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My Favorite Things - Comping
Here is an example of a basic comping on My Favorite Things (by Rodgers and Hammerstein).
I have added some chords to the progression for more flow and connection.
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Twelve Bars Seven Times Before the Horns Came In
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A spontaneous intro on Bb blues I had to play on a spot before the horns came in to blow. #shorts #jazzpiano #jazz Get Connected: ► Website: aleckatzmusic.com ► Instagram: alkeys12 ► Facebook: Alecjazz ► Twitter: aleckatz
Hank Jones - Lady Luck
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Lady Luck by Thad Jones Hank Jones - piano, Ivan Taylor - bass, Marion Felder - drums Hank Jones Trio soundcheck rehearsal at Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina. Spoleto Festival USA’s Wachovia Jazz Series, May 26, 2006 This composition was written by Thad Jones and it is a slick contrafact of the popular standard "Taking a Chance on Love" by Vernon Duke. Lady Luck was probably first ...
Georgia on My Mind - Jazz Piano Arrangement
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Georgia on My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael / Stuart Gorrell, piano arrangement by Alec Katz) Georgia on My Mind was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) and has been most often associated with Ray Charles who made it so popular. Ray Charles recorded it for his 1960 album "The Genius Hits the Road". I wrote an easy jazz piano arrangement for one of my students and it...
Georgia On My Mind - Easy Jazz Piano
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Georgia On My Mind was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) and has been most often associated with Ray Charles who made it so popular. Ray Charles recorded it for his 1960 album "The Genius Hits the Road". This is an easy jazz piano arrangement which I wrote one of my students. 🎼Sheet music was prepared with Dorico, the PDF chart is here: bityl.co/LsOC ♫ The ...
Day Dream - Gary Smulyan and Alec Katz
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Day Dream by Billy Strayhorn Gary Smulyan - baritone saxophone Alec Katz - piano recorded May 7 2023 at Tirza Saloon, Savyon, Israel #garysmulyan #aleckatz ➡️ Alec Website: aleckatzmusic.com ➡️ Facebook: Alecjazz ➡️ Twitter: aleckatz ➡️ Instagram: alkeys12
Gary Smulyan Quartet Plays Pepper Adams
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Gary Smulyan - baritone saxophone, Alec Katz - piano, Oren Hardy - bass, David Sirkis - drums 00:01 - Muezzin’ (Pepper Adams) 09:19 - Dylan’s Delight (Pepper Adams) 18:46 - Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington) 29:38 - Bossa Nuveau (Pepper Adams) 41:14 - Witchcraft (Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh) 52:27 - My Shining Hour (Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer) Recorded Live At Grey Club Tel Aviv May 3, 2023 v...
Walkin' Shoes - Gary Smulyan & Robert Anchipolovsky Quintet
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Walkin' Shoes (by Gerry Mulligan) Garry Smulyan Quintet at Lehavim Garry Smulyan - baritone sax Robert Anchipolovsky - baritone sax Alec Katz - piano Dor Sam - bass David Sirkis - drums Recorded May 4, 2023 at Lehavim, Israel Video by Robert Anchipolovsky #garysmulyan #baritonesax #aleckatz ➡️ Alec Website: aleckatzmusic.com ➡️ Facebook: Alecjazz ➡️ Twitter: aleckatz ➡️...
Human Nature (as played by Natalie Tenenbaum) - transcription, PDF
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Here is a transcription of a short take on "Human Nature", Michael Jackson's song played by Natalie Tenenbaum. She's a multigenre pianist and composer with a great jazz and gospel sound. In her short version of the song, Natalie creates a nice reharmonization and makes nice harmonic embellishments. 📹Original UA-cam video: ytube.io/3ZNv 🎼PDF of the Transcription and Soundslice live notation secr...
