Wheel of Musical Impressions with Scott Bradlee of Postmodern Jukebox✨

[@ScottBradlee]

brb, going to go record a Vanessa Carlton-themed disco piano album now... Thank you for having me & for all the fun requests!

[@therealcyberius]

Wow mate! Well done!

[@bettyvaughn5714]

Good stuff, Mr. B! 😉😄 👍💖🎶

[@mishabeast]

Thank you! It was great watching great pianist work on famous tunes in different genres 🎉

[@ethanL337]

I was going to say! I hope you do a full version of that one! 😁

[@falxonPSN]

That is a pretty great idea for a PMJ cover, eh??? Hint, hint, hint....

[@Martial-Mat]

Not sure I agree with his classifications, but Scott is insanely talented. His ability to improvise on the fly is truly awe inspiring.

[@RonKlaren]

That's some of the jazziest Rock 'n Roll I have ever heard 😅

[@JAc08-games]

It’s more like Elton John ish rock and roll but also some 50s/60s

[@gabrielribeiro-mills8716]

It was a joy seeing Scott Bradlee again.😊

[@BeastOfSoda]

The piano is a little limiting in expressing these different genres, I feel like. It would be fun to see an entire band doing this and develop the idea to its full potential; Bandeo, anyone?

[@SitoPon]

You just described Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox

[@BeastOfSoda]

​@@SitoPonclose, but not quite. PMJ is not improvised, and the performers aren't brought out of their comfort zone; I'd rather say I described a jam session instead, if we wanted to give it a definition.

[@SitoPon]

@@BeastOfSoda oh I see what you mean. Yeah, that would be awesome

[@kaiserruhsam]

@@BeastOfSoda one of the other channels started doing something like that with the jazz band doing heart shaped box

[@BeastOfSoda]

​@@kaiserruhsamthat they did, I watched both of the videos they made so far. It's no surprise that they are the most successful ones on the channel, they're a joy to watch.

[@zwsh89]

To respond to all the comments about the genres not coming across, I agree, and I think trying to include the lead melody made all these versions inherently fall into mall hallway or bistro dinner renditions, where he’s trying to fold the bass harmony, midrange chords, and lead melody all into one two-handed part, a true rock n roll version of that song would just be a piano part and leave space for the other instruments. If he had come in with a cool ‘50s style broken dominant 7 chords thing for Billie jeans rock n roll style, and then sang OVER that using a Rolling Stones mcjagger style vocal delivery, we woulda all been like “oh damn, now that’s rock n roll,” but by trying to squeeze that all together, our modern ears lost the rock thread and just heard a mono-genre bluesy-jazzy approach that ties all those elements together. The thing that all those genres have in common when it comes to iconic keys parts and stylistic identifiers is SPACE for the other instruments! I’d love to see a full band version of this where all of “postmodern jukebox” is there coming up with throwback versions as a group on the spot, and we can see their whole process… now THAT would be supm’

[@eekamak]

Scott showed me my place again.

[@claire.morgan]

This man is an absolute genius! Amazing. Had me smiling the whole way through!

[@michaelbeeministries2020]

That's the guy you want at a party. 🎹🎶👍

[@cynicaldan2690]

The "All of Me" in saloon style reminded me of HBOs West World. The piano music arrangements on there were so good.

[@SharlzG]

So amazing watching Scott do this of the cuff and on the fly. He's very talented.

[@JasinskiMusic]

Scott AMAZING job. Love so talented musicians.

[@Winging-it-1000]

OMG! Love the ability to transition effortlessly! (Or so it appears, I’m sure there is a lot of work behind the performance!) Rock On!

[@benmarktwain6019]

When I grow up I want to be an improv pianist👌💯

[@metairieman55]

I enjoy everyone of Scott's interpretations on PMJ, too!

[@alisealiti369]

this man is so freaking Good he's a piano God

[@michaelfox1432]

You had me smiling the whole time.

[@fridgeron1641]

Wow. That is really impressive.

[@kjr287]

Can we please have him teach how he approaches his left hand strides?

[@cosmonatty4614]

Please do that with Jordan Rudess🙏🙏🙏 It's gonna be legendary

[@Domitianvs]

Except it's all going to be "Song X in a prog style"

[@CaptainTedStryker]

That left hand is like a serpent's strike, fast and accurately hitting chords; but without any unnecessary motion.

[@aer_ea]

Oh my god! He's a god of piano!

[@justinjohnson7250]

The man is a genius

[@aaronp0324]

I've got my right hand chords and left hand octive bass notes down cold. I can easily play inverted chords. Yet, it still sounds boring. Could you do another episode on what we could be doing to jazz things up a bit? Thanks🎉

[@eross21]

more videos like this!!! love improv with genre

[@LAstudio8]

That is talent!!

[@miguelgallegos5879]

I did not want A thousand miles and I will always love you to end!

[@gervasiochiazzo882]

Wow! I wanna see a few of those with his band!

[@bhudzieeeee]

Petition to have Scott record the whole track of Piano Man on Doo Wop! that was rad!

[@GC12345]

Scott always gives me pianist envy when I watch him play.

[@mikew6840]

Absolutely brilliant! 😅

[@lololamize]

This is insane!

[@oriolez555]

People commenting about his talent and I’m like: OMG! Scott Bradlee got married!? 🙀😄

[@zackfishman3245]

Wow, that is impressive!

[@krekedal3771]

AMAZING

[@RaccoonHenry]

it should be illegal to be this good at piano...

[@AleYoutv]

Wow. Can't comment... more... wow

[@rivaoliveira1256]

This is awesome! 😊

[@DavorJovanovicMusic]

Genious 😎

[@skipperden562]

Very nice!

