Chopin Nocturne Reinterpreted by a Jazz Pianist (ft. Jeremy Siskind)

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks for watching, everyone! I hope these tips help inspire something new for your creative journey!

[@obedpaul00]

Thank you for giving us this video! I would like one day to be able to do all this that you have done! 🙌👏👏

[@astridfjord7791]

Very tastefully done!

[@pierreg8562]

this is fantastic and made my day.

[@timtigerjazz]

That's so nice Jeremy.............cheers

[@jesseengland5967]

You're awesome jeremy! Thanks for the video

[@timfranken513]

I love classical. I love jazz. I love piano and I love Chopin, especially the Nocturnes. This is amazing!

[@janevonmaltzahn2667]

I'm "classical," too, so I get all the criticism from purists, BUT we can learn a lot of useful info about Chopin through analyzing, exploring C's available options, trying add-ons and (thusly) appreciating all the more his choices. Secondly, ... why ever not? It's not "improving" upon Chopin, but going into the parallel universes he opened up through his own explorations of tonality. Thirdly, IT'S FUN! WHAT'S WRONG WITH HAVING FUN WITH MUSIC??!! And, WHAT A JOY TO GET AWAY FROM THE SCORE! THANK YOU! It made my day!

[@hazanko5875]

I could not suppress a grin at the rhythmic changes. The bossa-nova-but-still-recognizably-nocturne was very fun.

[@AndreasDelleske]

I LOL'd at the Boogey Woogey (?) version and I very much prefer the swing waltz. I would not add extensions for every single chord to keep some of the beautiful simplicity from Chopin.. Every chord with #11 and b13 gets pretty boring too. Better use some add9, simple sus(4) chords more often. They are around much longer. Less extensios but more spread out voicings help, too. Well all should walk the bridge between the genres because that's music, too.

[@nyc88s]

I am a classical pianist, and I would give anything to do what you do. Fantastic!

[@00ffjkjkjk]

you are superir to this man

[@elias7748]

@@00ffjkjkjk What?

[@jrcwwl]

@@00ffjkjkjk And just about anyone's spelling is SUPERIOR to yours.

[@ethanl.1699]

It’s never too late to learn! I read through The Jazz Piano Book by Mark Levine and it really kickstarted my jazz learning journey. While jazz is really a different beast, learning other genres and how to improvise will bring new life to all your playing

[@Captain_TATA]

When you start your journey from classical to jazz, the mark levin book is a tough read to start with I’d suggest you first learn to play with grids using apps such as ireal

[@Classical-Inspiration]

As a classical musician, I am thoroughly impressed!

[@opustravels3659]

Jeremy is just awesome, wonderful pianist and educator

[@00ffjkjkjk]

hes a geezer sen him to the pits

[@iampracticingpiano]

I don't think Chopin would enjoy these variations, but I imagine Liszt would find it very interesting, indeed.

[@RolandHuettmann]

Important is only what YOU enjoy...😂

[@valtrberg901]

and i think chopin wouldnt enjoy this transgender situation either because he was in 19th century what point are you actually trying to make? his environment would absolutely make him despise modernist music including jazz

[@pjbpiano]

We don’t play music for the composer to enjoy!!!

[@KingoftheJiangl]

I think he would've gotten a kick out of it, probably even inspired as he's a saloon musician and jazz would be right up his alley

[@00ffjkjkjk]

dont diss liszt

[@iampracticingpiano]

Studying choral and classic jazz voicing has actually helped my chord voicings tremendously, by helping my ear "find" interesting voice leading between chords.

[@leonardodelyrarodrigues3752]

Cantábile.

[@neilkilleen3911]

Oh and dont forget step 6 , years of hard work to reach this level of skill !!

[@lars1588]

I've found that a lot of the better jazz pianists have classical sensibilities in their playing that make it sound more mature. Nothing over the top-- just subtle aesthetic choices that add some interest to the sound.

[@callumkenmuir2825]

I don't like classical music being messed with. It ends up sounding like every other jazz solo. In other words, it is destroyed. All very clever, but pointless. Hate it.