Bud Powell Solo on Anthropology (audio tuned-up) PDF, Soundslice
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This is the complete Bud Powell solo on Anthropology captured live from Café Montmartre, Copenhagen in early 1962. Bud Powell - piano, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass, Jorn Elniff - drums. 🎧 The audio here is tuned up ✓ (the original recording is not in-tune). Bud Powell here is at his best. The piano genius plays with so much energy, swing, and creativity. This solo is one of the best exa...
Cedar Walton Solo On "Bolivia" (transcription)
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Cedar Walton Solo On "Bolivia" (transcription)
Barry Harris - Repetition
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Barry Harris - Repetition
Love For Sale
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Love For Sale
Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full), part 3
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Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full), part 3
Sonny Clark solo on "Bag's Groove" (transcription, soundslice)
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Sonny Clark solo on "Bag's Groove" (transcription, soundslice)
Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full), part 2 "Breaking the Habit" - Filling the Half Steps
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Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full), part 2 "Breaking the Habit" - Filling the Half Steps
Adding Indexed Real Book Song to a Playlist in forScore
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Adding Indexed Real Book Song to a Playlist in forScore
Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full) Part 1
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Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full) Part 1
Yesterdays (Jerome Kern) - Jazz Piano Arrangement, PDF
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Yesterdays (Jerome Kern) - Jazz Piano Arrangement, PDF
Serenity - McCoy Tyner Head & Solo Transcription
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Serenity - McCoy Tyner Head & Solo Transcription
Barry Harris solo on Cherokee (transcription) PDF, Soundslice
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Barry Harris solo on Cherokee (transcription) PDF, Soundslice
Frans Elsen - I Cover The Waterfront (transcription)
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Frans Elsen - I Cover The Waterfront (transcription)
Five - Alec Katz, Chuck Israels and Joe Hunt
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Five - Alec Katz, Chuck Israels and Joe Hunt
Summertime (G.Gershwin)
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Summertime (G.Gershwin)
Alec Katz - Yesterdays
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Alec Katz - Yesterdays
Barry Harris Plays Slow Blues (transcription, PDF)
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Barry Harris Plays Slow Blues (transcription, PDF)
Think on Me (George Cables) - Alec Katz & Niels Tausk
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Think on Me (George Cables) - Alec Katz & Niels Tausk
Hank Jones - Stardust
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Hank Jones - Stardust
Hank Jones - Don't Blame Me
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Hank Jones - Don't Blame Me
Hank Jones Performance at ArtistsHouseMusic (set list with timestamps)
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Hank Jones Performance at ArtistsHouseMusic (set list with timestamps)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @michaeldean9338
    @michaeldean9338 День тому

