David Bowie jazz piano by Brad Mehldau| Piano Transcription

Beautiful, clean rendition of a David Bowie song by Brad Mehldau. It's simply amazing how Mehldau can take simple harmonic concepts and blossom them into amazing textures! Reminds me of Fred Hersch's playing.
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[@TimothyGondola]

Brad Mehldau is one of the leading jazz pianists on this planet! (in my opinion). His early work with Joshua Redman is definitely worth checking out. Today's sheet music trivia (first to answer correctly gets PDF): Brad Mehldau has collaborated extensively with which modern drummer?

[@17xyz17]

Mark Guiliana (for example the album mehliana) :)

[@deodatdechampignac]

Drummer Jorge Rossy has been the first and the longer time

[@17xyz17]

@@deodatdechampignac gotta check them out! I don't know his work

[@gandalfdercyanfarbene6216]

Brian Blade

[@TimothyGondola]

@@17xyz17 Mark Guiliana is who I was thinking of. Send me a msg @ timothygondola.com/contact

[@MatNewtonTrio]

One of the greatest. Beautiful interpretation of a killer tune. Lovely transcription ❤

[@jayrob5270]

Lovely playing. These chord changes are pretty much exactly Bowies, Brad gives a lot of emotion and some jazzy interludes here and there but he doesn't change much which means he has taste imo.

[@DanielWebbon]

The A natural in the bass in measure 84 is genius. Only Mehldau could make such a strident dissonance so beautiful.

[@darnfirefingers]

I love how genius Brad plays. He kept the integrity of the song and added some harmonies and ultra expressive playing. I think he did that ending because maybe the room needed an oomph in the end so he made that sudden decision to end big. In his simplest of performances, I find Brad a genius.

[@Jamienewman0]

Love how he moves the melody to a middle voice at 52. He knows his Bach.

[@donut3142]

Idk, that doesn't seem very Bach like to me, I think it's quite Chopin-esque

[@mikeyg613]

I think the right hand is very Lisztian! Like the middle section of mazeppa

[@darek_kosinski]

it’s just intuitive composition for piano

[@ouriel]

Schuman I think (the arpeggios)

[@vecernicek2]

At first I thought you meant at age 52, before I realized you were referring to the bar 52. Accidentally, Bred Mehldau is 52 🤣.

[@derekseguine]

Bowie is one of the greatest composers! Nice arrangement Brad and great transcript as usual Tim!

[@rillloudmother]

bowie didn't write these changes though.

[@derekseguine]

@@rillloudmother Hence why I complimented Brad for the arrangement.

[@rillloudmother]

@@derekseguine i don't see how that follows, but good for you!

[@Gerard_2024]

@@rillloudmother Mmm... interesting, I thought he composed it for the Hunky Dory album.

[@drvp1997]

@@rillloudmother Bowie did write the original changes.

[@pianobar-bartoszsobczynski1321]

My absolute top of Bowie songs. I'm sure he would have loved that version. I know I do. It feels like I'm onboard a spaceship that as soon as the engines go off, takes me away from all the bad things going on in the world.

[@herambaanjaneya2041]

As someone who has always genuinely loathed "rock music" his entire life as unbearable "racket" which is probably only enjoyable if you already stoked on various illegal substances I found what sounded to my ears a rather classicized version of the song really rather beautiful in places and it was heartening to witness how really quite banal and or ugly "sounds" could actually be transformed into music and quite possibly really beautiful music. You clearly have a very refined and rare talent and interest in this kind of work which I feel opens up enormous unexploited possibilities for popular/pop music and so I can only wish you well and every possible success! Please KEEP GOING!

[@virginiagonzalez9145]

Hola! Hermosa versión y transcripción! ❤

[@garaughty]

Lovely work on this transcription Tim !

[@olilane8]

More mehldau!!!! Incredible

[@donaldanderson6604]

Bowie played the song to Wakeman on a battered old 12 string and then in the studio left Rick alone to do his thing. Waterman said afterwards that he had just played on one of the greatest pop songs ever. How right he was.

[@bazingacurta2567]

Wakeman, Waterman, Rick... How many people are there in the story?

[@tompa3537]

Great playing and transciption! I think at 0:30, the page turn comes a little too early.

[@andybaldman]

Ya, I was like WTF.

[@eduardoverdeja9596]

Hahaha I was also like wat

[@tadl.4196]

Absolutely beautiful. Bravo.

[@LordTucanVids]

Thank you for the music!!!!

[@deodatdechampignac]

great transcription ! bravo ! by the way Fred Hersch was a kind of professor for Mehldau ; QED

[@rubennunez1995]

Wakeman made a great armonization in this theme. What a pianist! Dont forget

[@pianoman0609]

Very beautiful!

[@silverhaze3632]

This a spirit guide music

[@meterialgal7755]

Just wow♥️

[@chiefobeef]

Just saw him perform this live in Saratoga Springs, NY. Not a huge Bowie fan but goddamn.

[@charlieruisseau2476]

Magnifique !