[@adamrainis90]

Interesting of course, but ultimately wouldn’t say doing this improves on Chopin’s original work by any means. I’m biased as a classical musician and not being a jazzer - so my ear prefers the classical sense more than the 9th, 11th s, etc to jazzify the piece. FYI this is not a slight at this gifted man’s piano playing or being a very gifted jazz pianist, merely as my own opinion that this jazz interpretation of his work wasn’t as good as the original work. I’d like to see some other examples at some point! 🎹🎼🎶👍😎👍

[@00ffjkjkjk]

dont aplgogise youre superior to this geezer m8

[@iampracticingpiano]

The love the way Jeremy is able to add warmth to the melody in his right hand, while pushing the "rest of the band" in his left hand back from the "mic", just enough. Fantastic pianist.

[@GoodFooteFirst]

If you like this approach, then definitely check out Eugene Cicero, his renditions of the classical cannon in a jazz trio setting is second to none imo.

[@TheStewie117]

thanks! had never heard of em.

[@juliherzog]

classical pianist here the nocturne's the first piece I learned and this guy just gave me the key to jazz with this video!

[@AnRodz]

Dont forget to ask a comment for the algorythm. I enjoyed the video, thanks. You exude experience.

[@GizzyDillespee]

3:36 The Chopinooga Choo Choo?

[@valerio51987]

The jazz version is fun, but I feel the music loses its power during the transformation from the original. In the jazz version, I can't feel the depth of the original music anymore and the notes feel like empty containers. I think you could do this with any piece and have the same effect/result. Not sure that Chopin makes a difference for this type of sound since its personality gets totally lost. I understand that this is to have fun, but I wanted to share my experience as a listener. There is no judgement.

[@amberchiangmusic]

You're so funny! What gave you the idea to do this? BTW, you sound great!

[@martycli9299]

I love to hear jazz pianists playing around with classical themes. You get the best of both worlds what's not to like? I particularly liked your short version in stride piano. I recently uploaded a stride piano version of Elgar's Salut d'Amour - no-one listened/watched it but I had great fun doing it. Really enjoyed your video.

[@00ffjkjkjk]

you get popoo

[@toddelliott3239]

When you played the waltz the first time, it felt like a Bill Evans’ variation ❤

[@jfpary7336]

I'm not sure everything can be changed to jazz, is it really necessary? The real challenge is to well play the original piece and it's not so easy. You speak about basic harmonies by Chopin, but not at all! Chopin's harmonies are very subtil ...

[@daylanrhea3852]

Hey Jeremy, make an album of jazz Chopin please. Chopin is one of my favorites and I don't hear a lot of re-interpretations of him that satisfy my love of him. Your video is great, please record an album of Chopin tunes. Either a variety of his tunes or even just the same tune over and over but played in different styles. I normally don't like or comment on any videos but I did for this one. Good video man.

[@daveroberts117]

If you want to skip a few of these steps, pick up the Classical Fake Book. It’s loaded with excerpts from many of the best pieces.

[@wurzelausc]

Actually most modern jazz chords go back to Chopin. He just didn't compose it in blocks, rather intertwined cadence, melody, arpeggios etc.

[@slapmyfunkybass]

Think you’d have to give Ravel and Debussy credit for that, Chopin did use advanced harmony, incorporating the 7th, but mostly inversions.

[@jonathan130]

These individuals owe much of their success to Chopin. Think about it: Debussy once declared, "Chopin is the greatest of all," highlighting how Chopin's groundbreaking piano work influenced him. While Chopin was indeed a genius in inversions, there's more to his brilliance. Upon analyzing his compositions, I've unearthed numerous unique elements that set him apart-such as his use of 9th, 11th, and 13th chords, along with other special chords frequently employed by Debussy. Some pieces contain unconventional yet beautiful harmonic progressions deviate from traditional classical harmony, extending beyond the usual I-V shifts in root notes. Furthermore, Chopin's incorporation of unusual phrasing, rhythms, polyrhythms, and song structures was far from commonplace before him, and these elements resonate throughout jazz music today.

