Building a Jazz Rhythmic Vocabulary (with Help from Louis Armstrong)

[@TonyWinston]

I needed these rhythms... mashed with mayo

[@Adamreir]

Sometimes what’s missing is some really simple, elementary stuff. And this is exactly it: gold!

[@lexmusiclab]

Spud Powell has entered the chat 🥔🎹

[@federicomelo1853]

I'm the one who requested this lesson. Thanks !! I like mashed potatoes. Give me the simple life.

[@strat1227]

Instant thumbs up for rhythmic content!

[@marlablow116]

Just the right amount of ingredients in the potato salad - good work Jeremy, thank you.

[@88-fingers79]

This was great! Bought your books (Fundamentals 1 & 2, and playing Solo Jazz Piano). I tend to make a hash of my rhythms so this was really helpful

[@richardsprince6980]

Another way of looking at it as coming up with motifs that can be developed during a solo. Here you are choosing different notes for the same rhythm. You could also use the same notes in different rhythms. This was Gary Burton's main focus when teaching improvisation, the development of motifs.

[@johnnyblue1101]

Your building motifs tutorial was some of the best stuff you put out - and of practical use. More of that por favor

[@neilgriggs7194]

Mashed potatoes! You drove that one done the middle. Thanks, Jeremy.

[@roseadams3960]

Pierogies - thanks, this will be fun

[@AndreasHertelJazzpiano]

Absolutely great stuff, thank you! Just subscribed to your channel. Having been a (German) jazz piano pro and teacher for 30 years now, I consider your books on Jazz Piano Fundamentals the best of it's kind - better than any other book (including the one I wrote :) I will definetly use it with my students. I personally can also learn a lot from your instructions. Thanks again, keep going and best wishes! - Andreas

[@JeremySiskind]

Andreas, that's so so so nice. I'm grateful for the note!!! Let me know if there's ever anything I can do for you!

[@AndreasHertelJazzpiano]

@@JeremySiskind Thank you so much, Jeremy, that's so kind! - Of course I would be more than happy, if you'd like to listen to one or two of my original tunes (playlists on my channel). Also, I am trying to spread my Christmas Song, which won a Global Music Award (Silver Medal) this year...

[@nickmorley1159]

Really baking after that Jeremy! Learning improv is very hard but tips like these are a wonderful place to begin. Looking forward to your next mash up!

[@georeimonn]

It's a potato salad of rhythm. Perfect for summer.

[@marksimo4406]

So very helpful using the perdido and others … potatoes all kinds of

[@BrendaBoykin-qz5dj]

Great tutorial, Jeremy. Very enlightening. Latkes with apple sauce.😎😎😎😎

[@CliffieVanR]

Excellent video - thanks Jeremy! Potato!

[@alexanthony62]

Another great lesson! 🙏🙏

[@solomann940]

Thanks Jeremy ❤

[@demejiuk5660]

I’m a guitarist but I bought your book the other day. Solo Jazz Piano. I saw your video on stride ragtime etc and bought it.

[@demejiuk5660]

Very excited as it’s a quality book with amazing examples. Had a question though. In some of the examples you have chord progressions and in other examples you have chords that don’t seem to be related: G7 Em7 Bbm7. Are these sequences random or are they substitutions that I should actually work on?

[@JeremySiskind]

I think they're randomized meant to practice finding new chords quickly.

[@JeremySiskind]

But if you give me a page number I'll tell you for sure!

[@demejiuk5660]

@@JeremySiskind Section B three positions of the left hand Examples B.2 and B3 B3 line two is clearly labelled as ii-v-I But line one contains G7 Em7 Bbm7

[@JeremySiskind]

@@demejiuk5660 You're on page XV? B3 line two is a ii-V-I. The ones not labeled as ii-V-i's aren't, they're just showing various kinds of chords.

[@davidwinn8269]

This video is better than fresh hot French fries. Thanks Jeremy!

[@flober1970]

Tartiflette !!!

[@dre7256]

Sick thank you !

[@markyachnin1901]

What, no sweet potato fries? 😊

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

I see two prices for books. Is one Canadian?

[@JeremySiskind]

I'm not 100% sure where you're looking, but probably one is PDF, one is paper copy + PDF.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

@@JeremySiskind I'm looking right here on your videos, when I click "more", "buy Jeremy's book", then click on a book. Two prices are given for each, about 20% apart.

[@JeremySiskind]

@@sheilamacdougal4874 great, if you look at the drop-down menu one is for the hardcopy and one is for the PDF

[@AFSoar01]

I say potatoe, you say 'articulation'

[@donschneider7953]

Vegan German Potato Salad...