Kent Krushes it again!! This one really opened it up for me.I can see the logic . Now for the delving. There really is some powerhouse technique here that is going to help with all the songs. Thanks again Kent. You are awesome in sharing this... Buy Kents books. A small price for a -plethora ...
Kudos Kent! Tried to discern this piece from Toots video, and after all kinds of mainly unsuccessful attempts to pin it, I found your site! You've given me a challenge that I will try to master; Thanks a bunch!
I have hours into this delightful tune and finally smartened up and looked to you. And found this. JUST what I needed. Immeasurably grateful for your beautiful performance, this tutelage, and your incredible generosity and spirit of sharing. Also giving thanks to you for your wonderful book- my go to bible.
Haven't fooled with this piece in a long time but did play it in a club that was first starting out , kind of a somewhat organized jam session , too bad covid had to come and break it up, it brought musicians together that I hadn't seen or played with in 20 years plus gave the musicians who are just starting out a taste of that scene, hope it comes back when things free up a little, thanks for the lesson, gonna go play it now!
You are one Cool Cat Kent. Love the arrangement, context, styling and breakdown of the piece, from start to finish. Great taste in the summer jacket, chapeu and kerchief ensemble. Always taking pride in looking and sounding good for your viewers! Gratefully..
Very cool! I like this song, thanks for this lesson. I’ve been putting in a lot of practicing the past year (a couple hours each day), focusing a lot on playing through scales in all 12 keys, and learning some basic fundamental jazz chords and playing them all through the cycle of 4ths (or 5ths). One of the things I like to do lately is sit and improvise, free style, sometimes for 45 minutes or more. A song like Bluesette is perfect for this sort of practicing. As I sat here listening to you play this piece, I found myself recognizing the chords, the harmonic structures. I’m not quite to the point where I could call them out as you play, but I can tell the practicing is starting to pay off. Immersing myself in music everyday is so important. Kent, your videos continue to be an inspiration. Thank you!
That's exactly right, Tim. Making an effort to practice every day is important. Set goals and follow a routine. That doesn't mean you can't diverge and have some fun improvising off the top of your head...that sometimes is how great songs are written. Be well and please subscribe.
Dear Kent! This is one of my favorite songs. I did not know the background of the composer though so thanks, not only for playing this beautifully but, as usual, giving us the history of it. 🥰. You stay well also. Love the ice cream suit and hat 😎
Hello Mr. Hewitt. Greetings from Brazil. I've been following your channel for four years and at that time I acquired your book. I found it very practical and helpful, it gave me some new insights about jazz harmony. I presume that many of your followers/ friends around the world would love if you made a video telling us a bit about your personal life, your family and musical background and your plans. Congratulations for your great work and best wishes!
Thank you Fabio, I hope so visit Brazil someday. I do have a video I put out on my life story (edited of course). You can view it here: th-cam.com/video/MUEtC5Nosig/w-d-xo.html
I was mesmerized by this performance. I would love the sheet music, if possible. I think I could play this one tune for the rest of my life and be happy.
I've learnt so much from your book, especially breaking down a song to understand theory, like in these wonderful videos. I might still slowly "plod and stutter" through a tune, but can now follow what you teach in real time. Thank you so much Kent.
That was great, Kent. Very nice arrangement. I don’t know how Toots was able to play a chromatic harp. To be able to articulate all twelve notes of the scale would be challenging enough, but to hang in with the other major cats doing things like improvising by jumping around on the altered scale is quite another. I thought that he had a very unique talent and voice on his instrument. Thanks again!
He was a genius level musician. Truly one of the greats. No one could play harmonica the way he could. Although Stevie Wonder is pretty good. Thanks for the comment. Please subscribe!
Kent that was beautiful! My older siblings loved this song.I do remember the whistling.Strange( at that time) _ but haunting.You have a great style my man! And you hum like Jimmy Smith did! I heard a Ramsey Lewis(esque) riff around 3.4i when you flashed part of the blues scale! 😎 😎 i mma learn this.one dude! Thank you!
Thanks, Warren, your comment shows my you are hip, so you have immediate entry to the exclusive KH club, only reserved for the best of the best. Swing loose. K
Very nicely demonstrated. I like how you keep the chords reasonably simple and show how effective combinations of straight or augmented fourths are in communicating a lot (use of 3rd, 6th and 9th). Your voicings are great. Just one suggestion: The recording is a bit over-compressed which makes the sound pump a little too much.
All my videos might be different than others. I can't get a quality control because I don't have the best equipment. If you watch some of my other videos, you may see a difference...please let me know.