[@slapmyfunkybass]

@@jonathan130 Don’t think anyone can dispute the genius of Chopin. But he said play Mozart in memory of me. That’s how much he was greatly influenced by his works, in turn Mozart was strongly influenced by Bach. Debussy, though certainly not better and had great respect for previous composers, did come up with his own set of rules, taking harmony to a whole different level. Even by Jazz standards his harmony is more complex, constant unusual transpositions, inversions of compound intervals, and something he did ventured into which previous composers never did was the abandonment of melody, placing greater importance on floating ambiguous harmonies drifting into nothing. Not afraid to let the silence do the work. I don’t think modern music would we where it is without his contribution.

[@jonathan130]

@@slapmyfunkybass Everything we have in music owes a lot to Bach. It's like a chain reaction of brilliance passing from one genius to another. As you mentioned, Mozart greatly influenced Chopin. Now, when you listen to some parts of Chopin's music, especially certain harmonies, they almost sound like jazz. And if it weren't for Chopin, Debussy might not have become famous. In Debussy's compositions, you can detect the influence of Chopin in the style and harmony, even though Debussy has his own unique style. Chopin also did some work with no melodies, just harmonies, like the 4th movement in his Sonata No. 2. Yes, Debussy harmonies are complex, and his methods are ingenious, but all of this builds on the foundation laid by Bach, Mozart, and especially Chopin, who dared to explore beyond traditional music theory. Chopin's innovative work with inversions, root notes, larger chords, and harmonies outside the norm was truly revolutionary, and Debussy admired and drew inspiration from it. Harmonies aside, I also stated that Chopin used odd phrasing, polyrhythms, rhythms and structure in some parts of many of his pieces, something that was never seen before, and again Debussy used this heavily in his music.I’m not saying that Debussy didn’t have an impact on jazz, I’m simply stating that without Chopin and others he wouldn’t be able to.

[@uufruity]

I love both classical and jazz very much (I’m currently a beginner-intermediate pianist being classically trained) so it was really fascinating to watch Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 get jazzified! They’re both great music genres so my eyes lit up and I started giggling when you started playing a Bossa Nova type Nocturne. I thought to myself..that’s actually possible?! haha.

[@chicklyall8128]

As a jazz musician I prefer to play classical music as it was written. Jazzing it up just sounds like pastiche. Each to their own. What's the point when you can write a new tune or play altered dominants to your heart content on standards or create your own compositions.

[@michaelbarker6460]

Good thing Chopin did exactly that to the music that was around at his time. He added complexity to what was there and made something beautiful.

[@waynek1389]

Excellent and gorgeous lesson, causing huge passion to learn playing piano. Thanks

[@00ffjkjkjk]

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[@BrianOxleyTexan]

As a classical composer, I'm loving this. I would trying slowing back the tempos, to give the melody more breath

[@ili626]

Agreed

[@iampracticingpiano]

My teacher used to scold me for talking back while playing, but I was only trying 1 Step to Sassify my Classical Piece.

[@KYLEVALOROSE]

YESYESYES tonebase jazz is sexy being a classical and jazz musician this content is fantastic to see

[@00ffjkjkjk]

NONONO

[@TheNjsb]

Awesome video! I'd love to see more of these

[@00ffjkjkjk]

nope

[@johncraigjohnson4879]

YESSS!! And THIS is why I’m a Tonebase subscribing member. Jeremy plus Ben Laude, Daniel Lelchuk, all of ‘em! Best value in online instruction. Hands down. And most stimulating. 🤯 ❤ 👏🏻

[@00ffjkjkjk]

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[@CesarCordova]

All credit to Jacques Loussier

[@glintsteel]

Beats original easy! 😃 👏🏆👏🏆👏

[@00ffjkjkjk]

sacrilegious

[@7riXter]

2:52 una corda spotted

[@peterbodofsnik9429]

Wow really impressive

[@gabri3l875]

Look up Jacques Loussier

[@ArgoBeats]

Man, this format is so dope!

[@gre7310]

What is boring to me is when every single chord has 7th, 9th or other extensions. There is no problem at all having only a simple triad, specially in the beginning when the main theme is presented. What makes it interesting is the contrast of fuller and emptier chords

[@ClassicalSoundIdeal]

Exactly. It is a simple recipe which tends to be boring after a while, for people who really know music with rich harmony. Of course if you listen to pop music and maybe a bit of Mozart and Beethoven, it will seem impressive.

