From the archives: Aretha on piano

[@Selah1423]

It amazes me how singers who play, play like they sing. It's like the same process goes through their minds when sing as when they play. I love watching it!

[@hiimnoteasy]

This! With such depth!

[@janetownley]

To me it’s like she creates this larger 4-dimensional version of every phrase and line, like she lives in some musical universe where music is even more beautiful

[@marksina-on4415]

Playing Piano is definitely like singing, but using your hands to create a note.

[@rodneymiller682]

He piano riffs are as powerful as her vocal riffs... I thank God that I lived in the era of this incredible singer-songwriter. I've been Blessed to have witnessed her live performances over 50 times and the journey was priceless. Thanks Aretha !!❤❤❤

[@michaelmaps2004]

Wow. Lucky you.

[@rodneymiller682]

@@michaelmaps2004... Aretha had a way of touching you to the core of your soul. My journey following this incredible singer will be one of my most cherished memories as I walked through this life.

[@RamardoTHunt]

Because of Aretha, I've started playing again

[@shanec9840]

Good God almighty...am I the only one that felt the anointing from her piano? Never in my life have I felt that from a piano...it's like she transfers her vocals to her finger tips and she was still able to express herself without one word. This lady didn't just sing music; she was music-personified. Whata gift.

[@pamelajohnson2930]

Very well said.

[@iantuition]

It's the spirit that's transferred to her fingertips (and the piano, and the world), not her vocals. But otherwise, perfectly said.

[@antd8259]

That was some deep old church, experienced piano playing. A lot of musicians today cant/won't even play the hymnal classics. That's the type of music that got people over...

[@Butterfly-sp4hr]

Yes it did and still does it for me. RIP to the both of them.

[@pamelajohnson2930]

Yes Lord, got us over and over again.than you.

[@joshuawalker8335]

How I got over indeed

[@OCRATHLETE]

that's simply the ANNOINTING Ms. Franklin possessed. Her performance was ALWAYS better when she played the piano and sang at the same time.

[@conniebarnes9274]

She was certainly multi-talented. She is missed.

[@lutherwilliams8429]

the queen had sooo much talent!!! She was a genius and a perfectionist!:)

[@davidwhitehurst6625]

I miss this lady so much I'll always love aretha

[@Charoletta77]

Wow she played her voice through the piano 🎹 keys amazing

[@TRINABELLEFROMATLBYWAYDADE305]

🎶Precious Lord take my hand lead me home🎶 that's my song right there ... May the both of them rest in peace 🙏

[@pamelajohnson2930]

Amen.

[@calvinhill9363]

She was a master at what she did.

[@MichelleS234]

This is iconic, Ed Badley is gone as The 👑of soul is....😪 Rip to you both!❤Aretha Franklin taught herself how to play the 🎹. Child prodigy!

[@roville225]

It would have been interesting if she had recorded some tracks, or maybe even a whole album with just piano sans vocals. Her skills were plenty and she poured her heart into everything she played. Incredibly gifted.

[@moehammondmedia]

a musical genius.

[@Khodorchan]

That’s what makes one really touched. RIP dear!

[@tamshari9212]

Been playing since 5yrs old singing to my stuff animals. 23rd street saginaw mi

[@truthatanycost3330]

....may you both R.I.P.....

[@ronaldopedro7701]

I miss you so much, Queen! R.I.P. Aretha!

[@nkelmorgan40]

Ed Bradley was THE MAN!

[@pedrocarrazana1157]

She truly was a talent

[@dorothymays-pitts3834]

Aretha never abandoned her spiritual roots she always fit the Lord into her. Concerts from what I have witnessed. DPitts

[@atomatoface]

Miss her ❤🤲🏽❤️🙏🏽

[@antd8259]

Gotta love Aretha Franklin.

[@lucyall1898]

Lord Queen! Beautiful inside out!

[@ivanmay7890]

Ed Bradley always showed emotion in his interviews. Look at how surprised he was at Aretha Franklins piano playing!

[@willsims2009]

SHE WAS AN EXCELLENT PIANO PLAYER]

[@Dweezil1996]

Insane she was such a great keyboard player

[@OCRATHLETE]

Piano Player, NOT keyboard. There's a difference

[@nomadempiretv]

Gorgeous!

