hook me up, get a 88 keys midi piano with some hammer action. Preferably Yamaha, some good sounding software, doesn't have to be big, and train day to day. First learn how to play existing pieces outside of jazz. Romance or something. Start with Satie. Develop, play without having watch the notes (memorize). After a while some primitive improvisation will come out. Train day to day. After a few years you will eventually be where this guy is now!
bullshit. this guy studied Bill Evans transcriptions and spent long hard hours retraining his classical hands to play block chord style, alternated scales, riffs, etc. You don't get to this level by only listening and playing around with some Satie. It's a lot of work.
videos like this here are the only reason for me to keep on practising over and over again. the piano is such a hard instrument to master. thanks a lot!
lovely. I'm a drummer who has been learning jazz piano for 4 months and it's videos like this that keep my head in the jazz piano book. Thank you. Beautiful voicings.
You are an inspiration to pick up playing the keys...a style that heightens the experience of listening to your pieces. I know some establishments that would pay top dollar for talent like yours. The atmosphere you would create, would be priceless. Nobody would leave. Thank you for the experience.
I am a guitarist and i play a wide variety of styles from jazz and classic to rock and blues folk i just try to learn everything that i like no matter what style it is. But for smooth jazz i'd love to learn playing the piano like this. Its just soo soothing.
I was actually playing this track on my speakers as I was playing my saxophone and I gotta say even though I was improvising over it it came out something beautiful. It really pains me to see such a beautiful art form slowly die out due to main stream music that is produced with barely minimal talent if any. They say only the real music is gonna last but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore now and days.
I don't think I could play this for someone and have them evoke a negative response. This music sounds good to people, its just that modern pop music has awesome marketing, so people will naturally gravitate towards it.
I agree with you that what is popular now is formulaic, targeted and basically just marketing for an artist's 'brand,' but if you want that to change, and you don't want 'real music' to die out, than go listen to, and support the people trying to do it now. People like BADBADNOTGOOD, or Kamasi Washington, or Mac DeMarco, or Chance the Rapper (who you should give a genuine chance if you like gospel at all). It just bothers me that people complain about what is popular now, but don't support the things that they think should be popular. If people decide that they want 'real music,' the market will deliver.
Great, Alfonso, how you give extensive information about the tunes you are playing. That is quite unusual in the business of cocktail piano, and qualifies you as a great teacher. I really appreciate how much you share, dear friend ... and I am eager to learn more from you ...
Hi Mikesuissa,my arrangements are improvised, most of the songs "jazz standard" I read from the "Jazz Fake Book" and then arrange the way I do. Thanks for your interest in my music
Autumn Leaves is one of the most played and well known jazz standard: any average jazz listener could feel the original melody of this tune given the first chord. There are BILLIONS of "standard" improvs on the usual melody of this song and in order to bring the listener something new and enjoyable, one is surely allowed to thoroughly change the melody and make harmonic variations: the mixing between the improvisation you listen and the melody you have in mind is what you are supposed to enjoy.
I can learn volumes from you. I love the beautiful and controlled dissonance of your playing. Do you happen to have a midi or printed sheet rendition of this song complete with your substitutions by chance? I would love to learn your specific approach to this, one of my all time favorite songs. I look forward to your reply.
What was that nice 'turn around' chord u used at :30? -Nice Doc! You are awesome! I wish I could play like this. Part of my problem is while at work I did all that talking about when I retired I was going to practice everyday!...now that I'm retired...ha haaa lol -sounded great man!
i would love to get the sheet music for this.... i really want to play this tune.. i know its improvisation, but its such a nice version of autumn leaves. exactly my taste
great interpretation. I like it very much. This is 5th or 6th time i listen to this clip :) I also was listening Your other work. Great sensitivity and feelin'
I learned to play this song a couple weeks ago, and your improvisation is just wonderful! Wich I could play like that... It was a bit hard to hear the melody between all the improvised notes and chords, but I liked it this way...
the piano is a yamaha dgx620, but i used here only the keyboard with "Midi Usb" from this yamaha. The sound is a Steinway Black Grand from Sampletekk, you need a computer with 3 ghz, ram min.2 GB. hard disk with 15 Gb and min.7200 rpm, a soundcard with asio driver and a NI Kontakt software to load this piano.
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Wow. Who gave this less than 5 stars? This is definitely the best rendition of autumn leaves on youtube.
i think i can listen to this all day.
wow.What a level of jazz piano playing. One day I want to be on that same level and I wonder if I ever will be there
hook me up, get a 88 keys midi piano with some hammer action. Preferably Yamaha, some good sounding software, doesn't have to be big, and train day to day. First learn how to play existing pieces outside of jazz. Romance or something. Start with Satie. Develop, play without having watch the notes (memorize). After a while some primitive improvisation will come out. Train day to day. After a few years you will eventually be where this guy is now!
TheOneRaf Thank you for this comment.
Well, I wish you good luck to achieve your dreams or envies.
bullshit. this guy studied Bill Evans transcriptions and spent long hard hours retraining his classical hands to play block chord style, alternated scales, riffs, etc. You don't get to this level by only listening and playing around with some Satie. It's a lot of work.
are you there yet, man? if you are, i wanna start practicing
This might be the greatest rendition of this song like ever !
