Pro Jazz Pianist Breaks Down How He Plays "It Could Happen to You"

[@PianoWithJonny]

00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Demo 04:50 - Breakdown 07:51 - Section B 09:20 - Swing Rhythm 11:31 - Solo 13:40 - Conclusion

[@Robert-ts2ef]

I need to learn my chords first because at the moment your discussion on these chords is presently above my pay grade and as I am an old (73) note reader and I fear I am too old to learn the nuances of jazz which I have always loved.

[@javilalima]

This is a great lesson! I've been a member of PWJ for a second year in a row now, and I intend to stay onboard. I just wish you could create a series with this type of video (maybe with longer duration), with more lessons on repertoire and more in-depth analysis of tunes. You could call it Buiding Your Jazz Repertoire, or Learning Jazz Standards ... PianoGroove have their monthly workshop on a jazz tune and Jazz Piano School have a Tune of the Month series, with one 1-hour seminar per week. I do prefer your website, so that's why I intend to stay on a member, but I do feel the need for something similar. Just an idea :-) Keep it up, PWJ, you are the best!

[@francisrichard5282]

I’m with you!

[@jimmytuffrey6509]

Wow, for someone who understands what you are talking about, this is a really frank honest friendly breakdown, and very lucid. Cheers, I'll be sure to watch another episode..

[@Jackleong29]

Beautiful song excellently played! Thank you for sharing.

[@rogercook8277]

Mr. J, I have learned a lot from you in a very short time. I love how you break it down. Teaching us how to play chords in variation. It amazes me how a piece of music can sound like it has a thousand different chords in it, yet it doesn't, it is just how you voice it. Keep doing what you do because you do it well. Thanks a million. 10/5/2023

[@TheMisterGriswold]

A beautiful arrangement, beautifully played. 🎹

[@helvecioguimaraes]

A master professor and player

[@criticalthinker2477]

Awesome lesson! Loved it!

[@philipsenger3365]

Amazing. I only dream of playing like that. Years of study and practice to get that good. Bravo your a joy to listen to.

[@pnojazz]

That’s one fantastic lesson. Thank you!❤

[@wb2wrf]

Wonderful. Worth the price of admission just to hear you play😄 Notably you are completely comfortable with the lyrics which is why you swing so hard!

[@pablo80955]

This is the best real piano jazz tutorial on youtube thank you so much !

[@PianoWithJonny]

Thank you!

[@Victor48323]

You are a great teacher! Thank you for the video!

[@hyperphantom3313]

So nice and smooth pro’s work. I love it. Thank you.

[@maloneycraig]

So good! Gonna transcribe (will try not to cheat by looking). Would love to hear you sing a chorus too.

[@edj9182]

Could use info on the chord shells you are using and improv scales and techniques

[@BrendaBoykin-qz5dj]

Thank you, JP and JM⭐🌹⭐🌹

[@frankderuyck6268]

MAGIC

[@michaelow-yong7908]

From the way you sound, you're an accomplished pro. Your knowledge & skill are quite a handful to digest. To a learner, this is all greek. But thnx for explaining. Cheers.

[@Thoughtsinmykitchen]

Thank you. A lot of individual area to practice

[@bezuglich]

Jonny, what is that keyboard? Terrific sound without that acoustic piano "oing" when the unisons go.

[@PianoWithJonny]

Yamaha CP4

[@KarlMiller-DjKarl]

What a beautiful tune... I enjoyed it... It inspires me to want to learn it... ☮🔥

[@copernicus99]

Would it be possible to download the transcription of your amazing Intro?

[@Piano-Love]

I want to know how to play your runs!

[@Mr850man]

Now that I know I will play it exactly like that lol

[@KC9KEP]

Dam! This guy is goood! 😁

[@sebastianmanterfield3132]

oh ok

[@miraagnieszka7100]

Przestery. Za głośno nagrane. Dźwięk nie gra czysto.

[@normalizedaudio2481]

This is so last century.

[@jillhumbert825]

That’s why it’s called a jazz standard 😎🎶

[@rebanelson607]

And they seem to sound better each century!@@jillhumbert825

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

And you are so Perpetual Present.

[@Gerard_2024]

Correct. It's also some of the best playing I ever heard in my life.