Man had such a calm way of playing. His music makes you want to jump and move about, but he just looks so chill and in his element. Truly one of the greats that will be missed.
All the best licks in this one. Doc's playing is so exciting and satisfying. This is my all time favorite "Saints" by anyone. Love the contrast in styles/speeds and the setup from the dirge to the romp.
I've worked on Dr. John licks for years before I fully got them down. Even ones that I thought I was playing correctly until I realized that no, there was one little rhythmic accent or syncopation missing in the left or right hand. The maddening thing is it is usually easier and more intuitive than what I was making myself play. He is of course playing two parts with each hand. He is a monster.
EXCELLENT! You be there Dr. John! I feel it in my bones! Thank you for entertaining us in your most unique way! You are greatly missed! Rest in peace. But don't stop singing and playing that piano! I'm sure the Angels have been waiting for you and your music 👼🙏😉❤😎✌💐
Beyond amazing ! I've _watched this over and over many times throughout the years and one of all time songs he does . Love his emotional voice with the squeak
I went to a Dr. John concert outdoors at Vanderbilt University back in the day, and he had 10,000 college kids bopping uncontrollably! It was an unforgettable show!
Eeco Rijken Rapp you are up there with dr John and thank you for your amazing lessons. I can almost play both hands comfortably thanks to you and your patience!
he proves that tens in the left hand can boogie woogie with soul and power. If only I hadn't lost my left little finger, octaves are all I can do. Love this cat's grooves and style. Southern fried
For anyone thinking you could play this, look at the spread of notes he's hitting with his left hand and, unless you can figure out how to grow your left hand, just give up.
Just looks like a 10th to me. Not all that uncommon. Plus, well, it's not like you have to play it note for note in this style, and that good pianists don't have ways to make up for their lack of reach.
I play this myself (nowhere near as well as the Doctor, of course). For a reasonably advanced pianist the tenths in the left hand are not the problem. The real challenges include trying to generate the groove that the Doc creates here, and to get the harder righthand figurations in the solo adequately fast and smooth. E.g. I can play the run in 1.38ff (a standard blues riff which Dr. John uses often) properly at the same speed, but somehow it still doesn't sound right. (I am probably using too much individual finger motion and not enough rotation.) Other challenges include singing and playing well at the same time. And if I am right in suspecting that this rec was improvised to a significant degree, then all we can do is humbly admire this gentleman's musicianship.
@@whatsmylogin A lot of the blues right hand patterns are played using slides... not traditional fingerings. If you do more sliding it will sound right. Also make sure you know which notes are the "melody" notes and which are the "ornamentation" notes... as with all music, the melody notes will almost always get more emphasis... if you play the ornamentation with equal emphasis or even more emphasis than the melody, it won't sound quite right. Of course I'm not a "blues musician" but have been listening to this music for quite some time. I should add, that in soloing, sometimes deliberate emphasis will be put on CERTAIN ornamentation notes for expressive purposes, but this should be done sparingly (especially by the novice) as its a question of musical taste. There are too many different musical situations falling under this umbrella to be covered by one comment, so I can't provide more detail. I would love to teach more but I feel more comfortable with ragtime than blues so almost all piano lessons you'll see from me in the future will be in a ragtime direction.
raicho20,.........”religion” will NOT admit ANYONE through heaven’s gates. You, like many millions of others, misunderstand. I encourage you to pick up a Bible, which is God’s Living Word, turn to the book of John in the New Testament ( the New Testament begins with the books Matthew, Mark, Luke, John ).....& STUDY what it tells us. Ask God to enable you to understand what you’re reading. He WILL. SALVATION, which means being SAVED from SEPARATION from God for eternity, comes from an intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Jesus came to earth (God in human flesh) to take ALL our sins upon His sinless self! Jesus paid the price for all our sins,.....past, present, AND future.....when He surrendered His life on that cross. We didn’t deserve that gift. He did it because He LOVES us & wants us with Him forever! All we must do to be saved from separation from God FOREVER is to acknowledge that Jesus paid the price for our sins, THANK Him for doing that for us, THANK Him for forgiving us, & invite Him into our life......to guide us & transform us. If we pray that prayer of sincere repentance for all our sins, & THANK Jesus......with a sincere heart......we will then be admitted through heaven’s gates when we step out of our mortal body......& we will NEVER AGAIN SUFFER, and NEVER AGAIN sin,....& never age......& will NEVER AGAIN know death!!! NOW is the day to accept that Jesus Christ is YOUR Saviour,......because none of us know if God will give us another day!
