How To Improvise Like Bill Evans on a II-V-I Progression!

How to Improvise Like Bill Evans on a II-V-I Progression!
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[@Raadman_]

I've been looking for bill evansish jazz improvising and you put it on youtube Thanks man ❤

[@JohnColonnaMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jakubfara6053]

I love your content! Your Colonna koncept is unique, interesting and useful. Looking forward for the minor II-V-I !

[@JohnColonnaMusic]

Thanks!

[@alwayzblues]

Thanks for sharing!

[@mewsick5093]

Bad-assed as always, John!

[@mewsick5093]

Truly love how I'm allowed to see, visually, how the melody/soloing notes look over chords and musical shapes. Very interesting approach and I appreciate it 100%! Thank you, John Colonna! Blessings, always!

[@JohnColonnaMusic]

Thanks!

[@mewsick5093]

no u! @@JohnColonnaMusic

[@humblemai2211]

More please 😂😂

[@JohnColonnaMusic]

Will do!

[@kevinwargo9734]

I can’t seem to find the precursor video to this one?

[@JohnColonnaMusic]

Hi Kevin, here is a playlist of my previous lesson videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLNWCqbntkbwcPd-_xOVAr0eDgCW3wzdB9&si=Al-LC1ZNrS_WJWii

[@humblemai2211]

Thanks a lot 😂

[@EricGoetzMusic]

Hmm… as an experienced classical player, I'm very suspicious about the idea of keeping the fingering the same through all 12 keys in both directions and both positions of each pattern. I'm the beginner with jazz improv, but man, some of these keys really don't fit under my hands very well. I assume your reason for doing so is that you don't have to think about fingering while in the middle of a solo. Still, this is very weird and non-intuitive for me.

[@JohnColonnaMusic]

Actually when I first started playing this pattern I had 2 different fingerings for going up, depending on the key. So for the D minor pattern E-C#-D-F-Bb-G-A-C I would use 4-3-1-2-4-3-1-2. But if I would use that fingering pattern on C# minor it would be extremely awkward so I used the fingering I used in the video. Eventually I found it easier (both mentally and physically) to use the one fingering. I keep my fingers pretty deep into the keyboard (past the tips of the black keys) so I don’t have to change my wrist angle when I put my thumb on a black key. That said, everyone’s hand is different and sometimes it takes some experimentation to find the best fingering for you. For improv it definitely helps to have 1 fingering for every key, something I can’t do when playing scales straight up and down. Anyway, thanks for the comment, it’s an important point!

[@EricGoetzMusic]

Thanks @@JohnColonnaMusic for your thoughtful reply and for the encouragement! I've never talked to jazz teachers about this, but I texted my friend, who's an experienced jazz session player with a deep classical background, and he agrees with you. He says that he isn't consistent about fingering when improvising, but when practicing he finds it useful to keep fingerings consistent when practicing patterns in all 12 keys.

[@markbra]

Sounds like drunk playing 😂😂😂😂 I like it. Thanks for sharing

[@tom76wawa]

Tanks for slow tempo, and lot of repeating, keep !