[@taiteyard3567]

I think you are conflating your distaste for the style with boringness. Extensions objectively add more to listen to, and are therefore literally less boring. Perhaps you just prefer good/interesting melodies instead of good/interesting harmonies. As an improviser, I can tell you it is much more difficult to come up with a compelling melody than it is to mash away complex chords, so I get where you might be coming from.

[@ClassicalSoundIdeal]

@@taiteyard3567 what you are saying about a melody is nicely put. However, distaste for the style is a complicate issue. One might enjoy the style, but enjoy music more when it has function, direction, and tension-detension. Throwing extentions and alternations everywhere, removes those elements to a great deal. I kind of enjoy the style but cannot appreciate it as a construction. I appreciate the skill of improvisation though.

[@00ffjkjkjk]

if you play every note at once its better because there are more of them and plus its jazzier so ITS DEFINITELY BETTER RIGHT

[@rubenvasquez8592]

​@@00ffjkjkjknot only better, objectively better.

[@Jimyblues]

Good video- i know there are Chopin jazz groups i must say for me in Chopin's music there is such mastery of emotion and technique (Ballades ex.) it is the pinnacle of art. The depth of feeling i experience is one of the joys of my life. And the 2nd Nocturne isn't just a melody, it's a young man expressing yearning and he hears the crickets and then the clock. It's a half dream before sleep. If you don’t have the rubato and dynamics, it loses the reason it's great. The thing I love about jazz is it's its own place. Look what jazz did to showtunes - in a movie, i forget which one, they sing All The Things You Are, and it's a sentimental waltz- Charlie Parker comes along and changes it to a 4/4 swinger with a still modern intro- the ENTIRE feel of the song has been changed- and the feeling of jazz is more motion, the emotional response is different, because it moves different, the emotion is more modern as it should be. When I play Moose the Mooch- I'm astonished at its beauty it's as great as any melody could be. But that feel to me has nothing to do with Chopin. I think that's the reason Bill Evans didn’t go there. Chopin just means too much to me. But if you wanna mess with it, go for it- just never lose the appreciation and feel of his 3 am dream

[@tonimikael]

So happy to watch and listen to your video, sir!

[@pialmot2011]

I love both of classical music and jazz. But it is truly sad that it is rarer to find jazz musicians admire "pure" classical music than vice versa. It makes jazz musicians look arrogant and even musically immature, and I don't appreciate that. Whether jazz musicians approve or not, "BORING" Chopin's music or other classical music has deeply touched and revived innumerable people's hearts and lives over centuries.

[@maikainash2713]

Great video. I was lucky to click on it especially considering that they informally title it "5 Steps to Jazzify your Classical Piece" within the video. Not sure who your target audience, but as a pianist, Iʻd have clicked on it quicker with the informal title.

[@jcwpiano]

This would be Chopin had he been raised in New Orleans 😊

[@meyerbeer13]

Jazz pianists are so insolent. You know Haydn uses 9ths and 11ths? Because he knew Gypsy music. Which comes from a more profound place than jazz! Sorry man it just does!!

[@ЗинаЯрошенко-ъ1ч]

Да, джаз - это талант яркими красками по своему настроению , свободно создавать новое

[@SoniListon-lu4cn]

I find this a very useful exercise. Taking a melody/harmony and varying on it. Sure, its not like the original, but it is developing your ear and style, and you can drift of in a new composition of your own eventualy 😊

[@flintlong2937]

This is utterly amazing, wonderful and totally enjoyable! I think the whole world should hear this and your other stuff too! I hope somehow Chopin is able to look down and dig this. I imagine that he, and all the greats, would appreciate the innovative ideas of yourself and others as we all move forward. Recently I've become familiar with Penny Johnson and her Bach. You have to check that out! She swings #14 two part invention in a delightful way, and she has lots of other stuff too. I loved this video! Keep up the good work! Flint Long

[@PianoWithJonny]

Love it Jeremy!

[@organoleptix]

@jeremy - this a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for producing.

[@austinf4442]

Hey. I have his book 😂

[@goblacklist]

hi :) just excellent ! thx amigo !

[@aldrej]

It is an interesting research. But at the end we shouldn't try to mix milk with vinegar and add it into a glass of wine expecting to get a fabulous drink.