    Very nice! Thank you, gents :)

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 23 години тому

      Thank you!

  • @bobbybroom
    @bobbybroom День тому

    👏🏿👏🏿

  • @jjrod3630
    @jjrod3630 10 днів тому

    Thank you for uploading!!!! Is this the one where Jens Larsen is somewhere in there?

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 10 днів тому

      It is my pleasure. Jens Larsen is supposed to be there although I don’t remember meeting him.

  • @bronxjar8441
    @bronxjar8441 21 день тому

    Thank you to whomever recorded this and posted (maybe the same person). This is a great gift from an incredible artist who left us all too soon.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 20 днів тому

      I was fortunate to be with Mulgrew Miller the whole week at The Conservatory in Tel Aviv together with my students and good I had my little camera with me. We miss Mulgrew and his music.

  • @jasonstripinis8834
    @jasonstripinis8834 21 день тому

    Prove me wrong: all the kids playing the lines with mistakes and at different tempos sounds like an Art Ensemble of Chicago album.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 12 днів тому

      It is a workshop, not a concert. They are picking up the lines by ear and learning things on the fly. It does not mean to be perfect at the beginning.

    • @jasonstripinis8834
      @jasonstripinis8834 9 днів тому

      @@AlecKatz I was making a lighthearted quip, and it was about AAC (which I admire, BTW), not the kids.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 9 днів тому

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@jasonstripinis8834 right, I see :)

  • @grenciamars4876
    @grenciamars4876 27 днів тому

    As a guitarist, I can only weep and bow before the glory 😂

    • @AidanMiles
      @AidanMiles 13 днів тому

      right there with you bud

  • @trompette1
    @trompette1 27 днів тому

    Beautiful,thanks so much.whats the title of the last ensemble called,it's wonderful

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 12 днів тому

      Repetition by Neal Hefti

  • @billgodman8319
    @billgodman8319 29 днів тому

    What a lyrical genius! In Your Own Sweet Way never sounded better!

  • @donlurgio4524
    @donlurgio4524 Місяць тому

    Beautiful

  • @gospelphilomath
    @gospelphilomath Місяць тому

    one of the goats

  • @gospelphilomath
    @gospelphilomath Місяць тому

    one of the forgotten goats, God rest his soul.

  • @HiamoviCheyenne-c6e
    @HiamoviCheyenne-c6e Місяць тому

    It's a great video.

  • @SteveBlancoMusicianWarrior
    @SteveBlancoMusicianWarrior Місяць тому

    So very nice and class. RIP Mr. Miller.

  • @Mikkokukko
    @Mikkokukko 2 місяці тому

    There's quite a bit of inaccuracies. 🙃

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 12 днів тому

      Have you noticed? Where exactly?

  • @bruceedmiston2601
    @bruceedmiston2601 2 місяці тому

    Watching this reminded me of the time I spent with David Baker at Indiana University during a Jamey Abersold summer workshop. David would sit at the piano and work us for 90 minutes nonstop. It was hard work keeping up but what an impact he had on all of us. Dr. Barry Harris is just as inspirational and intense, what a talent!

  • @musictips5265
    @musictips5265 2 місяці тому

    Hello Alec. Would like to purchase the real book index and some transcriptions from the site but nothing is going through. Tried the contact us page but didn’t get through. Thanks in advance.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 2 місяці тому

      Hello, thanks for reaching out. I had some issue with the server but I fixed it eventually. Can you try it again?

  • @musictips5265
    @musictips5265 2 місяці тому

    Hello Alec. I am trying to purchase the real book index and some transcriptions from the site but nothing is going through.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 12 днів тому

      Sorry for the inconvenience, it was sorted

  • @RobSmathome
    @RobSmathome 2 місяці тому

    ps. Opera doesn't follow the links posted above.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 2 місяці тому

      Hi, I've made The RB Vol. VI. It is here : aleckatzmusic.com/product-category/real-book-index/ Here are all the links without shortening. You will be able to open in any browser: aleckatzmusic.com/indexing-real-books-on-ipad/ aleckatzmusic.com/product/real-book-volume-vi-index/ aleckatzmusic.com/indexing-real-books-on-ipad/#how-to-install-rb-index forscore.co/ apps.apple.com/us/app/forscore/id363738376?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 aleckatzmusic.com/product-category/sheet-music/

    • @RobSmathome
      @RobSmathome 2 місяці тому

      @@AlecKatz Thanks.

  • @RobSmathome
    @RobSmathome 2 місяці тому

    Hi. Where can I find a csv file for Real Book 6? Doing my own would turn me grey before I finished. Thanks,Rob.

  • @michaelvillar8897
    @michaelvillar8897 3 місяці тому

    Sounds great!

  • @berniekagel659
    @berniekagel659 3 місяці тому

    Nice.

  • @ciaronsmith4995
    @ciaronsmith4995 3 місяці тому

    Why is he playing in that disgusting place? As an Irish Catholic, I'd rather see him play in the US or Europe. Not some parasitic state like Israel.

