Erroll Garner trio plays Misty in the old BRT studio in Brussels, Belgium.
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@comeacross96 жыл бұрын
I heard a story that someone criticized Erroll because of his inability to read music. He responded by saying,"No one comes to watch me read." Thanks for posting.
@moochincrawdad5 жыл бұрын
Excellent - the response of a real musician! 😀
@katyhaymus10294 жыл бұрын
🎯
@the83rdtrombonist604 жыл бұрын
@@moochincrawdad And he still learned how to read music.
@andreluislacroix64574 жыл бұрын
Perfect answer. Errol Garner was a genius.
@GeatanoLeone4 жыл бұрын
I'd rather lose my capacity to read music if someone says me that i could play like him.
@leeprier65038 ай бұрын
His music brought me and my husband together in 1959. Especially Misty, that was our favorite song. We were married fifty years. Misty was so special to us. Thank you, Errol xx
@musical_lolu48117 ай бұрын
Wow!
@ShadyRonin7 ай бұрын
That’s beautiful!
@Schooner775 ай бұрын
Awesome
@Mickey_J_Simon773 ай бұрын
Erroll sits among the top musical geniuses of the world for sure.
@danielrousseau48429 күн бұрын
November 1959 was when I met my wife. We married four months later and were together until her death from cancer in 2003. Lots of great music from those years. (some bad, too)
@michaeliacangelo76813 жыл бұрын
Erroll defines "tickling the ivories."
@MsVirginiaHammer3 жыл бұрын
Yes, he does! Well put, Michael.
@jensonphan4 жыл бұрын
He's not even lookin at the piano, mad respect to this man.
@angelinababinska88264 жыл бұрын
He just feels the music in his hands and then vibing to his own talent
@likeidksomething31424 жыл бұрын
Tbh once you do a song enough time its easy...but this...this is art
@panmad61563 жыл бұрын
What piano? It's like he's dreaming. I wonder what he could possibly be thinking about while he's playing?
@luf4rall3 жыл бұрын
the keys are just an extension of his fingers.
@adione753 жыл бұрын
almost as good as stevie wonder
@morganplatt67623 жыл бұрын
If I lived to be a million years old, I still couldn't play the piano like that. Something special going on here.
@user-lb4ew7gr2j2 жыл бұрын
nah you probably could
@l3gendbaap9632 жыл бұрын
@@user-lb4ew7gr2j Idon’t know man, erroll is born with a certain feeling in his hands that can never be achieved by any experience level whatsoever. It’s just his genetic advantage of mobility.
@user-lb4ew7gr2j2 жыл бұрын
@@l3gendbaap963 and at one point he couldn't play at all; taking what he said literally a million years is more than enough time as long as you're actively learning
@googlem72 жыл бұрын
who is living a million years?
@user-lb4ew7gr2j2 жыл бұрын
@@googlem7 nobody needs to, there are already better players
@stigmoltu-jacobsen Жыл бұрын
Nobody, absolutely nobody can play ‘Misty’ as brilliantly as the master genious himself.
@dominiquelabardens2785 Жыл бұрын
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@Youdidnthearme Жыл бұрын
he's using too many arpeggios
@jesusislukeskywalker4294 Жыл бұрын
@@Youdidnthearme🤠
@donnafaust8402 Жыл бұрын
Most good pianist can play without looking at there fingers - most of the time. After a while you just know where the keys are. I know because I play piano also - absolutely no where as great as he can. But as I said, if you practice enough you really get to know the keyboard.
@stigmoltu-jacobsen Жыл бұрын
Yes, I’m aware that a brilliant pianist doesn’t have to look at his fingers or the keybord. But Erroll even turns his head often and looks away while playing at high speed.
@MrLive2win5 жыл бұрын
Even in the cheap seats his music makes me feel like a millionaire.
@musiconlyplease985 жыл бұрын
Now that's a compliment!!
@vinyltapelover4 жыл бұрын
MrLive2win Great comment. That comment had me smiling ear to ear.
@czarinc.69713 жыл бұрын
That’s the beauty of it
@ЕленаШаталова-ъ9е3 жыл бұрын
Grazia bene
@nomdeplume61893 жыл бұрын
Most poetic and succinct compliment I've ever read on youtube. Bravo!
@BernhardHolzner8 жыл бұрын
There are no hands- there are butterflies flying over the piano.
@biohazardg1rl7 жыл бұрын
magic
@abigaila35166 жыл бұрын
That's what happens when you have passion for what you do. At that point, you don't even have to worry about things like that, it just comes naturally.
@barriep96 жыл бұрын
You made me chuckle but you are right 😀
@nadaejimara5 жыл бұрын
yeah
@helmuthuber7664 жыл бұрын
Ein Zauberer...😍
@rockymountainjazzfan18224 ай бұрын
Way back when I was a kid in the 1960's, our family was in the boarding area at the Bismarck, North Dakota airport. My Dad, who had been a jazz musician when he was young and was still a jazz lover, recognized Erroll Garner in the waiting area with us. He struck up a conversation with Garner, he and Garner talking jazz for probably 30 minutes. Erroll Garner was gracious and very humble for such a greatly talented man. I've never forgotten that day.