This man has such facile technique it's incredible... reminds me of Art Tatum in a way, in that there's no wasted motion whatsoever, no flashy hand theatrics... he keeps his hands and fingers as close to the keyboard as possible like a good classical pianist, and only raises them up if needed for fortissimo. As little hand / finger motion is used as necessary to play what he wants to play. He plays SO MUCH PIANO on his recordings I was expecting to see WAY MORE arm and hand movement. Amazing!!!
It occurs to me that youtube comments always include two statements - that the person is underrated, and the people who click dislike are idiots. I suppose it's like those folks on Amazon who answer a question about a product with 'I don't know'. And inexplicable below the line phenomena. I know I don't enjoy a video as much if there are no comments allowed, so I can agree with all the people who agree with me!
Fantasic! The good Dr. is a BEAST on those ivories! As a guitarist this kinda playing impresses the hell outta me! There's things on the piano that you just can't do on other instruments. I know the piano for theory purposes but always wish I'd picked it up.
You dont need sheet music for this( I mean one can write it out). Despite how it sounds it's very easy to hear out how he plays this. Kudos to the video. It shows his hands playing it.
I, like Mr Rebennack, am a guitar player trying to learn New Orleans style piano, and watching this just dropped my heart at how difficult a prospect this will be. How do you get to this level? Don't think he reads music, so he must have done a lot of one-on-one woodshedding with mentors like Longhair. I need a mentor. It's so frustrating hearing this music in my head all day and not being able to play it.
Just take in the feel, it'll come to you. It's innate, and comes with being from and living in New Orleans. Music is a way of life here, especially if you're from a musical family, as he was, (and as I am also).. He had a natural feel and style that was typical of people and musicians in New Orleans back then, (maybe not so much now). He played in Churches when he was younger, and that feel can be expressed in music of all types. Come stay a while in New Orleans and hang out with some older musicians, it'll rub off on ya. God bless you.
Andrew, James Booker was more of a direct mentor for him, but he was surrounded a culture of keyboard players that just doesn't exist anymore. Anyway, he has put a lot of effort into disseminating the style he loves. Check out his series from Homespun. It takes a lot of time but the rewards are great.
@BMatthews0 I am learning these tunes/this style pretty quickly--but w only avg sized hands---so I'm having to cheat around certain stuff...damn wish I could do the C to E or D to F#
I was very confused by the "Princess Cut" (now streaming on PureFlix...?) trailer. Is that a thing? And is it advertised here because the song has "saint" in the title?!
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I've almost got this down. I'm just having some trouble from 0:00-3:09.
Johnny Moondog mate it’s easy just practice 40 hours a day
@@crazypianolady 8 days a week
Its easy just learn it lol
Me too. I can just about manage the gravelly voice.
Rest In Peace Dr. John. I pray the Good Lord takes you and that you are celebrating with His Saints soon.
Man had such a calm way of playing. His music makes you want to jump and move about, but he just looks so chill and in his element. Truly one of the greats that will be missed.
His ability to just rock out with his left hand always amazes me.
His left hand was Godzilla and his right hand was King Kong!
All the best licks in this one. Doc's playing is so exciting and satisfying. This is my all time favorite "Saints" by anyone. Love the contrast in styles/speeds and the setup from the dirge to the romp.
Dr. John is the truth. Soulfulness to infinity.
I've worked on Dr. John licks for years before I fully got them down. Even ones that I thought I was playing correctly until I realized that no, there was one little rhythmic accent or syncopation missing in the left or right hand. The maddening thing is it is usually easier and more intuitive than what I was making myself play. He is of course playing two parts with each hand. He is a monster.