[@Maery-997]

It would be the most amazing thing i you guys had the savant Derek Paravicini, do this! Derek is blind and autistic but that has no limits on his genius! 😍🙏

[@sjw1029]

Gonna need a recording of Piano Man now (the whole song)

[@stablerslayer1]

Amazing

[@ShakarianSampson]

Bro is unreal

[@cooldebt]

Billie Jean's Moondance was great. But, as The Consouls have proven, anything in bossa sounds great 😉

[@Paul_Lane]

This is much harder than he makes it look and sound.

[@TheDocV627]

ok but I Will Always Love You was reaaaaaaaaaally good

[@roballender]

what a hoot!

[@senorbe]

PRL needs the new-style song-genre wheel! That would be worth several Jenga blocks

[@joehobuss6273]

MAKE THIS A NEW SHOW TYPE!!!! COVER SONGS IN NEW GENRES CHALLENGE!!!!!!!

[@falxonPSN]

Well, I **thought** I played piano, but apparently not. :)

[@paulflute]

funny.. 'gangster paradise in Bossa Nova' I'm a instrumental session artist and my job line week was gangster paradise pirate style on Hurdy Gurdy.. turned out quite well actually..

[@paulflute]

ha.. even funnier.. I watched a few more seconds.. the guy is from port modern Jukebox.. I love their music but get very annoyed by their name.. My initials are PMJ.. so I've always put PMJ as my artist name in my iTunes.. now every time I import one of my own songs i get picture of a post modern jukebox album added..

[@alext7202]

Derek Paravicini would crush this challenge

[@TrumpetMAB]

Exceptional treatment of I Will Always Love You. Almost makes up for the abomination that was Whitney Houston's version.

[@JamesBond-zd5jx]

If I could do twenty percent of that.

[@777ricips]

Those would be some pretty short songs!

[@Coudy_the_Cat]

Jazzy Rick and roll and that wasn’t bossa nova but he is extremely talented

[@Brenda-h2i]

I'd like to hear him play jacob collier

[@elizeitlin5111]

5:23 sounds like theres something special by pharell williams

[@highnoon9333]

"The hook for Pastime Paradise and Gangsta's Paradise, kinda similar" I wonder why

[@Hundhammer]

[@py_a_thon]

If you own an acoustic piano and want to be a bit crazy, can you play "any classical piece" in the style of "aphex twin prepared piano?" To be fair...you could damage the piano if you are not careful. So make sure it is your piano and not a rental lol.

[@edmangual]

Obviously a great pianist … Invite Diana Krall or Richie Ray next, let’s see how they handle this challenge.

[@BixenteFabregas]

Anomalie or Brad Mehldau would be insane also.

[@KasperCDK]

Think I´m selling my piano... it's laughing at me from the corner

[@py_a_thon]

Nah. It is beckoning you in and saying: "Play Me".

[@EvanDwinnell]

Did he just quote Van Morrison at the end of Billie Jean??

[@f.eugenedunnamiii9452]

What "piano" is that?

[@LieuNoir]

not sure, but something in direction of the Roland E-Piano GP-9 , I guess

[@JelliesOffline]

Turned A Thousand Miles into an Undertale song

[@dhakshan]

Billie Jean in rock? Chris Cornell has done it

[@guzalyar3041]

Denise dance tutorial

[@corneliuslow]

No disrespect, but I'm not sure that was bossa nova

[@irvingguerreroartista]

AT times, sounded like tango

[@AtomizedSound]

It’s not an exact science but it was close to it to call it that

[@ZOB4]

I'd buy that Gangsta's Paradise version for a dollar.

[@MerryMichaelmas]

Would've been great to have a vocalist or lead instrument so the piano wouldn't have to play the melody!

[@muzproducer]

как же ахуеительно он играет

[@peterconnolly2724]

He's very talented, but... they did all sound very similar. They needed, maybe, a vocalist to bring out the true song.

[@ikemmanuel-audu363]

bruh ill just throw away my keyboard

[@py_a_thon]

Can I have your stuff? Seriously: there are gradations to skill levels in music objectively. Yet there are also a ton of subjective and less difficult things in music that sound amazing, and you probably will not learn even at Juliard. Music is fun. The only reason to not play music is if you lack the time to do so, or you just dont enjoy it anymore. It is very difficult to not enjoy the playing of music once you tiptoe past the beginner level. It is like an addiction.

[@guitarfumar]

Your jazz is rag time 😂

[@BennoWitter]

This is too easy for the tsar of playing songs in different styles.

[@EmreCanKorkmaz]

With utmost respect to his art, style and talent... somehow it all sounds cheesy and feels somewhat too safe. Maybe I am missing some context limiting my appreciation.🤔

[@joeydeluca6771]

Scott is blissfully unaware of what rock and roll has been up to for the past 60 years

[@tatonascto]

This fake Bossa Nova on Gangstar Paradise... Não vi nem Bossa nem Nova... 😂😂😂😂

[@tonyr.4778]

Good pianist, but big fail for me. Love the post modern work, but these genre change challenges were all sounding the same.

[@zwsh89]

This video should have been titled “turning pop hits into jazz/blues mall hallway/bistro dinner renditions”. He’s good at that, and there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just a bit of false advertising.

[@zwsh89]

While I didn’t hear the “rock n roll,” or “disco,” etc, all of these versions would be very welcome background music as I try on shoes.

[@rgwa555]

@@zwsh89 Did you expect him to play the disco beat with his feet or something?😂

[@benrijkmans8983]

don't you hate it when it looks like he playing on this amazing upright piano but actually its this cheap roland :(

[@johnpalmercreates]

Good pianist, but very one dimensional. Did not interpret the styles accurately at all. I am pretty sure that he received the songs ahead of time. Probably just didn’t know what style it would be.