@amarchmike4 жыл бұрын
I named my beloved daughter "Misty" after this song
@sumrandomdude3794 жыл бұрын
Gotta catch em all
@Roh0io4 жыл бұрын
@@sumrandomdude379 bruh..😂😂totally destroyed my romantic mood
@thevisitor10123 жыл бұрын
Legend has it she grew up to become a great water trainer.
@Roh0io3 жыл бұрын
@@thevisitor1012 lmao
@alyisanoob3 жыл бұрын
@@sumrandomdude379 BAODNWOD
@stevemelancon62075 жыл бұрын
Dear God, can we please have music like this again. What genius. Playing be ear.
@youresoakinginit2113 Жыл бұрын
Actually, composing as he went along. It's his song!
@goiena8400 Жыл бұрын
MARAVILLOSO ‼️😄
@oliverdelica2289Ай бұрын
I discovered this song through Laufey
@RichardSanislo-g8yАй бұрын
We still have music like this because we have ERROLL GARNER’s recordings. There will NEVER be another ERROLL GARNER, or COUNT BASIE, or GEORGE SHEARING, or ART TATUM, or EUBIE BLAKE, or PHIL FLANAGAN. JAZZ MUSIC forever.
@juancarlossaavedra6757 Жыл бұрын
He did not read music instead He make the piano read His mind. Genius ! ! !
6 жыл бұрын
This guy is looking everywhere, but the piano. Mindblowing excellence.
@coxkoala5913 жыл бұрын
He loves his piano as he loves Misty....by heart...
@xxcrump32973 жыл бұрын
Looking at it only helps the beginners
@mgconlan3 жыл бұрын
@@xxcrump3297 Actually the reason he isn't looking at the piano is because he was blind. He was playing by touch, just like Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder.
@xxcrump32973 жыл бұрын
@@mgconlan what kind of animals made an idiot like you?
@DawnMartinOfficial3 жыл бұрын
@@mgconlan Clearly, you know nothing about history!
@nikitaryabchun46069 жыл бұрын
How is this man not more worldly recognized. He has such a beautiful and unique style in approaching jazz piano with his left hand swinging rhythm section accompanied by the right hand octave melody lines. Erroll was living proof that jazz is one of the greatest art forms. This video deserves 7 billion views.
@うかいいくこ-k2v8 жыл бұрын
こまづわんし
@theomartin62388 жыл бұрын
Jazz piano? Man, this sound like Debussy or Ravel composition.
@Rickriquinho8 жыл бұрын
Don't be ridiculous... This is racism and alienation.
@theomartin62388 жыл бұрын
Ricardo da Mata It is not racism. It is fact. You probably never heard of Debussy or Ravel compositions?
@peteirie10758 жыл бұрын
I always thought Errol Garner was pretty recognised in music... always mentioned in classical and jazz circles, particularly in his day. I just heard something about him in a doc about the evolution of jazz recently ...
@larsthorwald3338 Жыл бұрын
Wow. He's clearly from another planet. Jaw-dropping.
@MrRickywallace4 жыл бұрын
When I was 14, my mother bought me Andre Previn and Oscar Peterson albums, then I was hooked on jazz piano. Then followed Erroll and Bill Evans. I have played "Misty" on the piano since I was about 10 years old, about 60 years! "Misty" is one of the greatest love ballads of all time!
@christiansanden80054 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@MarkSeibold4 жыл бұрын
It is interesting to note that all three of these pianists you mentioned are naturally born as left-handed.
@vinyltapelover4 жыл бұрын
@Wes McGee Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter in Play Misty For Me. I put that movie with Hitchcocks's Psycho as two great, disturbing thrillers that hit the big screen. I have yet since either was released, ever to watched them again,lol.
@sylviaconstantinidis994 жыл бұрын
You are so right about 'Misty', but Erroll Garner's splendid introductions sold me on his performance skills from the first few notes - he invites interest by invention.
@mikegalvin98013 жыл бұрын
@@vinyltapelover I was eating at a restaurant in Monterey once wondering why it looked so deja vu familiar and the waiter said "Did you ever see Play Misty for Me?" Classic movie and classic song - so many great versions it's nice to see Garner do it.
@sethgoldman157 жыл бұрын
At my family's Bar and Restaurant in NYC he was playing in our bar, I sat at the bar listening, sometimes hiding behind the jukebox because I was not allowed in, he played a few nights a week for years and I didnt know what I was hearing...I play Jazz guitar now and boy do I know how lucky I was
@an4ao7 жыл бұрын
it is amazing and great!
@blancavillalon77695 жыл бұрын
OMG really?¡¡¡¡
@AHGS4005 жыл бұрын
Free Palestine
@limonero654 жыл бұрын
Where,'s the Bar?
@Coach492174 жыл бұрын
what bar is that?
@marvindias13773 жыл бұрын
Dude that line at 2:40 was freakin insane. So much creativity in the line itself, but he puts these beautiful chords behind such a well constructed melody. What a line. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🤤🤤🥵😩
@glauciomaciel.2 жыл бұрын
Hello friends, i hope that you like this Misty Version in piano kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6GQlZyZf7qno7s
@opp0site Жыл бұрын
the brutality in that line is insane like how am I supposed to do that too?
@yeasstt Жыл бұрын
@@opp0site practice
@nobutternotes Жыл бұрын
Hahah he did the end of the lick at the end of the line (D# to E to C to D).
