Improvising on Ballads: Develop Rhythmic Confidence

[@bobbachelor5930]

The "gestural" is the one i can feel the most. Awesome flow to it.

[@JeremySiskind]

Definitely! It's very expressive. When you combine the expressive of playing gesturally with the clarity/solidity of the other styles is where you achieve something wtih nice balance.

[@federicomelo1853]

Great lesson and great melody lines. You're singing.

[@pastafarian2046]

the victory sign :) oh and such lovely playing

[@matthewfairman9865]

Yay 👋 (gesture) Another really interesting video... Your improvising reminded me of Keith Jarretts way of improvising on ballades....

[@JeremySiskind]

Thank you - that's an honor! Keith's about as good as playing ballads as anyone I've ever heard.

[@meserretorcan1228]

Another a very valuable video. Step by step explanations on how to play solo Jazz. Thank you….

[@martingravel1157]

Thanks! I very much like your teaching. I’m considering take lessons but First, I gotta nail that exercise you talked about the other day…. Take care!

[@BrendaBoykin-qz5dj]

Thumbs up with good heartfelt "oh yeah,babe. Play dat!!!". Thank you, Jeremy, for an excellent lesson that's coincidentally a masterclass for vocalists.⭐🌹🔥🌹⭐

[@JeremySiskind]

Haha, thank you, Brenda! 🌹 🌺 🥀 🌸

[@aagevaksdal]

Quite malapropos, but I just wanted to mention that I really love what Dee Dee Bridgewater did to the Jacques Brel ballad Ne Me Quitte Pas, playing parts of it in 7. It really works quite well. First time I heard a jazz ballad in seven.

[@JeremySiskind]

Yeah, that sounds very interesting! 7 is usually so rhythmic and ballads are usually so fluid. I'll take a listen!

[@marcelloestemiele]

Thank you so much for this one too! Beautiful lesson. Rhythm is very often neglected

[@pavjazzy]

Thanks for the ideas! This is so helpful.

[@JeremySiskind]

Awesome! Enjoy!

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

Wonderful lesson, and playing! The gestural could merit its own video. As for saying something about gestures, I'll quote Rodney Dangerfield: "I'm so lonely. How lonely? While driving a guy gave me the finger. And I enjoyed it."

[@JeremySiskind]

Haha, he can't get any respect, can he!

[@karsteinkomponist]

Great and inspiring video. A rhythmic plan really structures the improvisation.

[@nickrees4706]

So I find the concept of improvising rhythm harder than improvising melody because improvising melody still retains the harmonic structure, but what does rhythm have as an underlying structure? In my attempts at improvising the original rhythmic patterns seem to ‘bleed’ through unless playing all quarter notes, eighth notes, triplets or a combination, but is that really improvising the rhythm? Can you recommend any instructive examples of improvising rhythm where the performer really gets away from the original pattern without playing mainly even eighth, triplets etc. I can think of rhythm changes heads that don’t resemble the original pattern but these are composed rather than improvised. Favorite gesture? Would have to either be a wink or a smile

[@paulward1586]

Really useful! Thank you, Jeremy!

[@micahslobcrud5958]

Wow! You bring clarity to an otherwise vague thing, whereas I would just think of rubato and make long notes longer, and kind of "guess" when to play the next phrase. I suppose the old rule of always count still applies, eh?

[@PAULENDERS-u8o]

I need to know what was distracting you around the 5 min mark to your right haha was it inspiring your solo??

[@oronzogiuliodibitonto9406]

Maestro, mi sono appassionato alle tue lezioni. Mi faresti felice se usassi la ballata Lament per mostrare un argomento. Se chiedo troppo non farti alcun problema a non rispondermi. Inoltre vorrei sapere se i tuoi libri contengono gli argomenti trattati nei tuoi splendidi video. Vorrei acquistare quantomeno jazz solo piano. Sono un appassionato di piano jazz ma dato il mio lavoro ho tempo limitato per studiare l'enorme mole di nozioni che servono per essere un pianista almeno decente. La saluto con simpatia.