Insane ONE HAND jazz solo makes me want to QUIT

[@JoshWalshMusic]

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[@jacquesdurand6769]

The best, most creative rendering of Caravan I ever heard.

[@humblemai2211]

Great teacher always

[@Jazzmentl]

@humblemai2211 ...and I thought I was your favorite teacher 😉😉😉😉. Just kidding..you can have 2 favorites 😊❤

[@ddembicki]

Amazed at your transcription skills! The analysis is excellent.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Thanks!

[@LeeBerache]

Josh, I enjoy all of your videos. I am not a jazz player by ANY stretch of the imagination! But your clear pedagogical explanations of what is going on both harmonically, as well as melodically have opened my eyes (and ears) to jazz, and I can appreciate the complexities of this art form more fully, thanks to you!

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Thanks Lee!!

[@railgap]

He was sneaking in grace notes on his 16ths in the fastest passage. He was superhuman.

[@stevegarnett6455]

I went to a Petrucciani gig (Royal Festival Hall IIRC) - he was amazing. Especially considering that he had brittle bone disease...

[@benjamininkorea7016]

I'm not hardcore jazz fan, but somehow I got this in my feed, and this guy is absolute FIRE!

[@DojoOfCool]

I like to look at stuff like as here's the concepts and sounds Michel Petrucciani consciously thought about when practicing. So he could get the scales and sounds under his fingers, but more importantly program his brain to here's ideas and sound to use in a situation like Caravan. Then when Michel is on the gig he doesn't think about this stuff he trusts his subconscious push up the data and Michel listens to what's going on in the moment and decides what direction he wants to take the song on this night.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Exactly. That’s exactly what I teach too. Conscious practice, but then forget it all on the gig and follow the moment.

[@martinbecklen6486]

I understood about 10 percent of what you talked about, but was mesmerized and enthralled. Thanks so much for exposing me/us to a wonderful jazz pianist. And kudos to you for your efforts, as well.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Thanks Martin!

[@HarrisonMossMusic]

Great analysis and presentation as always! Michel was a true genius and legend. Dr. John did the same thing when he solos over 2 dominant 7ths. For example, in "Such a Night", he solos over the F7 and Bb7 (I chord and IV chord). While he hangs on the F7, he alternates with the F#7. While he hangs on the Bb7, he alternates with the B7. He uses the the same Fm blues scale over both the F7/F#7 and Bb7/B7. It creates some interesting tension, dissonance, and anticipation.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Can always count on you for the New Orleans angle! Love it.

[@martynramsden]

Nice bit of sideshifting Dr Moss 😁

[@yannicklambrecht1634]

Great analysis! One of my favorite tracks by Petrucciani is "Cantabile." He had such a great sense of groove too.

[@ayokay123]

And a superb analysis and critique.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Thanks!

[@mikecimerian6913]

Your explanations and comments added to the pleasure I took from listening to the music.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Thanks Mike!

[@floretion]

Michel Petrucciani and Roger Willemsen, a German author who had a talk show in the 90's, had a great friendship. Him playing on his talk show was how I first came to know him. He also did a documentary on him that is definitely worth seeing- a portion of that is in the video "Michel Petrucciani with Roger Willemsen talking about death and pain"

[@JoshWalshMusic]

I’ve seen it. Humbling.

[@greg55666]

There's a detail about the Phrygian dominant that you didn't mention--the E natural in the third. THAT is what makes it a Phrygian dominant. Otherwise it's just a plain old Phrygian mode of the major scale.

[@peterhansen5804]

LOL Dirty Martini Scale :-) Love it, thank you

[@paulgibby6932]

Loved it. Especially when you focused on the "precision" of his playing. I wish you'd said something about the middle section of the tune, with its contrasting harmonic qualities and different feel. Love your channel. Thanks!

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Thanks Paul!

[@martynramsden]

Bang on analysis Josh, so interesting and you got me thinking a lot on this! Ive got to go back and watch it again! Production was top too 😁🎹👍

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Thanks Martyn

[@trevormckinnon6696]

I think what makes Caravan difficult is not losing where you are in the tune when soloing. But playing from the motif of the melody can help. The long C7 is really a (C7 to Gm7b5/Db to C7) repeated vamp giving it a middle eastern sound. Hence the title Caravan.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Yes great points.

[@ArthurvanH0udt]

I've seen Petruccciani live in NL Gouda many years ago. Really a very great artist. And very sad he "went" way too early!

[@seanmellows1348]

Amazing

[@justin.johnson]

Sweet breakdown dude

[@humblemai2211]

Please make more tutorial about jazz Bebop Piano... thanks

[@JoshWalshMusic]

If you want bebop videos… I got you…. courses.jazz-library.com/courses/fundamentals Use coupon “ytsub” for 30% off. I probably won’t be doing as many tutorials on the channel. I love to teach it, but they just don’t do well on KZbin. Have to move too fast…

[@likeariver2237]

77 years old here. Back to my scales. I should have never left my piano. My mother was right "you'll be sorry ". She said.

[@flippinguitar1979]

Phrasing chap! Tempo! Tempo! Tempo!

[@mjleger4555]

I started playing piano at age 4, so music was an important part of my life, ALL my life. But I planned on being a physician like my father, something I wanted to be since age 3. By the time I got to college, I had numerous interests, still pre-med, but I thought a music major would be easy for me. First course was easy, but getting into theory was not easy and I found it boring, so I dropped my music major and took a biology major, chemistry minor, far more practical! Suffice it to say I didn't listen to this video clear through, although I found the one-hand solo fascinating!