@squirrelpatrick3670 Жыл бұрын
'block chords'. Garner was a master at playing the line in octaves in the right hand, with harmony notes filling in the chord. He could use grace notes on the top or even with the thumb and you can hear how gorgeous his tremolo was, splitting the block into two halves. Other pianists used different block chord styles
@peggymoore78509 жыл бұрын
An elderly friend told me of her husband who played the piano in Madison square gardens during the war, whilst playing Misty a gentleman stood behind him listening, when finished the gentleman complemented him on his playing in his words 'never have I heard this song played so perfect with such feeling' he thanked the gentleman and asked his name ? the gentleman replied .... Erroll Garner I wrote it sir ! :)
@lylecosmopolite6 жыл бұрын
The greatest possible compliment. "The war" could not have been WW2, because Misty was composed in 1954.
@jens-jakobarnved45056 жыл бұрын
Peggy Moore ko
@donaldrighettini19906 жыл бұрын
There has always been war, Bravo Dear Mr Gardner, i fell in love to this song
@MartinSage6 жыл бұрын
Peggy Moore Wow what a story!
@QueenBee-gx4rp6 жыл бұрын
Peggy Moore WOW! You just gave me goosebumps all over! What a wonderful compliment! Thank you!
@cynthiamclaglenallen11507 жыл бұрын
My mother was a concert and Jazz pianist in London and Kenya, Africa. She had records of Erroll Garner playing and I loved his piano playing the best, when I was only seven years old. As you say he had a distinct style different from any other. My mother went to the Royal Academy but long before that she always loved Jazz and had had a Birthday Present went she was 13 years old. to have a piano lesson in Jazz from Billy Mayrel. She went on to play concerts of Music from Debussy, Ravel, Beethovan, Schuman and Mozart etc but when she came back from a broken marriage from Berlin to London she began playing for Billy with his troupe of lady pianists. When she was at the Royal Academy of Music, she heard that Art Tatum was coming to London. She arranged for her fellow students to come and hear him at a nightclub in London. They all sat down excited and waited. I imagined it to like that scene in "The Red Shoes" when the hero and his fellow composers are waiting to hear the music, not to see the ballet,- and were shushing everybody. Well, Art Tatum came on and began playing but people continued to talk. Suddenly Art got down from the piano and walked off the stage. ThIs was in early 1930s, when people acted differently. My mother Kay Marjoribanks, went to the manager and asked why Mr Tatum had left the stage. The manager said that Art was not used to people talking while he played. My mother then went backstage and talked to Art Tatum. She said that she was so excited to hear him play and that a whole bunch of Royal Academy of Music students were out there waiting to hear from him. People in London did not realise the conventions of America or of good music, especially in a nightclub. (Paris might have been a lot better). She was well off and she had a car and offered to drive him around London which she did. He came back and played and she arranged for him to play a recital at the Royal Academy itself. For an almost blind, self taught pianist, the reception Academy Main Tutor said he was a brilliant and very gifted musician. In London Art and his wife were quite frightened, as they had not ever been abroad, and of course did not know how they would be received. America was extremely racist then but Paris especially, and London were much more accommodating. My mother followed his work all his life and was influenced by him and Billy Mayrel in her own music.
@johnvalentine34563 жыл бұрын
This is a wonderful story about your mother, who sounds like a truly great person and musician. I'm so glad you shared this with all of us. Just one bone to pick: The part about the Academy Main Tutor deeming Art Tatum "brilliant and very gifted" is quite patronizing, not from you, but from them, even if it was the 1950's. It's also a monumental understatement. Art Tatum was one of the greatest pianists and musicians in music history, regardless of genre. Much more than 'brilliant and/or very gifted'! The Tutor, no doubt white, likely was not all that familiar with America's classical music, Jazz, and without realizing it, I'm sure, comes off as a patronizing know-it-all at worst, and Euro-classical snob at best. A more humble assessment would have been something like this: "I am not qualified to comment on what this man is doing from a musical perspective, me being woefully uninformed about the discipline and courage that must be required to play such difficult music as part of Mr. Tatum's chosen art form, but, clearly, America has produced a musician who's piano playing and arranging skills rival the greatest classical pianists on this planet. And America has produced a genre of music with such harmonic, melodic and rhythmic sophistication and feeling, that, I, and am sure many others at the institution must study this music further! Perhaps Art Tatum could provide some instruction in this regard, and we would like to have him back in a professorial capacity, if he would be so inclined at our most gracious request". Think of the possibilities here! It may have even extended Tatum's life, as America clearly was not good for him. He died at just 47 years old. Nonetheless, I'm glad they saw fit to have Tatum perform for them. A wonderful cultural exchange, to be sure. All praise to your mother for making it happen. She was way ahead of her time!
@pipharper29633 жыл бұрын
wow, what an amazing story. thank you for sharing that.
@NerfHerderD173 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. I enjoyed reading.
@MsVirginiaHammer3 жыл бұрын
I agree, Cynthia! I ADORE Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, George Shearing ... Bud Powell: ALL HONORED POWER TO HIM FOREVERMORE - but Erroll. Erroll Garner is simply: he is: an orchestra, a whole Big Band (his main influence, he acknowledged): unto himself. His SPIRIT! He NEVER talks! He just does that ADORABLE singing to himself: and he PLAYS. That's ALL, y'all. There will NEVER -- not ever, ever - not EVER - be another on this planet, I don't think: EVER: who can do CLOSE to what he did. Thank ALL the gods for him. Always. THANK YOU, ERROLL! -- PS: Y'ALL: HE can play THIS SONG BETTER THAN ANYONE: Because he made it up. (lol: I almost typed: "He wrote it." But. We know who wrote it. A notator, thank heck, who has saved the chart for us.) HE CREATED IT. Thoe MAGNIFICENT harmonic chord changes and melody. So.