I feel bad saying this because I don't want to be saying negative stuff about this, since it is totally extraordinary, great, wonderful, exceptional... and I absolutely love it! But I just want to make a small comment because I tried having a few people watch this video since I discovered it and I got the same response each time, that they have difficulty focusing on the piano because we hear you sing the notes close to the microphone (which I understand and is a good thing, musically speaking), so it makes kind of a breathy sound which takes their attention away from the piano. I'm not saying this as a critique but as a suggestion for the other videos you make, to maybe change the microphone angle, your proximity to it, or something (my goal is to help you gain more views and subscribers, not the opposite! But I know people easily focus on small things like these sometimes and it can affect them lol). Great work, honestly, one of the best music videos I've seen/heard in a long time!
Thanks for the comment. I realize that can be a distraction, I do it unconsciously. (it means that I'm getting into the music). I've tried to be more aware of it, and not do that. However the mic is in the camera which is close above my head and it's very sensitive. My recent videos I'm using external mics and a digital piano, so there's no risk of that. However you'll find that on certain videos you hear more of that or not at all.
@@KentHewittpiano88 Ahhh, I didn't think of looking at more recent videos before making my comment, to see if it was happening. I only discovered your channel recently and have been watching videos in no specific order so far. The external mic is a good idea. I know it can be difficult to control, I've seen other musicians do it as well, it's not a bad thing per se, on the contrary, it shows you know where you're going with your music. It was only because of the microphone. Thank you for answering! Have a good day :)
Hi Kent, love your tutorials and you help me a lot to improve my playing. Your play alongs are better than I can find them on youtube. Do you have a list or suggestions where to find the best play alongs for us as jazz piano players perhaps? Thanks for all the good work and cheers from Austria. Hendrik van Druten
There are some good play alongs on TH-cam, you have to search for them. I program my own arrangement, and pick the bassist and drummer, using Band In A Box. It takes a while to learn how to use it. It's more complicated than it should be, for the average person. Please subscribe!
There use to be a club called the Trident in Saucalito Ca, where i saw w Gary Burton Back in 1970. Anyhow, George Shearing and entourage came in to watch. Too bad that they now longer have jazz. Beautifull. Club right in the SF bay. Bad choice of words, listen is better, i dont think he watched.
Thanks for telling me. That's probably why George hired Gary to play in his quintet. He's on at least one of his albums. That was a wonderful club and restaurant, I went there w/ a date in 1968, had a wonderful time. Denny Zeitlin played there and recorded a Columbia album live there. Please subscribe!
This is spectacular ! I'd giving anything to be able to play such lush chords and spicy improvisation. I've got a classical piano background but I don't know how to go about learning how to produce such lush harmonies. Is it possible to get the score ?
One thing I've really noticed from the KH videos. To all KH Students: GET YOURSELVES A BACKING TRACK. (unless you're only playing ballads). Even if just a free drum beat off youtube or your electric piano drum machine. 3 note chord in the left hand + melody in the right hand Needs backing. It's like the glue that both hold it all together but it also gives you the freedom to swing too.
I'll echo your comment...a backing track is very helpful, particularly if you want to play with other musicians. You should also practice solo piano (equally important, if not more so). Thanks
Now Toots was free to name his songs anything he liked, but why did he call it "bluesette" I wonder? Does it have any clear bluesey items in it that I'm just not recognising? Thanks Kent. Toots was an amazing musician. Never realised he was a guitar player though :)
Check out his guitar playing on early Shearing records. He might have named it that because the chord progression is similar to a blues written by Charlie Parker called Blues For Alice. Also it's a 24 measure form which is like a 12 bar blues but twice as long. The suggests Little Blues. Thanks!
Thanks a lot! Thanks also for mentioning the recorded version of Bluesette with Bill Evans. As far as I know this was recorded in the Meerkoet in Lelystad, The Netherlands (1980 approx).
One of the greatest musicians AND one of the nicest people to ever exist (except on stage, he would demand everyone to be at the top of their game). I never understood he's playing with the circle of 5ths here! OK, I must learn this, even if it takes me 10 years. BTW there's also a nice version of him and Stevie Wonder playing this: th-cam.com/video/RtSJH8iVdJg/w-d-xo.html&gl=BE
That's a great video, thanks for sharing. At first I thought...that's not Stevie playing piano, but then I see he's playing a harmonic duet w/ toots....two masters of music.
Great, but I couldn’t find your score. I have a copy of Toots’ original, he called it ’Bluette’ and wanted it to sound like a French accordeon piece, it’s a remark on the score. I can send you a copy if you want it. It’s hand written by Toots himself.