  • @yiliminkov1754
    @yiliminkov1754 4 місяці тому

    שלום ותודה רבה. יפה מאוד!! 🤓🏸🥁

  • @KennyAce
    @KennyAce 4 місяці тому

    What scale do you use for this

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 4 місяці тому

      Basically, it is three scales C dominant 7th scale for the C7, F dominant 7th scale for the F7 and a G dominant 7th scale for the G7

    • @KennyAce
      @KennyAce 4 місяці тому

      @@AlecKatz could you please tell me the dominant scale for c7? Would it just be 1-3-5-7?

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 4 місяці тому

      the C dominant 7th scale is a major scale with a flat 7th, i.e.: c, d, e, f, g, a, b flat

    • @KennyAce
      @KennyAce 4 місяці тому

      @@AlecKatz golden. Thank you!

  • @jamieforjazz
    @jamieforjazz 4 місяці тому

    Great to see this. Miss Barry's workshops a lot

  • @user-te2rv5uw2z
    @user-te2rv5uw2z 4 місяці тому

    1:08

  • @christopherherrmann921
    @christopherherrmann921 5 місяців тому

    Pure Gold

  • @jazzlrdx9944
    @jazzlrdx9944 5 місяців тому

    3:10

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 5 місяців тому

      Great phrase over a turnaround

  • @Robert63675
    @Robert63675 5 місяців тому

    Какой прекрасный мастер!

  • @therealtruetwelfth798
    @therealtruetwelfth798 5 місяців тому

    Bud just never looked at his hands or the keyboard - smh

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 5 місяців тому

      Notice how he breathes

  • @user-dz6zc8xf8s
    @user-dz6zc8xf8s 6 місяців тому

    First section really reminds me of Monk type melodies...great clips! Thanks for posting ❤

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 5 місяців тому

      Thank you too!

  • @robbyr9286
    @robbyr9286 6 місяців тому

    This is so important- priceless.

  • @TamirGal
    @TamirGal 6 місяців тому

  • @Osnosis
    @Osnosis 6 місяців тому

    If I understand this correctly, he is simply adding one note at a time to make an 8-note scale, starting on each degree of an underlying/base scale. Is that right?

    • @slowporch
      @slowporch 6 місяців тому

      Exactly. Then you always land on a dominant chord tone.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 6 місяців тому

      Oh, you mean starting at 3:30? Barry asks to play a descending F harmonic minor scale with insertion of half-step betwen first two notes. When there already a half-step use a neigbour note tp fill between them.

    • @robbyr9286
      @robbyr9286 6 місяців тому

      That's the starting idea but he takes it much further. One big idea is that you can use other notes in place of the added half-step, for variety. Not only semitones/ minor 2nds. I'll call these 'half steps' in quotation marks. The idea 'half-step' is expanded to mean play a note to a an extra rhythmic 1/8 note. For example on F harmonic minor descending, to add a 'half-step' between 6 & 5 the default would be to make it D Db C. But you could use DEC or DBC instead for that portion of the phrase. It creates many, many options for how to navigate a scale sound. The 1/2 step rules which are not detailed in this clip have other central provisions. On a descending scale, for example, starting on 1,3,5 or 7 can take one 'half-step' OR three 'half-steps'. Using normal semitones on a C7 scale starting on 1 would give either something like C(B)Bb AGFEDC (the B is the added 1/2 step), but it could also be CBBb AG FEEb DDbC. Starting on 2,4 or 6 uses either zero added 'half steps', or two 'half steps'. E.g., Starting on 2 (D) gives either 1) DCBbAGFEDC or 2) DDbCBBbAGFEDC. But in any of these examples, the 'half-step' doesn't have to be the chromatic in-between note. E.g., instead of CBBb AGFEDC you could use CABb AGFEDC or CDBb AGFEDC. Chris Parks on Things I Learned From Barry Harris youtube channel covers alot of this material.

    • @Osnosis
      @Osnosis 6 місяців тому

      @@robbyr9286 Your explanation is sensical. I have incorporated this as (a) you can always have a chromatic passing tone between diatonic scale tones that are a whole-step apart, and (b) you can "jump" away (instead of chromatic passing tone), and still hit the same diatonic target. The latter gives you an opportunity to create a secondary guide tone line, as well.