@MsVirginiaHammer3 жыл бұрын
O, WOW. Now I read your whole comment (I'm sorry; I hadn't read the whole thing, before). ART TATUM! That is BEYOND WONDERFUL, what your Mom did for Art that time. HOW PEOPLE COULD CHATTER during ART TATUM playing??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! utterly blows my mind. BLOWS IT. BLOWs it UP. - What a thing, Cynthia. What a thing. THANK you for sharing that. People. I can't understand people. AND GEORGE SHARING. That blind, British MARVEL. HE PLAYED SO GORGEOUSLY, too, eh? Born blind. 1 of the top 10 Jazz pianists in the world, I'd say. BUT NO ONE COULD PLAY LIKE ART TATUM. NO ONE. That Right hand of his. - FLYing over the keys; -- --- !!!!!! - And the Left hand, perfectly keeping up! astounding. ASTOUNDING. -- and Marian McPartland! No slouch, either! Thank you so much for this, - VCH & Midlantic Theatre Co., Newark, NJ, USA
@chrisarmstrong50573 жыл бұрын
My mom and dad took me to the Elwood in Windsor,ont in the late 60's to see this man. I was 15/16. I am forever grateful they exposed me to such beautiful music.
@jdiaz4877 Жыл бұрын
He plays the piano like a harp. So beautiful
@divingchicagoАй бұрын
His chords are so beautiful and clean
@kurtzwar729 Жыл бұрын
My mom's favorite piano player, Errol Garner. What great control and touch. Mom loved Errol's big, blasting chords and fabulous style. Don't we all. What a gift to America. RIP Errol Garner.
@sunshinegypsea2 ай бұрын
Just came here to say I was born in ‘78 & was named after the Clint Eastwood movie Play Misty for Me. For whatever reason I’m just now looking up the song to see who wrote it! What a special man that wrote this beautiful song. ❤I’ve seen the movie numerous times but watching this video made my soul happy! Ty for posting
@spambedam18 күн бұрын
Thanks for that. I didn't know he created Misty. I thought he just did this great performance of it. That makes him even more amazing.
@robertear10113 күн бұрын
A lesson in humility
@assiawinfield6524 Жыл бұрын
I just discovered Errol and now I am obsessed with genius at piano . So beautiful and mesmerizing. I am sure he is playing in heaven .
@trevorlintott598 Жыл бұрын
Hope u like Joe sample, (the crusaders)another key board great.
@sunlitweb8 жыл бұрын
This genius wrote the song and plays it like no other. Beautiful.
@YankeeClippa8 жыл бұрын
+sunlitweb Wow
@sunlitweb8 жыл бұрын
YankeeClippa Yes, he was a musical genius. He wrote it, so that's why he plays it with such style. He knows every perfectly placed note. Another person wrote the lyrics. Together they crerated one of the finest love songs of all time.
@exjazzbassbaz8 жыл бұрын
+sunlitweb apparently on a train journey to a gig.genius for sure.many thanks.
@glauciomaciel.2 жыл бұрын
Hello friends, i hope that you like this Misty Version in piano kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6GQlZyZf7qno7s
@michaelhengst9034 Жыл бұрын
Still gets me to have tears in my eyes what a genius he was!
@xxcrump3575 Жыл бұрын
Stop your weeping and be a man💪
@hilaryapril7043 Жыл бұрын
Tears in my eyes too !
@xxcrump3575 Жыл бұрын
It's ok you're a girl😌
@MrJazzologist110 жыл бұрын
If Erroll Garner had had the finest musical education, and learned the intricasies of musical scoring from the best in the country he would not have played any better. His genius rose above learning by rote - he simply mastered the instrument and let his magical emotional depth flow through his fingers onto the right keys. What wonderful interpretations he gave us.
@garyrice17119 жыл бұрын
Interpretations? If you are referring to the song "Misty", he didn't interpret it, he wrote it. If that isn't what you meant, then disregard my comment.
@TheRealSurrealDeal9 жыл бұрын
Gary Rice interpretations in context would mean his style or his methods of playing here, also what hes playing too. it's not the actual denotation of interpretations here, if it wasn't obvious enough.
@egyptianminor8 жыл бұрын
+John Perks Just like Wes Montgomery.
@MrJazzologist18 жыл бұрын
+J'Dinklage Morgoone Yes, you've certainly had it, mate. Big time.
@MrJazzologist18 жыл бұрын
+EgyptianMinor Yes, and many others, chum.
@OzzyGonzalez9 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered what the great composers of the Romantic Era would've think of jazz pianists.
@bsnf-58 жыл бұрын
+Ozzy Gonzalez Liszt had some sick "jazz" chords in his pieces. LOL Listen to his sonata in b minor. I guess it's just the way you call it... Classical Era or jazz music... a Genius still remains Genius. I'm one of those who think that we should not separate music but learn from each other and seek for the things we have in common, the similarities. Jazz is just a name, music is much more than that... and I believe it will always remain like this.