II'd appreciate that.That's fascinating, please tell me how you got it. I don''t have a score, but I do have a lead sheet...if that helps. Write to my email address. kenthewitt@hotmail.com.
Kent Krushes it again!! This one really opened it up for me.I can see the logic . Now for the delving. There really is some powerhouse
technique here that is going to help with all the songs. Thanks again Kent. You are awesome in sharing this... Buy Kents books. A small price for a -plethora ...
Thanks for a great comment, Richard. You are a hip cat! Please subscribe...that is important to my efforts.
Kudos Kent! Tried to discern this piece from Toots video, and after all kinds of mainly unsuccessful attempts to pin it, I found your site! You've given me a challenge that I will try to master; Thanks a bunch!
That's very cool...thanks for the comment!
The genius of Kent Hewitt,always amazing.
If I learned anything important in the formative years...i learned it from you, Joe!
I have hours into this delightful tune and finally smartened up and looked to you. And found this. JUST what I needed. Immeasurably grateful for your beautiful performance, this tutelage, and your incredible generosity and spirit of sharing. Also giving thanks to you for your wonderful book- my go to bible.
Wonderful! God bless you, brother!
Long Live Kent
Haven't fooled with this piece in a long time but did play it in a club that was first starting out , kind of a somewhat organized jam session , too bad covid had to come and break it up, it brought musicians together that I hadn't seen or played with in 20 years plus gave the musicians who are just starting out a taste of that scene, hope it comes back when things free up a little, thanks for the lesson, gonna go play it now!
Thanks, Randy, that was very good of you. I did the same thing, back in the day. I appreciate your comment and I hope we can hook up. All the best, KH
This is one of your best Kent! It really helped me get a look into your improv thinking. Ty
Great comment, and thanks so much Fredrick ...means the world to me!
I heard Toots play this at the Virginia Beach jazz festival when I was 15 years old.Your version really swings.
I think he played at F idler's Three in Waterford, when I saw him.
Thanks for the lesson and your kindness !
My pleasure!
You are one Cool Cat Kent. Love the arrangement, context, styling and breakdown of the piece, from start to finish. Great taste in the summer jacket, chapeu and kerchief ensemble. Always taking pride in looking and sounding good for your viewers! Gratefully..
That's such a nice comment and much appreciated. Please subscribe.
Awesome musician Mr Kent I'm keeping it real 🎶🎶
Emmett ...you are the best! Thanks!
You are the best Kent. A bright spot in my day. Much thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge and talent with us.
My pleasure...great comment, Eva. Keep watching and please subscribe. Thanks!
Very cool! I like this song, thanks for this lesson. I’ve been putting in a lot of practicing the past year (a couple hours each day), focusing a lot on playing through scales in all 12 keys, and learning some basic fundamental jazz chords and playing them all through the cycle of 4ths (or 5ths). One of the things I like to do lately is sit and improvise, free style, sometimes for 45 minutes or more. A song like Bluesette is perfect for this sort of practicing. As I sat here listening to you play this piece, I found myself recognizing the chords, the harmonic structures. I’m not quite to the point where I could call them out as you play, but I can tell the practicing is starting to pay off. Immersing myself in music everyday is so important. Kent, your videos continue to be an inspiration. Thank you!
That's exactly right, Tim. Making an effort to practice every day is important. Set goals and follow a routine. That doesn't mean you can't diverge and have some fun improvising off the top of your head...that sometimes is how great songs are written. Be well and please subscribe.
Amazing how Bird Changes sound totally diff in 3/4.Thanx for your consistent sharing and wisdom,Maestro KH. 🌹❤️🌹
I agree! You are so welcome.
Two in one day. You're rocking it Kent! Stay well.
Only time I put up 2 in one day. But they are shorter, and I don't show the music...that saves a lot of time. Some widens take a week.
@@KentHewittpiano88 I appreciate everything you do. Give ADEM my best.
Great stuff, Kent, thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
I love jazz waltzes, and Bluesette is one of my favourites. However, it certainly is challenging. I'm going to try your method. Like the new shades!
It's a great tune to practice in different keys. Thanks! Please subscribe!
Kent Hewitt I’ve been a subscriber for ages!
Dear Kent! This is one of my favorite songs. I did not know the background of the composer though so thanks, not only for playing this beautifully but, as usual, giving us the history of it. 🥰. You stay well also. Love the ice cream suit and hat 😎
Thanks, Corinne, you always share the greatest compliments....bless you and be well !
