Bill had a more-or-less arrangement of the melody, which he carefully composed, although he could vary it at any time. When he goes into the improv sections, then it's totally improvised..

[@VassilisArt]

So great ! ( it's so funny that they call the open- fifths > m7/9/11 >> " Kenny Barron" chords/ while Evans played them before ~K. Barron and other didn't even exist as active musicians…)

[@jozam11]

Brilliant!!!

[@ethanblackburn5817]

I don't know if you've done one yet, but if you haven't, could you do one on McCoy Tyner? I'm a 16 year old jazz pianist, and these videos are really helping me out.

[@DaveFrank]

Thanks for writing Ethan, a McCoy class is definately in the future.. Tatum next, then Vince Guaraldi)

[@ethanblackburn5817]

Thank you! Do you do skype lessons??

[@DaveFrank]

7 days/week worldwide)

[@SpiroJildeh]

This video is not available. Is there another link for it? Thanks!

[@davidcervini5187]

Nice!

[@erniepianezza8940]

UNBELIEVABLE!! :-)

[@DaveFrank]

Thank you for writing, pleas enjoy a visit to the master class archive at www.davefrankjazz.com, there are currently 40 in-depth master classes for your musical enjoyment, all free)

[@erniepianezza8940]

Dave Frank Thx so much Dave peace always ern :-)

[@patriciodasilva7902]

First improv used changes from Here's That Rainy Day, eh?

[@DaveFrank]

yes

[@cossmosmusic5474]

I would like to be viewed with subtitles in Spanish

[@benjaminpearlman2625]

My question is how they choose it.

[@DaveFrank]

hi, how they choose what?

[@RanBlakePiano]

I was referring to George RUSSELL .bill joined on his early Victor cd ,living time ,hooe I’m right hear my lp collection not easy to visit Cross section Hal MAC Kusiak ,all about Rosie .most of you are more iPad savvy then I

[@DaveFrank]

I knew and played with Hal McCusick many years ago, a nice guy and nice player..

[@peterwilhelm1888]

And this all without Drugs. Drugs? You have to pay the Bill, Bill. Music is a Doctor and the only Drug. Music is like water. Dive into it and feel free.

[@JOUA1400]

M O S T IMPRESSIVE !!!!!!!!

[@wesleyphillip3607]

why is the sound so bad?

[@MikeCogley]

Nice try to analysis Bill but he didn’t go through all this to play his music. I’ve been a disciple of Evans since 1961 and problem have more than 10,000 hours of ear time on Bill’s music. As a musician myself, I don’t analyze what I play. I play from the heart and you get whatever comes from that. That is how Bill played. Bill was was most gifted Jazz pianist ever. It is sad that he sinned on his great talent with drugs. His follower were cheated out of many years of presumably more great music. The best guy out there now is Bill Charlap. This was a bad song to analyze. There are better tunes of Bill’s to look at. What jazz pianist wants to improvise in D.

[@DaveFrank]

You are wrong in everything you said haha. Bill Evans ABSOLUTELY analyzed EVERYTHING he played! He went so far as to say "there is a theoretical reason for EVERY note I play". Not to say he didn't play from the heart, he was the ultimate combination of head and heart. Bill was 100% analytical. Chick is the best guy out there. This was a GREAT tune to analyze, Bill played in D ALL the time. You have any other gripe with this? haha

[@williamnewell5157]

Admirable but tuneless

[@DaveFrank]

please explain