@girl_with_a_mind8 жыл бұрын
+Profiledek Amazingly well said. I agree with you completely.
@bsnf-58 жыл бұрын
Ana Špan Thank you :) That really means a lot to me, as English is not my first language - I'm glad to "hear" that :)
@camillobenso32028 жыл бұрын
+Ozzy Gonzalez don't know about composer of the romantic era but Arturo Toscanini when in NY personally want to know those monsters of piano..and he did it
@camillobenso32028 жыл бұрын
+Jim FitzGerald illiteracy or sarcasm ?
@myheadisafilingcabinet Жыл бұрын
its like he's in his own world. its honestly so mesmerising to just watch him play
@douglasavila4633 Жыл бұрын
Bob acri , sleep wey
@bplantmans29808 жыл бұрын
Erroll Garner is the King of improvisation, composing, uttering, executing , arranging anything without previous preparation and without the ability to read music. Total genius. RIP
@RADIUMGLASS5 жыл бұрын
He's so underrated. You know a man's got talent when he doesn't have to look at the keys or sheet.
@dean34342 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking it might just be best if we never look at our hands and "just go with it" as the late Deems Tsutakawa said to me a few years ago during his break at Jazz Alley here in Seattle.
@konarkvinod28012 жыл бұрын
He couldn’t read sheet music anyways 😂 he was just that talented that he didn’t rely on sheet music but on some savant level sense of how the piano and harmony works
@glauciomaciel.2 жыл бұрын
Hello friends, i hope that you like this Misty Version in piano kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6GQlZyZf7qno7s
@xxcrump26402 жыл бұрын
Who's underrating his talent other then you? Another thing i must say looking at the instrument that you play doesn't make you master it any better.
@xxcrump26402 жыл бұрын
@@konarkvinod2801 Erroll Garner once said people don't come to see me read music.
@marilynd.79383 ай бұрын
We in the U.S. have been so fortunate to have had all these great Artists, and Erroll Garner is absolutely one of them. RIP
@bach7309 жыл бұрын
Sick how easy he makes that look!
@emidiotedeschi99056 жыл бұрын
Favoloso!!!!
@b3at25 жыл бұрын
If you look at his pink fingers and slow it down.. it makes sense .
@knottreel5 жыл бұрын
You don't think of which note comes next, but play like you were a wave in the ocean.
@yung4evr5 жыл бұрын
Whats sick about it??
@vinyltapelover4 жыл бұрын
@@yung4evr '"... sick ..." A positive, descriptive, colloquialism used to express great appreciation of a skill or an act. Similar to saying such things as, "out of sight"(old school saying), unmatched, unparalleled, exceptional, genius, daaamn!(an extended version of the exclamation of "damn" but used in an appreciative manner). No shade or disrespect intended. Just having fun but not at your expense. Besides you probably know knew it already.
@stevemulwitz86588 жыл бұрын
WHEN THE GREAT ERROLL PLAYS--THERE IS ONE THING FOR SURE--ONE HAND A'INT WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THE OTHER HAND IS DOING!
@rabcooper29226 жыл бұрын
Moonlightin vermont
@rabcooper29226 жыл бұрын
Moonlight inVermont by erroll garner
@user-rq3gr8pj8t2 жыл бұрын
Never mind the reading music statement the man is looking up to the stars when he's playing he's not even looking at the keyboard he knows where everything is. Genius .
@hilaryapril70432 жыл бұрын
He's so happy
@glauciomaciel.2 жыл бұрын
Hello friends, i hope that you like this Misty Version in piano kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6GQlZyZf7qno7s
@habdochkeineahnung7 жыл бұрын
like putting on some lotion on your soul when its ashy.
@austinhinchey23257 жыл бұрын
Excellent definition for Misty!!!
@carpentegee27 жыл бұрын
Pieter Vogt hahaha!
@marquishardy23417 жыл бұрын
Whoa. That's beautiful. It's so incredibly fitting for this.
@donaldrighettini19906 жыл бұрын
got it.
@elident78286 жыл бұрын
I Agree
@jack13948 жыл бұрын
This is luxury, provided by a king.
@fedorgoremykin4207 жыл бұрын
And he doesn't make any mistakes. The second important thing. Technical possibilities of his fingers simply amazes me.
@victorcager6 жыл бұрын
Jack ....Thanks!!
@GinMae6 жыл бұрын
and if you look closely, you can see drops of sweat running down the sides of his face... of which he seems totally unaware... people in this thread mention "he doesn't look at his hands..." because it's all about TOUCH.. and FEEL ... you can see him tilt his head back, eyes half-closed.. he doesn't need to see anything -- he's feeling it and making us feel it, too :)
@LetitiaLatifahNajieb6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@bobbrennan55136 жыл бұрын
Errol @
@Twizzledoc187 Жыл бұрын
That finger roll he did with the left hand @ 1:06 was SIICK! He did it very quick but it adds such a nice sound and layers to this masterpiece.
@niiikolaiii Жыл бұрын
Yes! It's called an arpeggio and it's absolutely beautiful.
@tonygumbrell2210 жыл бұрын
If I had one wish right now; I'd like to go back in time and hear this played in some small club in any city. If I had to hide in a corner or behind a curtain, that would be alright.
@1dogissky10 жыл бұрын
I'm only 14, and I appreciate music like this :), I'd love for there to be a place where they played music from over a decade ago
@louiseverwaaijen39010 жыл бұрын
Fantastisch heerlijke muziek.