    • @robbyr9286
      @robbyr9286 6 місяців тому

      @@Osnosis That's the concept! The two factors I see missing in your description are 1) 'you can always'. The recommended rules for starting on 1357 vs 246 are different- typically one or three halfsteps on 135 or 7 & zero or two half steps on 246. 2) You can also add this kind of half step between adjacent scale tones which are only a semitone, not a whole step apart! E.g in a C major scale, you can use G or D as a 'half step' note in between the E & F, e.g., CBAGFGEDC or CBAGFDEDC. This is what Harris does in the this video w/ the G# A semitone in the A Harmonic minor. E.g., ABG#FEDCBA inserts the B as a 'half note' between A & G#. It could also have been AFG#FEDCBA.

  • @thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616
    @thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616 6 місяців тому

    Yeah Alec!

  • @vova47
    @vova47 6 місяців тому

    Hi, Alex! Good to see and hear you in 2024. Best, V.

  • @drorbengur
    @drorbengur 6 місяців тому

    You sound great Alec! Always a pleasure playing with you.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 6 місяців тому

      Thank you Dror, likewise!

  • @MarkEisenman
    @MarkEisenman 6 місяців тому

    Beautiful!

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 6 місяців тому

      Thank you!

  • @jazzlrdx9944
    @jazzlrdx9944 6 місяців тому

    3:58

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 6 місяців тому

      I love this too! The way Bud outlines the D7altered chord and lands on the ninths of a G7 chord. In fact the augmented fifth of D resolves half-step down to the 9th of G7. ✨

  • @davidblackburn7090
    @davidblackburn7090 7 місяців тому

    Lovely.

  • @youyou1265
    @youyou1265 7 місяців тому

    Merci ! Excellent !

  • @Cymbalgroove
    @Cymbalgroove 7 місяців тому

    Classic solo! Great!

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 7 місяців тому

      Yes. indeed

  • @willemjansen1141
    @willemjansen1141 8 місяців тому

    The guy in the back is a total mood killer...

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 8 місяців тому

      Actually, Erez, the guy in the back, helped to organize Mulgrew week at the Center in Tel Aviv. He was accompanying and taking care of Mulgrew so it maybe was his chance to take a breath a little and to chill. I am just sorry to choose the wrong angle for my camera at that day. Just wanted to capture Mulgrew's hands...

  • @raymondj8296
    @raymondj8296 8 місяців тому

    🤦 Promo sm

  • @brothercaleb
    @brothercaleb 8 місяців тому

    Piano concerto … oh wow. Splendido 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @TheStewie117
    @TheStewie117 9 місяців тому

    jesus christ this song’s gotta be one of the most profound ever composed 😮

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 9 місяців тому

      Absolutely!

  • @lexmusiclab
    @lexmusiclab 9 місяців тому

    The way he played the bridge 🤯

  • @MarkEisenman
    @MarkEisenman 9 місяців тому

    Just the greatest

  • @TerenceSmith-hf1sq
    @TerenceSmith-hf1sq 9 місяців тому

    Wonderful ! The Jones Brothers RULE ! This piece is the ultimate "soft shoe," and Hank Jones at his refined BEST. The block chord episode !

    • @TerenceSmith-hf1sq
      @TerenceSmith-hf1sq 9 місяців тому

      Is this piece Thad Jones' response compositionally to "Takin a Chance on Love ?" It is a gambol that pays off !!! When Hank plays Thad it's good to HEAR

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 9 місяців тому

      That's right, it is a contrafact on a Vernon Duke's song. Well done Sir! 👏🏻 I think it was first recorded on the wonderful album by Elvin Jones called "Elvin!", a rare recording where all three brother Jones play together plus Frank Wess on tenor and flute and Art Davis on the bass.