[@MarkOffski]

I truly believe Josh, that certain Musicians/Artists are Savants, you can analyse what they do, but how they do it, (and from where it comes), is beyond understanding. Michel is one example of a Savant, but there are others, check out a guy called Terrance Shider, (if you haven't already), he doesn't seem to post anymore, and its not strictly jazz that he plays but the structure of his playing, and reharmonization's come from the soul.

[@danniet9375]

Can you do a video reviewing Dick Wellstood's caravan please? It's called Dick Wellstood in Germany.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

I’ll check it out. I’m not familiar. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@danniet9375]

@@JoshWalshMusic Yes, definitely. I think Wellstood is extremely underrated. His style of stride is very unique, and the way his hands are when he plays too. I think you'll find some of his songs quite interesting.

[@JohnPullum]

WOW!!!! He's amazing!!!! ..... and Michel Petrucciani was good, too!

[@JoshWalshMusic]

🤣 you’re the best

[@p1anosteve]

You are right I don't believe Petrucciani was that interested in theory in general he used harmonic minor because that was the sound he was looking for and in improvising he had no thoughts at all about what key or mode he was playing in.

[@enzobricolo6360]

Michel slays dragons

[@ParaBellum2024]

I've always thought of the alternating Dflat as a diminished chord, and since that's movable, it offers scope to play many more notes to make Caravan more interesting. My favourite version is by Buddy Emmons, played on a pedal steel guitar (kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4elZmCZa9ieh5o). I've never heard of Michael Petrucciani before, mind.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

I will have to check out that Buddy Emmons version. I’ve never seen that.

[@JJamJ]

As Cedar Walton said. You need to know your jazz scales.

[@adultgamingnetwork3186]

A "dominant" is defined by containing both a major 3rd and flat 7th, Not just the flat 7th. So phrygian dominant would just be a phrygian scale with a major 3rd. I think you messed up there and got it backward.. but I haven't had coffee yet...

[@JoshWalshMusic]

We’re saying the same thing… I think… but I haven’t had my Red Bull yet.

[@adultgamingnetwork3186]

@@JoshWalshMusic lol I'm very sure you know it and were thinking it somewhere on the inside it but just forgot to say it 😆 the sharp 7th becomes the major 3rd.

[@adultgamingnetwork3186]

I have been playing drums last year or so but I randomly pull from phrygian dom in this jam track you can totally hear the major 3rd over the minor chords but when you do it fast no one cares. Score for team sloppy 😉 😄 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5akm5eLZ8uEjNE

[@JoshWalshMusic]

@@adultgamingnetwork3186 this is what I was trying to communicate at 3:50. But I genuinely appreciate the comment as I’m working hard to be more clear as I improve on making these videos. Cheers.

[@adultgamingnetwork3186]

​@@JoshWalshMusici totally get it that's why I mentioned it and know how hard it is to do what you're doing. It's easy to have accidents with that many accidentals... but ya in that segment you show the raised 7th and you show the modal switch then later just overlooked the fact that 7th becomes the 3rd. It's VERY COMMON to do that. The entire point of the harmonic minor is to turn the 5th chord into a major not just to create a sharp 7th leading tone in the tonic. Q It's a major issue overlooked way way way too often as most ppl can't/ don't think in multi-mode simultaneously. I taught group class for Sam ash in NYC for a decade and this exact thing came up over and over. It's totally normal! Good content It's also nice to be a music geek again 😅😅thanks

[@freemanz4051]

2:23 is an UNFORGIVEABLY HARSH fader slam. Remember what it feels like for those who don't have a hand on the fader, please. Because that's all of us. I'm calling my Attorney!

[@ralph17p]

Michel Petrucciani has gotten this metalhead listening to jazz. And actually liking it. So there's another genre scratched off the "not my thing" list. There's still a whole heap of wanky jazz that probably will remain there for the time being, but still... small steps.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Good music exists everywhere, as does bad music. Similarly, lots of metal I enjoy.

[@DinoDiniProductions]

Sorry you have me completely confused here. Caravan is not mostly C7. It alternates between C7 and Db7 on every bar. That's the whole bag. Literally, that's what makes the song what it is. What makes it difficult to play to is that you have to find melodic lines that fit two chords shifting by a semitone. It's the same with Monk's Epistrophy. At 0.40 you can clearly hear he is not staying on C7. The left hand is clearly going to a Db every other bar. What gives?

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Nothing gives, I’m comparing it to the notated lead sheet / Real Book. You are correct that virtually every important recording has this movement.

[@DinoDiniProductions]

@@JoshWalshMusic beware, those books are often inaccurate!

[@poulx]

​@@JoshWalshMusicI watched your whole video. You we're right. About it all. I don't know how that makes you feel, but a Caravan keeps on moving Good. And I guess the engine really is love. So just love it out of existence.

[@GH-oi2jf]

I don’t understand all this music theory, but I know Petrucciani was an impossible act to follow.

[@Stewartaj2010]

The title "makes me want to quit" is such a negative title I almost skipped the video altogether.

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Appreciate the feedback

[@PastTime777]

I agree. I can't play at this level, but I'm in 2 tribute bands (Chicago, 3DN) and the crowd loves our gigs. I would say these people are from another world, on fire, or toying, because they don't miss a note. Almost as if they're playing in slow motion, but for us it's in real time.

[@yellowtimergaming]

The one handed solo reminds me of Chico Marx...but a lot more talented.

[@qzrnuiqntp]

Or (and?) a lot more trained.

[@yellowtimergaming]

@@qzrnuiqntp Absolutely, Chico was mostly self taught which is certainly it's own talent.

[@fattone166]

Play more Blues... that'll teach ya. Simplicity rules.

[@pyannie6904]

Garner-ish, the head out.