Hello Mr. Hewitt. Greetings from Brazil.
I've been following your channel for four years and at that time I acquired your book. I found it very practical and helpful, it gave me some new insights about jazz harmony.
I presume that many of your followers/ friends around the world would love if you made a video telling us a bit about your personal life, your family and musical background and your plans.
Congratulations for your great work and best wishes!
Thank you Fabio,
I hope so visit Brazil someday. I do have a video I put out on my life story (edited of course). You can view it here: th-cam.com/video/MUEtC5Nosig/w-d-xo.html
Thanks a lot Kent.
You are very welcome
Amazing👍.Thank you
Thank you too! Please subscribe.
I was mesmerized by this performance. I would love the sheet music, if possible. I think I could play this one tune for the rest of my life and be happy.
Write to my email...I can send you a PDF. Please subscribe!
I've learnt so much from your book, especially breaking down a song to understand theory, like in these wonderful videos. I might still slowly "plod and stutter" through a tune, but can now follow what you teach in real time. Thank you so much Kent.
I'm glad to hear that, Stephen. I appreciate your taking the time to work on your music and writing to tell me.
That was great, Kent. Very nice arrangement. I don’t know how Toots was able to play a chromatic harp. To be able to articulate all twelve notes of the scale would be challenging enough, but to hang in with the other major cats doing things like improvising by jumping around on the altered scale is quite another. I thought that he had a very unique talent and voice on his instrument. Thanks again!
He was a genius level musician. Truly one of the greats. No one could play harmonica the way he could. Although Stevie Wonder is pretty good. Thanks for the comment. Please subscribe!
Thanks, man. Now I know what I am going to be doing for the next few weeks. I am in love with discipline, and you provide lots of opportunities.
Thanks... a great comment, Warren, and much appreciated...keeps me going. Please subscribe.
Kent that was beautiful! My older siblings loved this song.I do remember the whistling.Strange( at that time) _ but haunting.You have a great style my man! And you hum like Jimmy Smith did! I heard a Ramsey Lewis(esque) riff around 3.4i when you flashed part of the blues scale! 😎 😎 i mma learn this.one dude! Thank you!
Thanks, Warren, your comment shows my you are hip, so you have immediate entry to the exclusive KH club, only reserved for the best of the best. Swing loose. K
@@KentHewittpiano88Wow. Just seeing this year's later. Thank you Kent. Best reply ever. 🙌🏽👍🏽😎😎
This is something I would love to learn if I can get a copy of it.. it goes with your blue shirt and sunglasses!!! Good choice Kent.
You can do it! Write to my email please.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Very nicely demonstrated. I like how you keep the chords reasonably simple and show how effective combinations of straight or augmented fourths are in communicating a lot (use of 3rd, 6th and 9th). Your voicings are great. Just one suggestion: The recording is a bit over-compressed which makes the sound pump a little too much.
All my videos might be different than others. I can't get a quality control because I don't have the best equipment. If you watch some of my other videos, you may see a difference...please let me know.
Excelente...👏👏👏❤️
Many thanks!
I feel bad saying this because I don't want to be saying negative stuff about this, since it is totally extraordinary, great, wonderful, exceptional... and I absolutely love it! But I just want to make a small comment because I tried having a few people watch this video since I discovered it and I got the same response each time, that they have difficulty focusing on the piano because we hear you sing the notes close to the microphone (which I understand and is a good thing, musically speaking), so it makes kind of a breathy sound which takes their attention away from the piano. I'm not saying this as a critique but as a suggestion for the other videos you make, to maybe change the microphone angle, your proximity to it, or something (my goal is to help you gain more views and subscribers, not the opposite! But I know people easily focus on small things like these sometimes and it can affect them lol).
Great work, honestly, one of the best music videos I've seen/heard in a long time!
Thanks for the comment. I realize that can be a distraction, I do it unconsciously. (it means that I'm getting into the music). I've tried to be more aware of it, and not do that. However the mic is in the camera which is close above my head and it's very sensitive. My recent videos I'm using external mics and a digital piano, so there's no risk of that. However you'll find that on certain videos you hear more of that or not at all.
@@KentHewittpiano88 Ahhh, I didn't think of looking at more recent videos before making my comment, to see if it was happening. I only discovered your channel recently and have been watching videos in no specific order so far. The external mic is a good idea. I know it can be difficult to control, I've seen other musicians do it as well, it's not a bad thing per se, on the contrary, it shows you know where you're going with your music. It was only because of the microphone. Thank you for answering! Have a good day :)
❧ SO tasty, Maestro! ❧ 🎹 THANKS!!