Damn this guy makes me wanna learn piano
Yeah, and when you're already playing this guy makes you wanna stop as you realise his playing is unhuman.... Never heard somebody play like the Doc.
Concur wholeheartedly one of the most influential beloved and highly respected jazz pianist in the bluegrass Dixie land jazz community.
Yeah, i'd be crying if i could play that like he can.
Once in a while something magic comes along, you forget about troubles and just listen , you did just that Dr John !
Rock In Peace, Mac. You were a true New Orleans original spirit.
RIP Dr. JOHN Jazzfest won't be the same without ya🙏⚜⚜
Eternal heritage from New-Orleans. RIP My sweet piano hero.
EXCELLENT! You be there Dr. John! I feel it in my bones! Thank you for entertaining us in your most unique way! You are greatly missed! Rest in peace. But don't stop singing and playing that piano! I'm sure the Angels have been waiting for you and your music 👼🙏😉❤😎✌💐
I had never heard this rendition before. But now that he is marching alongside them, I guess now is a good time
I will always revisit this post whenever I'm feeling down, or I need a good dose of inspiration from the Master, Dr John.
Rest in peace dear sir.
My heart is there. Every now and then you just need to cut loose!!!!💖💖💖💖
I 'm saved, I see the light
Beyond amazing ! I've _watched this over and over many times throughout the years and one of all time songs he does . Love his emotional voice with the squeak
He's a musical god.
I love the little nod he does at he end like "that's pretty much that"
I love this version with those big, fat, gospel chords mingling with the boogie boogie.
You are! Thank you for your love of music. RIP
RIP to the absolute legend. a dirty gumbo with a thick roux.
We lost Ronnie Virgets, Leah Chase and the Doctor in such a short space of time. Each one brought something very special to New Orleans.
Got to show this to my wife. If I go first, she's got to have this played at my funeral.
I went to a Dr. John concert outdoors at Vanderbilt University back in the day, and he had 10,000 college kids bopping uncontrollably! It was an unforgettable show!
If you’ve lived any type of real life this will make you feel something
Oh lord. The greatest boogie player of all time.
can't help but to feel HEALED with his GROOVE! Beautiful :D
1:44 my favorite part 👍🎶
Eeco Rijken Rapp you are up there with dr John and thank you for your amazing lessons. I can almost play both hands comfortably thanks to you and your patience!
Holy smokes...the Doctor marches on !! Best version EVER. Thanks mom for persevering with my piano
lessons- I made a fuss, but
SHE KNEW.
love him ...saw him... so cool ... got the boxset... ♫RIP♫
Love this. It's the real deal true soul music. I didn't know him Dr. John personally but i really miss him. His music will live forever.
Thanks for the tutorial, Doc. I shall play it exactly like this from now on …
BEST VERSION on TH-cam ever............. Dr John YOU REALLY ROCK the most!!!! 5/5 from Sweden
Why do you have to "unlike" this, haters? If not your taste, just leave. We love you, John. Thank you.
You made me cry, good doctor!
Right there with you
love that squeak. it's so raw. it all is
R.I.P. Da Goodest Dr.John.
The real damn deal. I don't think it gets any better than that Vern.
he proves that tens in the left hand can boogie woogie with soul and power. If only I hadn't lost my left little finger, octaves are all I can do. Love this cat's grooves and style. Southern fried
look at that very last 10th at the end….b flat up to d…and he makes it look easy 👏👏
how did I not find this earlier?
Ohhhh my! Sooooo fine! Love the Dr!
Seeing him tonight, for the first time! So looking forward to it!
How did you like the show? He's in a class all his own. Nobody plays like him.
Loved every minute, he is such a legend!
Such relaxed and incredibly efficient technique. Barely looks like he's moving, like Tatum's technique. Highly underrated pianist and musician!
For anyone thinking you could play this, look at the spread of notes he's hitting with his left hand and, unless you can figure out how to grow your left hand, just give up.
Just looks like a 10th to me. Not all that uncommon. Plus, well, it's not like you have to play it note for note in this style, and that good pianists don't have ways to make up for their lack of reach.