[@codyjacobson9226]

Great video. Wish the volume was louder.

[@cruddell]

What's with his microphone volume? Huge turnoff

[@iampracticingpiano]

I've now added 5 Comments on 5 Steps to Jazzify your Classical Piece. Mission accomplished.

[@00ffjkjkjk]

pathetic i have left more

[@oriraykai3610]

I got the volume full blast and can barely hear you. Gonna have to give it a pass unfortunately.

[@lucasstorey5974]

Please publish the sheet music. I beg of you🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@95sven95]

I think its funny how you try to play the actual piece in the beginning and one can instantly hear that your'e a jazz pianist 😂 great stuff!

[@TheOrdener]

Really nice. I’m a classical guy that likes jazz, and I expected to hate this. But I thought it was great! Nice work!

[@00ffjkjkjk]

youre wrong

[@TheOrdener]

@@00ffjkjkjk I’m wrong that I thought it was great? Wow. Thanks. I stand corrected thanks to your superior rhetoric.

[@alixmartin1978]

Oooof this channel is perfect…

[@00ffjkjkjk]

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[@proyectocms]

me gusta papi!

[@tH4ttUs]

perfect example that classic is boring ;)

[@norwalltino]

Great education!😎😎😎😎😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@Goschan]

5 easy steps 😅 okay

[@argot4086]

Cool version as a Jazz Waltz, can you share the PDF leadsheet?

[@00ffjkjkjk]

he dotn read sheet music m8 he jaaz

[@BlackSeranna]

Thanks, man!

[@TheFall777]

I love the video...but th e sound is too small......

[@doublevision5465]

I wish I could hit the like button more times.

[@colinmaharaj]

3:50 Hey! You're nuts, I want more lol

[@bachtube11]

Super, I love the original (Nocturne 9. 2) but I like to play around and make variations. Yours are really very good. And excellent explanations! Excellent cannel! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jonasaras]

Victor Feldman did an entire jazz album of Chopin called “To Chopin With Love”.

[@LukeFaulkner]

Chopin be bopin'

[@straizys]

cool I transformed this into jazz standard first time when I was 16 :))) really cool!

[@w3sp]

More videos with Jeremy Siskind please!

[@BryWMac]

why do I hear Hymn to freedom by oscar 6:33

[@keenyakult]

Clear and digestible instructions! I’m inspired, thank you sir 🙌

[@AnnaMishchenkoSoprano]

It’s just amazing.🔥🔥🔥

[@cabaro10]

Ok then. Seems easy enough. 😅

[@sylviacantumusicalideas2468]

Fascinating!

[@00ffjkjkjk]

no

[@SleepingTurtle1]

welcome to cocktail hour

[@potsdam521]

Funny to see these persons thinking music is beautiful just by adding thirds on top of a chord. Calling boring the opening of one of the most amusing romantic era nocturnes also really shows his appreciation of music.

[@BrendaBoykin-qz5dj]

Thank you,ToneBase. Longtime Jeremy Siskind Subbie. Go,Maestro.😎🌹😎

[@kamikan22]

the first 1 min and a half is how you should study every single academic piece

[@אחיהרוזנפלד-ד7נ]

Amazing video!!! Please make more videos like this

[@00ffjkjkjk]

no

[@oimpe]

This guy is so awesome!

[@Blorbifink]

I loved the stride rendition. The left hand jumps commonly found in Chopin are perfect for stride piano

[@RybergNikolai]

Chopin’s chord progressions is sweet, play it like a Jazz is like diabetes.

[@openendedthinking4033]

People going out of their way to disparage music genres makes no sense to me. One of the reasons i gave up being a professional musician. It ain't that deep.

[@curtpiazza1688]

Cool stuff! 😂

[@nicolasp301]

Thanks a lot for this video. You have great skill and talent. Amazing !!!

[@brightman232]

3:07 killed me

[@ronigbzjr]

I'm a classically trained pianist turned jazz pianist, and improvising on Chopin's nocturne Op.9 No.2 is one of my favorite jazz exercises... You gave me some great pointers 😊

[@annazully2680]

I LOVE IT

[@martinhnilo7961]

And?

[@Caturiya]

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[@charlesdelajungle9473]

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