[@LucasSchouten-ix6xk]

Wonderful job! Thank you. But I'm afraid there is an error in measure 68. It is 1 eighth note too long: it contains 7 eighth notes and 1 quarter note.

[@andybaldman]

God, that’s fucking amazing.

[@MercurySix]

Meraviglia! 😮❤️

[@nezkeys79]

2:24 In bar 64 I hear a prominentbBb in the inner melody that isn't in the score. You think maybe he's playing a 10th in the LH?

[@blackholeinacan]

Great transcription of a beautiful piece! At measure 29, what's the notation in the left hand that kind of looks like a down arrow? I didn't see it listed in the Transcriber Notes PDF.

[@cademosley4886]

It's a triangle fermata. It's like a normal fermata (hold the note longer than its written duration), just not quite as long.

[@finngrassietranscriptions5000]

Didn't know this marking existed! Helpful

[@Michael-uk3pj]

Is there jazz on Mars?

[@terrypmusic]

00:01 Nice one, keep it up!

[@christophcloren4740]

Deat Timothy, thank youz very much for posting - in the shop on your web-site I cannot find this wonderful transcription - can you send me a directly link to buy this ... ?? Thank you very much in advance !

[@julenkoo]

At the end of the cell 11, why did you wrote F and G and both hand (same notes) ?

[@philiproyd6563]

On measure 29, there is what looks like a pointed formada. What is name of the sign, and the rules for how it is played?

[@liamdebono7079]

What’s the sign at measure 29 1:12

[@PianoWeekends.-.68]

It would have been lovely to see the intro played here transcribed as well! Too bad it’s not available 😢 But amazing performance!

[@TimothyGondola]

I have transcribed the full thing! It is Cory Henry playing All I Do, you can find it in my uploads.

[@PianoWeekends.-.68]

@@TimothyGondola great! 🙏

[@JoonasD6]

minor at measure 51? Also why not change key in measure 68 as was done before at similar modulation?

[@GunariPike]

Do you think it would be achievable for a level 2, 47 year old intermediate amateur pianist?

[@tomassantana933]

available for purchase?

[@virginiagonzalez9145]

Podrías compartirmela por favor?

[@finngrassietranscriptions5000]

@TimothyGondola, may I ask what the meaning of the symbol at bar 29 is? Looks like a fermata but its triangular.

[@TimothyGondola]

This means very short fermata!

[@finngrassietranscriptions5000]

@@TimothyGondola thanks 😊

[@carlosrobbins9178]

I'm sensing compassion and maybe even a measure of forgiveness for the human condition in this God-like view of the world.

[@jamesinhenley]

Calm down

[@carlosrobbins9178]

​@@jamesinhenley I concur. It's a tad counter-intuitive, though, with the cops beating up the wrong guy, innit? There's only a handful of oligarchs that run this entire goddamn country. The House just passed a $40 Billion Ukraine aid bill. And this is proof of that. The U.S. already sent $20 Billion to Ukraine. This bill will make it $60 Billion to Ukraine in 10 weeks. . . Oh, I concur. I need to go somewhere and do some drugs. I don't do drugs.

[@rillloudmother]

law man beating up the wrong guy oh man, wonder if he'll ever know

[@tamarapoghosova3084]

Hello! Please post notes “Creep Karen Souza”. I will be very grateful.

[@manelburgosdelarosa3352]

I love Bowie and Mehldau but this version doesn't add anything to the theme, I expected something more

[@ernestguinovart1651]

That was a bonus song at the end of a concert I believe. It’s not a 8’ cover with tonal variations… just the cherry on top of the cake m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWGxd5l7pq2Zlbc

[@ThePatrickFamilyBand]

Some parts remind me of Clair De Lune

[@musicsubicandcebu1774]

When I regained consciousness . . . was I hit by a truck?

[@alrobvy]

Nice but Rick Wakeman is so great!!!

[@jeanlucchapelon]

Don’t miss Mike Garson,a genuine pianist,composer who was the principal musician of D Bowie !!

[@nezkeys79]

In bar 67 LH I don't think the last note is tied. I hear two Cs in the LH Bar 72 of RH I think the first 3 notes are all a quaver back from what is written? I'm gonna stop or I'll be so pedantic. You're a great transcriber though I just can't help myself when I see mistakes because it would annoy me if I had your transcribing skills to make sure the realeased video was perfect. I guess occasionally one or two errors happen in the digital writing though

[@andybaldman]

You spelled ‘released’ wrong.

[@nezkeys79]

@@andybaldman hmmm well spotted!

[@JVsMusicalSoundscapes]

The chorus is Bb Eb Gm7 Gb+ etc. change the Gm7 Gb+ to Bb/F Eb and you lose a lot of the majesty of it

[@Bren1111]

Sorry but the chord statement has a lot of errors. For example the last chord in measure 51 is a Bbm and not a Bb/F. Moreover, many fingerings are impossible (note played twice). It looks like computer transcription...

[@MegaPippopluto]

la noia

[@videogajima]

Jazz..?

[@ciararespect4296]

Half the music's missing? Far too feeble and David would hate it