I play this myself (nowhere near as well as the Doctor, of course). For a reasonably advanced pianist the tenths in the left hand are not the problem. The real challenges include trying to generate the groove that the Doc creates here, and to get the harder righthand figurations in the solo adequately fast and smooth. E.g. I can play the run in 1.38ff (a standard blues riff which Dr. John uses often) properly at the same speed, but somehow it still doesn't sound right. (I am probably using too much individual finger motion and not enough rotation.) Other challenges include singing and playing well at the same time. And if I am right in suspecting that this rec was improvised to a significant degree, then all we can do is humbly admire this gentleman's musicianship.
@@whatsmylogin A lot of the blues right hand patterns are played using slides... not traditional fingerings. If you do more sliding it will sound right. Also make sure you know which notes are the "melody" notes and which are the "ornamentation" notes... as with all music, the melody notes will almost always get more emphasis... if you play the ornamentation with equal emphasis or even more emphasis than the melody, it won't sound quite right. Of course I'm not a "blues musician" but have been listening to this music for quite some time. I should add, that in soloing, sometimes deliberate emphasis will be put on CERTAIN ornamentation notes for expressive purposes, but this should be done sparingly (especially by the novice) as its a question of musical taste. There are too many different musical situations falling under this umbrella to be covered by one comment, so I can't provide more detail. I would love to teach more but I feel more comfortable with ragtime than blues so almost all piano lessons you'll see from me in the future will be in a ragtime direction.
If that's how religion was presented to me I would gladly believe anything that is being said! :D
raicho20,.........”religion” will NOT admit ANYONE through heaven’s gates. You, like many millions of others, misunderstand. I encourage you to pick up a Bible, which is God’s Living Word, turn to the book of John in the New Testament ( the New Testament begins with the books Matthew, Mark, Luke, John ).....& STUDY what it tells us. Ask God to enable you to understand what you’re reading. He WILL. SALVATION, which means being SAVED from SEPARATION from God for eternity, comes from an intimate personal relationship with Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Jesus came to earth (God in human flesh) to take ALL our sins upon His sinless self! Jesus paid the price for all our sins,.....past, present, AND future.....when He surrendered His life on that cross. We didn’t deserve that gift. He did it because He LOVES us & wants us with Him forever! All we must do to be saved from separation from God FOREVER is to acknowledge that Jesus paid the price for our sins, THANK Him for doing that for us, THANK Him for forgiving us, & invite Him into our life......to guide us & transform us. If we pray that prayer of sincere repentance for all our sins, & THANK Jesus......with a sincere heart......we will then be admitted through heaven’s gates when we step out of our mortal body......& we will NEVER AGAIN SUFFER, and NEVER AGAIN sin,....& never age......& will NEVER AGAIN know death!!! NOW is the day to accept that Jesus Christ is YOUR Saviour,......because none of us know if God will give us another day!
@@esthermiller2713 Chill out Martin Luther
Stephen Miller ,.....God loves you, Stephen. ❤️
@@esthermiller2713 lol these people exist
Excellent performance! RIP Dr John
Fantastic cover, fantastic technic! Thank you so much!
True magic! Rest in peace
My favourite cover right now ;D
So cool! What a groove and soul!
He was such a special human ...
This kinda music should be mandatory in our education program
I have to learn this. I have massive hands and have always loved this song! Learning a song is all about what you pick up along the way anyway
RIP Dr. John. You will always be counted in that number.
Sono sicura che dall' aldilà continuerai a suonare il pianoforte come solo tu sai fare😍😍♥️♥️♥️♥️😇😇🙏🙏🙏
This is pure fire and feeling….. 🔥🙏💛
Bless his Cajun Soul . RIP Dr.
This man has such facile technique it's incredible... reminds me of Art Tatum in a way, in that there's no wasted motion whatsoever, no flashy hand theatrics... he keeps his hands and fingers as close to the keyboard as possible like a good classical pianist, and only raises them up if needed for fortissimo. As little hand / finger motion is used as necessary to play what he wants to play. He plays SO MUCH PIANO on his recordings I was expecting to see WAY MORE arm and hand movement. Amazing!!!