[@soundseeker63]

And she's doing all that WITHOUT having had any formal tuition on the piano....! She literally just learned her own way. Gifted or what! Love how she infuses that same gospel/church flavour into her piano playing as she does with her singing. R.I.P Queen Of Soul, Ms Aretha Franklin.

[@n25bast]

She may not have gone to music school, but she was trained by some incredibly skilled talent, like Art Tatum, James Cleveland, and her own mother, Barbara Franklin.

[@iantuition]

Aretha says literally three words in this video, and yet said so many.

[@nkelmorgan40]

YES, MA'AM!!!

[@kernyboydraws85]

i was this years old when I learned Aretha Franklin played piano! WOW

[@tamshari9212]

I was in high school 90s omg

[@ah7910]

I still miss her being on this planet. We have her music and her genius is preserved for generations to come… but (sigh) there was just something so wonderful about her existing ‘in the real’. If that makes sense. I knew she was getting older and I know nobody lives for ever, but it was just strangely comforting knowing she was out there, doing her day to day stuff, working on some music or throwing her famous Christmas parties.

[@kendrom]

I love every one of her performances. She is a entertainment legend for sure. I also think she was quite cute back in the day. :) She has no equal.

[@liechinglan15]

she doesn't have to learn. it is natural to her.

[@kimberlyjackson1337]

Love her

[@imbees2]

Play it now aretha

[@autumnfire8677]

All hail the 👑.

[@watergreg5836]

i like the clinking sounds that her bracelets make though

[@isaiahjones9681]

That’s was amazing

[@shaynation2634]

My Lord 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@goPistons06]

Aretha could have been born mute, and she still could have had a great career as a pianist.

[@JoseliJunior]

She had just as much soul playing the piano as she had singing.

[@shogunofharlom]

When u so talented... u have to leave jazz pianist off your resume cause it don't fit.

[@mydogiscrazy13]

ATL TECH DOJO this comment needs more likes lol

[@merlinmediagroup]

This is gospel more than jazz. She always said she was never anywhere near jazz but I think she just incredible.

[@experiment0003]

@@merlinmediagroup Either way, she didn't have to use it as a gimick (A. Keys).

[@cathythomas9128]

Rip ed and ree!

[@leroywilliams2710]

Why did I feel and Overwhelming Urge To Tear Up....Soon as She Started Playing...

[@Jinjukei]

Can I find the piano sheets somewhere for what she plays? I so love it!

[@minnesotajack1]

Greatest female vocalist / musician of all time Full stop

[@jorgeluisclaudiopacifico5479]

She is so aloof.

[@christopherneufelt8971]

Compare Aretha with the Rappers of today and its a day and night comparison. Aretha, we miss you!

[@zakiara5206]

Wow

[@phyllis9324]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🖖🏾🖖🏾

[@wemcal]

Enough said...

[@theamazingDrBob]

This is nice.

[@ronaldopedro7701]

Ed, what a privilege

[@watergreg5836]

you DONT tell the queen what to do in a bossy tone!

[@williebuckshot5772]

❤

[@Luanmrqs]

🥺🎵

[@SharonFrazier-ds8ij]

Go 'head Ree!

[@shahafdar]

what is the name of this tune?

[@OCRATHLETE]

Precious Lord. Wow How did you NOT know that song....

[@jerryjaguar3239]

questiom. How does one self-teach themselves piano. Im trying my hardest to learn by reading music and it is sooooooooooo hardddd

[@OCRATHLETE]

it's a God given gift. Some people simply are BORN with this talent, some of course learn it,

[@terrancebaker137]

Nefertiti

[@giona600]

I don't know why todat no one can play that kind of music! In that way...this kind of piano arrangment...coming from the church are missed!

[@k.y3551]

There are tons of people who still play like that.

[@joeyfitz9]

I wonder what Mozart would have thought of this.

[@direfranchement]

She was largely self-taught and she never learned to read music.

[@peterdurkin1499]

Oh yeah puck ed Bradley to do the Aretha Franklin interview..guess their is race on both sides

[@dog-thebackwardgod]

I love her, but I watched it & she never got on the piano.😆

[@fin9131]

wym ?

[@flophilp]

jonathan he/she was joking that Aretha never physically claimed on top of the piano.

[@joesikorski4080]

Ridiculous