Casimir Liberski - improvisation on "Avril 14th (Aphex Twin)"

Casimir Liberski Solo Piano live at Berklee Performance Center 09/01/16
Berklee College of Music & the Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Fall Welcome Concert 2016
Jörn Bielfeldt - Musical Director
www.jbxdr.com/
Casimir Liberski - Piano
www.casimirliberski.com/
Ryan Edwards - Artistic Director
ryanedwards.info/
Karim Badwan - Lighting Designer
Jeff Grantz - Projection Mapping & Animation
Jane Long - Stage Manager
Alex Syner - Video Post Producer
James Crawford - Mix Engineer
Rich Morales - Mastering Engineer
at Super Fine Audio in Brooklyn, NY
superfineaudio.com/
Produced by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion at
Berklee College of Music
Kevin Johnson
Brenda Bailey
Joshua Crary
With special thanks to
Tom Riley, VP for External Affairs
Fall Welcome Concert 2016
Jörn Bielfeldt - Musical Director
www.jbxdr.com/
Casimir Liberski - Piano
www.casimirliberski.com/
Ryan Edwards - Artistic Director
ryanedwards.info/
Karim Badwan - Lighting Designer
Jeff Grantz - Projection Mapping & Animation
Jane Long - Stage Manager
Alex Syner - Video Post Producer
James Crawford - Mix Engineer
Rich Morales - Mastering Engineer
at Super Fine Audio in Brooklyn, NY
superfineaudio.com/
Produced by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion at
Berklee College of Music
Kevin Johnson
Brenda Bailey
Joshua Crary
With special thanks to
Tom Riley, VP for External Affairs

[@kyrla]

People in the comments seem to be missing that this is not a PERFORMANCE of Avril 14th, this is an IMPROVISATION. If anyone's about to complain that it's not a note-for-note cover, they have fundamentally misunderstood what's going on here.

[@jamesparker8066]

It's almost like he put the original through a kaleidoscope and this is what came out.

[@Scrambles2112]

Seriously glad i discovered this. Makes me so glad to know one of my fav djazz artists is an RDJ fan😊😊

[@NotQuiteFirst]

Yeah nobody could have done such a great job portraying Iron Man as RDJ

[@ghostfires]

If Richard D James had pursued a career as a lounge bar pianist

[@nicktosti7487]

It's as if someone had gone out to play the exact song accidentally hit a wrong note wrong and flung themselves wildly off into multiple tangents to return and then do it all again. Super beautiful. PS: I know that isn't what happened, but it just reminds me how often I do that in my own life, wildly flinging myself off into something that is far from what I had planned because of a couple of wrong notes.

[@gbsreborn1733]

Happy Avril 14th !!

[@LeYoIdBeHe]

I want more backstory of cosmic liberty. What compelled you to make it. It gives me so many ideas and has kept my busy mind quiet. A performance of cosmic liberty with Garstka, or something would be cool. I've been fascinated by the album ever since I first listened to it. I feel so lucky. Obviously, the idea did not come from anything small. It puts you in an outer worldly headspace. Truly a great work.

[@sterloincee]

This is amazing.

[@sterloincee]

still here.

[@soda4807]

So beautifull !

[@Wavy-]

Amazing!

[@stephensmirke2146]

Wow, what a beautiful song.

[@austinfinley5521]

So beautiful. Sounds like a studio ghibli score.

[@ZeldaNirvanaSpirit]

This is literally a classical remix. Great job! Excuse my poor vocabulary in music but this rendition is beautiful, and relaxing!

[@n1nj4l1nk]

Apart from, you know, it being jazz not classical.

[@davidlevy4291]

It is literally not a remix. But in fact a live music hall recording.

[@koscheybessmertniy]

That was so genius! Bravo!

[@jwgmail]

I wish he'd stuck to the theme a little more, but still a brilliant performance and interpretation.

[@casimirliberski]

jwgmail I'm deeply really sorry about that. I'll do better next time.

[@jwgmail]

@@casimirliberski LOL, you're pretty amazing man. I'll be checking out your catalogue for sure : )

[@Logan-sn5xk]

" I'll do better next time." bruh how this was insane

[@dcaabd]

very creative. thx for sharing

[@Masz0211]

Damn bro went off

[@sweetblueberrypie]

Murdered it

[@kylegarrett4071]

Haha in a good way

[@m.saba01]

Questo brano proviene più dalla musica classica che dal Jazz. Avrei composto diversamente costruendo altri passaggi fossi stato un pianista

[@dempsey2023]

Sick shirt BTW

[@kaecake9575]

The good side of KZbin ✨

[@cheviotte]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@bigmanbreaks]

👌❤️👍

[@cinnabunnyispnai]

Wish I could see his hands on the keys :/ sounded like a lot of work to play! Lovely improvisation though :)

[@danglol]

its too clean

[@kylegarrett4071]

This sounds paid for by Kanye. Cool with the results. Blame game stuck

[@indigo19865586]

It's not classical you donuts it's jazz

[@noragaler]

Amazingly beautiful...

[@kingamaz8972]

This should have way more views! You're amazing

[@martinspiano7081]

great :)

[@tonyfreejazz20]

Nice :-)

[@leonlawson2196]

Fully expecting you to break in to Claire De Lune at 1:00

[@bragee]

Troppe seghe

[@eatfugu]

john safran?

[@NickHchaos]

The best cover I've heard of it in the sense that you actually bring your own compositional techniques and thoughts to it; I laugh at the irony of people doing exact note-by-note covers of a song made by a man who is one of the most iconoclastic and unclassical music creators probably in the world. I also have jazz and electronic influences and interests, and it's odd to me that these 2 sides are totally ignorant of each other for the most part (same for classical).

[@NickHchaos]

Trills around 2:33 are very nice! Reminds me a bit of segments of Joe Hisaishi.

[@rollcake]

You seem to do your part of the ignorance by "laugh at the irony of people doing exact note-by-note covers"

[@Knights_of_the_Nine]

Nick Herman I hate improve covers. They suck ass.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

@@NickHchaos he butchered the track, completely missing everything that made it great. Frankly even Kanye West did more justice to the original. Fast button pushing though.

[@Gorboror]

The beauty of this song is "what it's not", the simplicity of it. In my opinion, it is ruined; or if not ruined, the original song is greatly polluted.

[@scardon1940]

Mike D there are many jazz songs that are great for their "simplicity" but then during performance, or for fun, some performers try and improvise over the existing work, to create something unique within the framework of the original song. So yea, its suppose to be polluted, its not trying to be simplistic.

[@scardon1940]

Also, i use jazz as an example, there are many songs from many other genres that people improvise over, and also the beauty of this song can change with each different interpretation of it

[@HawkOfGP]

I think you might have problems if you go into it expecting to hear a cover because it's not really a cover at all. The playing here is excellent.

[@lean4real_11]

leave ur house

[@GrothendiecksWish]

It ruins it - smeagol