It occurs to me that youtube comments always include two statements - that the person is underrated, and the people who click dislike are idiots. I suppose it's like those folks on Amazon who answer a question about a product with 'I don't know'. And inexplicable below the line phenomena. I know I don't enjoy a video as much if there are no comments allowed, so I can agree with all the people who agree with me!
Fantasic! The good Dr. is a BEAST on those ivories! As a guitarist this kinda playing impresses the hell outta me! There's things on the piano that you just can't do on other instruments. I know the piano for theory purposes but always wish I'd picked it up.
The notes above now give info on the source of this and on where you can get the sheet music.
You dont need sheet music for this( I mean one can write it out). Despite how it sounds it's very easy to hear out how he plays this. Kudos to the video. It shows his hands playing it.
How cool to do a tutorial style view for us all. Yeah, he can fit all that up in there !! Wa- hoo !
For anyone looking for sheet music, the link in the description is wrong. It's:
www.jazzinotes.com (with an i after jazz)
Thanks for the info. I corrected the link in the description.
It's Me Nice profile pic :)
We miss you Doc
I, like Mr Rebennack, am a guitar player trying to learn New Orleans style piano, and watching this just dropped my heart at how difficult a prospect this will be. How do you get to this level? Don't think he reads music, so he must have done a lot of one-on-one woodshedding with mentors like Longhair. I need a mentor. It's so frustrating hearing this music in my head all day and not being able to play it.
Just take in the feel, it'll come to you. It's innate, and comes with being from and living in New Orleans. Music is a way of life here, especially if you're from a musical family, as he was, (and as I am also).. He had a natural feel and style that was typical of people and musicians in New Orleans back then, (maybe not so much now). He played in Churches when he was younger, and that feel can be expressed in music of all types. Come stay a while in New Orleans and hang out with some older musicians, it'll rub off on ya. God bless you.
Thanks Collier!
Andrew, James Booker was more of a direct mentor for him, but he was surrounded a culture of keyboard players that just doesn't exist anymore. Anyway, he has put a lot of effort into disseminating the style he loves. Check out his series from Homespun. It takes a lot of time but the rewards are great.
Someone needs to transcribe this.
Rest well big brother... rest well now.
At about the 243 point,,,what a nifty key switch in there!!!
Phenomenal.
For once the internet has a correct meme... this is indeed our gospel, hallelujah brothers and sisters, we's a fightin' for music and decency !
Dassa same basic arrangement he first did on _Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack_ in 1981. Slow waltz start, then he shifts into a second-line mambo beat.
His LH reach is from C# (pinky) to F# (thumb)!!! Wowowow!! That's FAR!
I always wished I'd learned to play piano, but now I'm glad I didn't.
I'f have to quit!
"If I don doit, sumbidie else will ..."
@BMatthews0
I am learning these tunes/this style pretty quickly--but w only avg sized hands---so I'm having to cheat around certain stuff...damn wish I could do the C to E or D to F#
Awesome!
Thanks for the suggestion
JUST the best!
@Mr123456George Could you play that well when you're hungover?
Yeah Dr John. Me2
When the saints come marching in, Dr. John will be in the front.
The musical performens on Dr John's teaching-DVDs are as good as piano/singin- action gets. Where's the CD please?
That left hand was covering some ground!
Beast!
RIP Dr. John
Love ya Doc. My main, main man. RIP my man.
❤
was trying to learn the song, but wow there's a lot of 11th and maybe 12th that I can't even reach with my short hands :C
He's barely looking down...
What do they put in the water in New Orleans?
Geaux Saints!!!
RIP, doc
How it's done.
@mattcol99 he's not actually crying, i think he has this weird thing where his tear glands randomly leak...not certain though
I was very confused by the "Princess Cut" (now streaming on PureFlix...?) trailer. Is that a thing? And is it advertised here because the song has "saint" in the title?!
But Dr. John was brilliant.
❤️beyond
anybody has this sheet music? too complicated for my ear!!!!!!!!