During the bridge improv, it reminded me of a spot in "L'isle Joyeuse" by Debussy. I don't know whether it's actually there or just something that I connected in my mind.
Great lesson. The song sounds great without the cliche left hand rhythmic pattern. I never noticed the similarity to the "A Train" chord until you pointed it out. But those left hand 10ths in D flat....wow!
Great! I also used to play it in F, Db is interesting. But there is in fact some recording of Tom playing it in Db, I just don't know about what would be the "original" anyway. Ron, Have you heard about negative harmony? I was recently working on that subject in my course conclusion assignment and this was exactly one of the songs I chose! Other two were Giant steps and Autumn Leaves. The resulting is a really dark version of this bossa😂
I was blown away when you transitioned into the style of Ravel at 8:55! The colors really sounded like it was composed by Ravel 😂
Thanks Lawrence, that was fun to play! Ravel had a big influence on jazz musicians like Gil Evans, Bill Evans, and Miles Davis.
During the bridge improv, it reminded me of a spot in "L'isle Joyeuse" by Debussy. I don't know whether it's actually there or just something that I connected in my mind.
There's definitely some Impressionism in there - good ears!
thank you for this
It's such a great song, and in fact I'm going to play it during a solo piano concert tonight!
Great lesson. The song sounds great without the cliche left hand rhythmic pattern. I never noticed the similarity to the "A Train" chord until you pointed it out. But those left hand 10ths in D flat....wow!
Ron, thank you so much for this presentation full of knowledge and amazing musical ideas. I just discovered this channel and, man, it‘s a treasure.
Thanks Mirko, and welcome aboard!
Beautiful song. Thanks for sharing this Ron. Going to go and give it a blow on my sax. :-)
Thanks Chris!
Love how you give the history and your insight on the tune. Thanks
Thanks Oscar! I'm fascinated by this stuff and I believe it helps us get into the music deeper. I'm glad you feel the same way :)
wow! Super keen insights - at least for a relative newbie like me. I love the story of this song and your explanation, thanks!
Nice job Ron! Thanks
Great! I also used to play it in F, Db is interesting. But there is in fact some recording of Tom playing it in Db, I just don't know about what would be the "original" anyway.
Ron, Have you heard about negative harmony? I was recently working on that subject in my course conclusion assignment and this was exactly one of the songs I chose! Other two were Giant steps and Autumn Leaves. The resulting is a really dark version of this bossa😂
Hi Eric, I'm just seeing this now. I've never heard of that term.
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Here's the legendary musician Bob Strauch's version with his own lyrics: th-cam.com/video/IDxLedytMm0/w-d-xo.html
Crazy!
Which real book is this?
The 6th Edition, in C. Published by Hal Leonard.
I appreciate your Journey Through the Real Book series, but please tune your piano!
Thanks for watching John! Yeah, that comes from making a new video every week. Rain or shine, as it were :)