@m3tafunj10 жыл бұрын
louise verwaaijen Ja, was er hat gesagt!
@anthonygumbrell574910 жыл бұрын
m3tafunj You doubt me?
@DANGJOS9 жыл бұрын
why would you have to hide?
@bliss97456 жыл бұрын
Three interesting facts about Garner: (1) He composed this beautiful creation, Misty. (2) He was only 5 feet 2 inches tall. (3) He never learned to read music and composed Misty using a dictaphone, getting friends to transcribe it later into a musical score.
@TheBigDaddy513 жыл бұрын
I have heard him say that he came up with Misty in 30 minutes
@426cylinders73 жыл бұрын
@@TheBigDaddy51 if that’s true than it only further confirms his genius. God bless him.
@xxcrump26403 жыл бұрын
What makes his height interesting?
@426cylinders73 жыл бұрын
@@xxcrump2640 he looks way taller on video, so knowing he was only 5’2 is kind of interesting I guess
@dean34343 жыл бұрын
Not too bad. I'm only a 5'4" male. At 72 I can kinda-sorta do (kinda-sorta) do what the man does. We short guys work harder I guess. Dean Seattle Jazz Alley
@rburrhead2 жыл бұрын
Three interesting facts about Garner: (1) He composed this beautiful creation, Misty. (2) He was only 5 feet 2 inches tall. (3) He never learned to read music and composed Misty using a dictaphone, getting friends to transcribe it later into a musical score.
@dean34342 жыл бұрын
Cool. I'm 5'5" tall and I do my best at Misty and not too bad but without all of the Garner embellishments. Spud Webb was only 5'6" and Mugsey Bowles was only 5'2". Two former greats in the NBA. What's height got to do with it and what's that problem with with being told to read music got to do with it...
@bobtaylor1702 жыл бұрын
He said he was working the idea out on a flight which was in a holding pattern over Denver, I think. His eyes were shut, and he was imagining the keyboard with his fingers and making the usual patented Erroll Garner grunts. The woman seated next to him thought he might be having a seizure, and asked him if he was all right.
@nabirasch51692 жыл бұрын
Not so different. Beatles didn't read music either.
@nyterpfan Жыл бұрын
Another fact about Garner that explains part of his genius--he was ambidextrous. (Could write and sketch with either hand.)
@monicabella7894 Жыл бұрын
What does his height has to with his playing?!
@Carlos404958 жыл бұрын
Marvelous! His hands flies over the keyboard.
@georgebenichou97277 жыл бұрын
Carlos A. Bonorino his mind was replaced by another mind infinitely talented for jazz and he was using E.G. body .the mind is working as a radio set device ,it is just as you you shift radio station pointer , you start to listen to another kind of music jazz .
@emidiotedeschi99056 жыл бұрын
FENOMENALE!!!!!!!!
@TonyWilliampianoman2 жыл бұрын
Garner had a unique "tool kit" as a pianist due to the fact he didn't know sheet music, theoretical fingering. Sharps and Flats meant nothing too him. He settled into playing in keys that his mind and hands felt most comfortable with. Not straying from the melody too much, he applied massive resources from left-hand in almost orchestral accompaniment playing octave passages as fast as a concert pianist, crossing the beat with his right hand, changing moods from maximum to minimal accent, sliding a semitone into chords with his right hand thumb and little finger, using little musical catch phrases from tunes different to the featured one, using r.h. index finger in a stabbing mode. Also having a great stride left hand solo ability; and finally a really nice mannerism and sense of fun with audiences. Yeah, I discovered him in 1969 and still a huge fan.
@SunnyBirthday2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully put. "Massive resources from left hand" is almost an understatement given that many media reports focus on his striking degree of ambidexterity: aside from the piano (obviously), he could also write with both hands and play golf from both sides. Erroll is an inspiration and shows that "dominant hand" is only a limitation of the mind if you are willing to practice things with two hands.
@dean34342 жыл бұрын
Well put Pianist in Straffordshire. However, his mind and every single note and the piano were just one.
@maetzchenmusik2 жыл бұрын
He sure was one of a kind in piano jazz. Swinging like crazy.
@irisrivera8422 Жыл бұрын
Amazing how I just happened to see a movie called “Play Misty fir me” with Clint Eastwood and learned about this extraordinary musician.
@kevinmalone32107 ай бұрын
If you ever get someone calling you and say, Play Misty For Me, run for the hills!
@jamessalem28255 жыл бұрын
The most flowing and fulfilling version by any pianist, effortless.
@61eagles7 жыл бұрын
Reading all the comments below, makes me realize even more how much I love this man's music. I have his CD's in my car and playing on the radio on continuously. For all of you who wish you could hear him live, I must share that I had the privilege of producing a concert for Erroll at Kent State University in 1965. Not only did I get to meet him, but I got to sit at the piano with him for a few minutes before the concert. Then sat front row for almost two hours of pure heavenly enjoyment. He was pure genius on the piano, and the man that taught me how to play the piano, by me having the opportunity to sit in my parents living room and listen to his vinyl over, and over, and over...and I'm still listening to this day. I miss him terribly!
@elizabethsamonte99586 ай бұрын
Please sir share that masterpiece with us. Thanks in advance
@georgewhitehead81853 жыл бұрын
His hair is WAY COOL, and his playing is beyond compare! What a gifted artist.