Thanks, Marilyn for faithful following and always making nice comments. Please subscribe!
Thanks Kent Dick
Hi Kent, love your tutorials and you help me a lot to improve my playing.
Your play alongs are better than I can find them on youtube.
Do you have a list or suggestions where to find the best play alongs for us as jazz piano players perhaps? Thanks for all the good work and cheers from Austria.
Hendrik van Druten
There are some good play alongs on TH-cam, you have to search for them. I program my own arrangement, and pick the bassist and drummer, using Band In A Box. It takes a while to learn how to use it. It's more complicated than it should be, for the average person. Please subscribe!
Great stuff, thank you so much
Glad you enjoyed it!
There use to be a club called the Trident in Saucalito Ca, where i saw w Gary Burton Back in 1970. Anyhow, George Shearing and entourage came in to watch. Too bad that they now longer have jazz. Beautifull. Club right in the SF bay. Bad choice of words, listen is better, i dont think he watched.
Thanks for telling me. That's probably why George hired Gary to play in his quintet. He's on at least one of his albums. That was a wonderful club and restaurant, I went there w/ a date in 1968, had a wonderful time. Denny Zeitlin played there and recorded a Columbia album live there. Please subscribe!
I also saw Zeitlin around that time and had his first lp.
Grazie
Kent!! Awesome Cool Kat Around Midnight :- )
Cool, Hernan, I always say takes one to know one. Swing loose! (please subscribe).
This is spectacular ! I'd giving anything to be able to play such lush chords and spicy improvisation. I've got a classical piano background but I don't know how to go about learning how to produce such lush harmonies. Is it possible to get the score ?
Write to me at my email. Also watch all my videos and you will learn all of it.
One thing I've really noticed from the KH videos. To all KH Students: GET YOURSELVES A BACKING TRACK. (unless you're only playing ballads). Even if just a free drum beat off youtube or your electric piano drum machine. 3 note chord in the left hand + melody in the right hand Needs backing. It's like the glue that both hold it all together but it also gives you the freedom to swing too.
I'll echo your comment...a backing track is very helpful, particularly if you want to play with other musicians. You should also practice solo piano (equally important, if not more so). Thanks
Now Toots was free to name his songs anything he liked, but why did he call it "bluesette" I wonder? Does it have any clear bluesey items in it that I'm just not recognising?
Thanks Kent. Toots was an amazing musician. Never realised he was a guitar player though :)
Check out his guitar playing on early Shearing records. He might have named it that because the chord progression is similar to a blues written by Charlie Parker called Blues For Alice. Also it's a 24 measure form which is like a 12 bar blues but twice as long. The suggests Little Blues. Thanks!
@@KentHewittpiano88 I'll do that, thanks for that.
That's a zoot suit jacket you,re wearing.
I don't know why they called it that. I played with Zoot Sims in 1965 and he didn't wear one, but it was not named after him.
Thanks a lot! Thanks also for mentioning the recorded version of Bluesette with Bill Evans. As far as I know this was recorded in the Meerkoet in Lelystad, The Netherlands (1980 approx).
I wouldn't have known that, but I'm sure you're right. Thanks for the info...please subscribe.
One of the greatest musicians AND one of the nicest people to ever exist (except on stage, he would demand everyone to be at the top of their game). I never understood he's playing with the circle of 5ths here! OK, I must learn this, even if it takes me 10 years. BTW there's also a nice version of him and Stevie Wonder playing this: th-cam.com/video/RtSJH8iVdJg/w-d-xo.html&gl=BE
That's a great video, thanks for sharing. At first I thought...that's not Stevie playing piano, but then I see he's playing a harmonic duet w/ toots....two masters of music.
Great, but I couldn’t find your score. I have a copy of Toots’ original, he called it ’Bluette’ and wanted it to sound like a French accordeon piece, it’s a remark on the score. I can send you a copy if you want it. It’s hand written by Toots himself.
Like a French musette...
II'd appreciate that.That's fascinating, please tell me how you got it. I don''t have a score, but I do have a lead sheet...if that helps. Write to my email address. kenthewitt@hotmail.com.
markbraz@gmail.com
Stijn Wauters made a shell-voicing of this beautiful tune and transcribed it.
Jürgen Linder or a German Bagatelle ;)
God damn I have a love hate relationship with you Kent
Ha, Ha, I can dig it....cause I do too!
Your piano has been tuned.
Right, it took 3 months for a tuner to show up.