@jameschlipala928111 ай бұрын
Thinking the same here. Dapper Dan, Old Spice or Clubman pomade? 👌
@camillelourde40089 жыл бұрын
I just became a huge Erroll Garner fan!!! this is most superb!!!!
@L33M_08 жыл бұрын
It's like it was written for a harpist
@DocsDota8 жыл бұрын
+Kalim Manigault (iGrungeisntdead10) Harpists just do "glisses"...this guy was doing jazz chords down the fucking piano...this guy is a legend. He doesn't even need to look at the keyboard when he does this.
@lazertops646 жыл бұрын
Because it was... kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4TKp3uqnaygmMU
@knudolsen54956 жыл бұрын
He wrote it
@warrendoris96696 жыл бұрын
DocsDota Do.nt be so hostile dude_ there is a recording of Misty by a harpist Dorothy something ( sorry for not recalling her surname) that uses a lot of the arpeggios that we hear in Garner version! Relax dude this is the cool stuff!
@b3at25 жыл бұрын
He does play like a harpest
@blah148 Жыл бұрын
his connection to the piano is so unquestionable-you can't see any kind of separation or hesitation.. just unbelievable!
@mrjimmienoone21308 жыл бұрын
I know pretty sure what God said, welcoming Erroll in paradise, when he died: "Play Misty to me!"
@Carlos404958 жыл бұрын
No doubt!
@jeanmariebasset8 жыл бұрын
bien trouvé !
@MrArnaudlafon8 жыл бұрын
excellent
@Carlos404958 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. I had the luck to be in two Errol´s concerts in Buenos Aires. First row, of course and after the show I talked with him and recorded my conversation in my small Sony cassette recorder.
@giostelid17 жыл бұрын
Carlos A. Bonorino
@ddsmusic-doug24698 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal! Erroll was my dad's favorite pianist and I remember his records in the 60's. Self taught, just amazing.
@kibavlood58268 жыл бұрын
Errol self taught thats inspiring...
@jacoposcaccinipianist Жыл бұрын
What a perfect piece! I’m a classical pianist, but love this piece so much that I get goosebumps, and I can feel the deep and inner feature: love this “arpeggio chords” technique…it feels to me like flying on a soft steam of a cloudy night sky
@Nocatsmusic6 жыл бұрын
I've never seen anything else like this in my life ever, he is not looking because the instrument is an extension of his mind, he was a prodigy and got it at age 3, very rare, he is one with it
@williammosley63275 жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTE GENIUS
@conceicaocampos65734 жыл бұрын
Eh Dislikes, E muita inveja de quem tem talento hein???????
@vinyltapelover4 жыл бұрын
@@conceicaocampos6573 I agree with you👍.
@TheBull068 жыл бұрын
This helps me cope with this messed up life.
@kaspafischer7 жыл бұрын
Amen to that Darth! ;)
@akaiseigo7 жыл бұрын
especially you want a goodnight sleep and feel refresh,it's one of the tops.Nobody composes like this song anymore.Too much noise i hear nowadays.
@kaspafischer7 жыл бұрын
even the Johnny Mathis version is quite good.... ;)
After celebrating 75 years at the piano, I have to say that EG is a keyboard genius - such technique, such imagination!
@donaldrighettini19906 жыл бұрын
Such a gift from God!!!!
@howdydoody5524 Жыл бұрын
His compsition and his playing ...both amazing and beautiful..what a talent
@SunAndMirror3 жыл бұрын
As a guitarist, I watch this and cry. So many simultaneous notes from one person. Effortless, yet this MUST be difficult for any typical pianist. Can any piano players reaffirm? Because he looks like he is doing some otherworldy playing...with such ease...
@gribo.95433 жыл бұрын
Yeah its absolutely insane
@allegeddevil19563 жыл бұрын
lotta practice requried and a certain amount of passion, but by on means impossible or even tremendously diffiuclt, anyone really can do it, but what makes it amazing is the passion not really the difficulty level
@gerryhowe10863 жыл бұрын
to me what makes it so incredibly difficult in practice is that he wrote it himself, without ever learning to read music. absolutely unreal artist
@aBachwardsfellow2 жыл бұрын
@@gerryhowe1086 - that is the genius of a genius - it all exists and is formed in the mind first, whether it is ever written down, or not. Written music simply preserves the creative thoughts - it does not create them. All of Bach's masterpieces existed in his mind before they ever existed on paper. The same with Erroll - same genius, different genre.
@xxcrump26402 жыл бұрын
Esta que pe'ano dos la excelente del sol cerebro
@shanjayaweera30365 жыл бұрын
He sounds like a one man orchestra. This is breath taking in its scope and scale.
@glauciomaciel.2 жыл бұрын
Hello friends, i hope that you like this Misty Version in piano kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6GQlZyZf7qno7s
@jazzladz59503 жыл бұрын
Wonderful piece about him in today’s Wall Street Journal brought me here. Amazing musician.
@rondrozdowski65413 жыл бұрын
Same here. Wonderful article. Wonderful musician.
@jenniferflynn93062 жыл бұрын
He is such a gift! I just love listening to him. I can have a bad day and when I hear him play, everything is a little better.
@eecorr10 жыл бұрын
Music is the universal language of mankind...with that said, Erroll your playing never gets old!
@robfriedrich28222 жыл бұрын
Under his hands, the piano becomes a harp...
@ddsmusic-doug24697 күн бұрын
This is the true definition of "musical genius". Hard to comprehend.
@railcar1239 жыл бұрын
This is an example of mastering music to such a degree that you can have fun with it at any time any place any tempo ect.
@JONNYHOTROD5 жыл бұрын
The best pianist the world has ever seen....period!
@glauciomaciel.2 жыл бұрын
Hello friends, i hope that you like this Misty Version in piano kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6GQlZyZf7qno7s
@LaughLounge113 жыл бұрын
that hair shines brighter than my future.
@hardwickmusic8 жыл бұрын
Spectacular. Much respect to Erroll Garner. The introduction in this version is phenomenal!!! An incredible performance indeed.
@bluetoad20018 жыл бұрын
Erroll truly plays the piano like a percussion instrument. blows my mind every time.
@jeffreygranger69136 жыл бұрын
buzz kirschner The piano IS a percussion instrument.
@douglaswdelaney6 жыл бұрын
i always tell my students that the piano IS a percussion instrument, but even more.
@jeffreygranger69136 жыл бұрын
Doug Delaney You're telling the TRUTH to them!
@hampsonrjh2 ай бұрын
After re-watching him play every finger plays a note, he is playing the music at some speed. How the hell can you do that, pure magic that's how.
@camillelourde40089 жыл бұрын
He is making that piano TALK!
@9301JB10 жыл бұрын
he makes it look so easy... wow such an inspiration
@PanamaBob19424 жыл бұрын
1963, the Tenderloin in San Francisco, standing outside the Blackhawk, listening to this incredible musician playing to a packed house. Not old enough to get in, but even listening on the street was an amazing experience.
@youngpaderewski366810 жыл бұрын
Damn! I always suspected I never had any real talent, and now this performance confirms it.
@kevinsantiago31736 жыл бұрын
You give up too easily.
@donaldrighettini19906 жыл бұрын
Just enjoy music and life.
@christiansanden80054 жыл бұрын
John Sheehan Dont insult
@alainwagner46415 жыл бұрын
Musique luxueuse , magique , un immense standard du jazz......quant à Erroll.....c'est un maître !
@davidfitnesstechАй бұрын
I come back to this video once or twice a year. Love it.
@drv738 жыл бұрын
I've never been so in awe of someone's talent as I am of Mr. Garner's. My all time favorite piano player by far!
@jasontafao61937 жыл бұрын
My piano teacher played this for me this afternoon. I fell in love with it afterward!! He definitely had a true gift for the instrument. Love this piece!!
@plunkervillerr15294 жыл бұрын
Thank GOD that we have these wonderful recordings. may they survive forever.
@esterixis9 жыл бұрын
Fortunate to have seen him in concert when I was 17 or 18. Beautiful music, then and now....
@marioarturox4 жыл бұрын
He makes piano playing look like an easy thing to do. He's so in control. What a talent!
@reneemoore62493 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this historical film of the master playing his own piece just as free as a bird. Wonderful to behold. I play from ear mostly. I was getting the bridge wrong. I was playing a different one. But now I think I've got it. Nothing like getting it firsthand from the composer. What a world!
@thebiggerpicturepodcastcenter6 жыл бұрын
I came here because someone said that this hip hop remix had the similar melody to this BEAUTIFUL music. It’s a shame that I’ve spent 23 years not knowing this LEGEND! My heart of heart feels in love with music for the first time!
@sandraceren9088 жыл бұрын
Wow! Brings back old memories of beloved music. I adore Errol Garne's style!. That Man is a true artist!
@megaanderson973 жыл бұрын
What a performance. There is a casual gracefulness to the way he plays the keys.
@johnnyM0259 жыл бұрын
Masters like Erroll make it look So easy X He left us too early but lives on Im glad to say.
@福岡恵子-k3l2 жыл бұрын
まるでMAGIC❤️ 素晴らしい演奏テクニックに聴き惚れました💓💓💓
@hampsonrjh2 ай бұрын
One of the greatest jazz pianists ever, and it's his own composition, brassy, and brilliant.
@maimericks805 жыл бұрын
The hands of angel !!! Making it look so easy yet complex....that was Errol Gamer.
@JerriBerriBoBerri Жыл бұрын
I couldn't have made it without this most beautiful song ever. You were/are heavenly Erroll.
@XXXXX-sk5rx16 күн бұрын
The purest depiction of ingenuity and artistry
@robhosking93992 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to Erroll Garner for 40+ years, and to me he is a genius. No other pianist has given me more pleasure. The best pianist that ever lived.
@carambola0810 жыл бұрын
It is like his fingers are dancing over the keyboard. Fantastic, as always...
@soulfulartmusic84874 ай бұрын
A legendary play from a legendary player!
@ShinjiIkariFTW5 жыл бұрын
He’s not even looking at the piano, it’s still excellent
@timchapman55672 жыл бұрын
A beautiful song, played as only Errol could. His marvellous CD Concert by the Sea has moved me deeply for more than sixty years.
@anitahumphrey4984 Жыл бұрын
JUST BEAUTIFUL MAKES ME FEEL GREAT
@jerryj92010 жыл бұрын
Just watched a documentary on the great songwriter and pianist. Oh my God! Brilliant. Thank you, Mr Garner