Thanks! :-)
@@AlfonsoGugliucci you replied!! thanks. What was your training up until this point when you played this song ?
Your sense of harmony is simply amazing
I absolutely live and breathe II V I 's. If you're a jazz improvisionist, you'll get it. I love this version.
Fantastique ! Ce morceau est tellement paisible, on peut imaginer toute une ambiance derrière ces notes.
videos like this here are the only reason for me to keep on practising over and over again. the piano is such a hard instrument to master. thanks a lot!
I am more happier to be alive after listening to this. What a pleasure!
lovely. I'm a drummer who has been learning jazz piano for 4 months and it's videos like this that keep my head in the jazz piano book. Thank you. Beautiful voicings.
Yea, awesome.
Both screens are an great combination
Wow, very "bill evans". you 've got it man
Who needs Xanax when one can listen to you Alfonzo, playing all these great standards.
Steve.
You are an inspiration to pick up playing the keys...a style that heightens the experience of listening to your pieces. I know some establishments that would pay top dollar for talent like yours. The atmosphere you would create, would be priceless. Nobody would leave. Thank you for the experience.
I am a guitarist and i play a wide variety of styles from jazz and classic to rock and blues folk i just try to learn everything that i like no matter what style it is.
But for smooth jazz i'd love to learn playing the piano like this. Its just soo soothing.
You have great skill with ballads in painting a picture with the keyboard. Very reflective but inventive as well. Cheers.
I was actually playing this track on my speakers as I was playing my saxophone and I gotta say even though I was improvising over it it came out something beautiful. It really pains me to see such a beautiful art form slowly die out due to main stream music that is produced with barely minimal talent if any. They say only the real music is gonna last but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore now and days.
thank you
its not about the actual music, if something dies is becpuse poeple just dont listen to it anymore
coltwalkerjr yeah, more like, lack of people not searching anything and just go the easy way and listten to wjat everyone listens
I don't think I could play this for someone and have them evoke a negative response. This music sounds good to people, its just that modern pop music has awesome marketing, so people will naturally gravitate towards it.
I agree with you that what is popular now is formulaic, targeted and basically just marketing for an artist's 'brand,' but if you want that to change, and you don't want 'real music' to die out, than go listen to, and support the people trying to do it now. People like BADBADNOTGOOD, or Kamasi Washington, or Mac DeMarco, or Chance the Rapper (who you should give a genuine chance if you like gospel at all). It just bothers me that people complain about what is popular now, but don't support the things that they think should be popular. If people decide that they want 'real music,' the market will deliver.
I hear a lot of Evans in your sound. Really excellent.
Great, Alfonso, how you give extensive information about the tunes you are playing. That is quite unusual in the business of cocktail piano, and qualifies you as a great teacher. I really appreciate how much you share, dear friend ... and I am eager to learn more from you ...
Amazing chords between 47s and 51s...beautiful!!!
Thanks!
What you are playing there makes me...."wow" !
The chords you are using are so beautiful...thanks a lot, sir...
Fantastica questa tua versione:
sono rimasto incantato e senza parole,così come mi succede,ogni volta che ascolto capolavori musicali.
Grazie.
This piano is so nice. I only wish I could play like this! This takes me to far away places man! Cheers.
Very calming and relaxing then a nice surprise section starting at 3:04 until 4:10 and then back to the calmness for the ending. Well done.
Wonderful!!! Excellent command of the keyboard!
your pianostyle ist great, you are a gorgeous pianist...
Bellissimo! Bravissimo e complimenti per la tecnica pianistica! Manu.
Fantastic improv!
i'm a drummer, not a pianist, but i've been very impressed by your playing... compliments :)
Bellissima interpretazione! 👌
Grazie! Ciao
Wonderful harmony.
Love this instruction method! Perfect for advanced pianists to quickly pick up a song. Grazie!
Did you memorize this piece or was it an instant improvisation? Improvisation this level is just so magical.
Great job, sounds smooth and flowing.
Very nice jazz improvisation.
Hi Mikesuissa,my arrangements are improvised, most of the songs "jazz standard" I read from the "Jazz Fake Book" and then arrange the way I do. Thanks for your interest in my music
Bellissima interpretazione. Complimenti davvero.
Relaxing...maybe I'll use this for studying my homework...
meraviglioso... mi si scioglie qualcosa dentro... note accarezzate...suono liquido.
grazie
this rendition was the first time i heard autumn leaves
i was like amazing!
then i listened to the original
and this became even more amazing.
Bravo. Il piano solo, è sempre qualcosa di molto affascinante.
i could listen to music played like this all day & Night.. :)
Very cool Max, i loved it
beautiful harmonies.
Great Composition !
I wish I could download this to my phone or iTunes or something. Its so therapeutic & anointed!
YOU CAN!! Just type 'youtube to Mp3' in a new tab and copy and paste the URL then download!
Put 'ss' in front of 'TH-cam' in the URL bar (should read: ssyoutube.com)
Autumn Leaves is one of the most played and well known jazz standard: any average jazz listener could feel the original melody of this tune given the first chord. There are BILLIONS of "standard" improvs on the usual melody of this song and in order to bring the listener something new and enjoyable, one is surely allowed to thoroughly change the melody and make harmonic variations: the mixing between the improvisation you listen and the melody you have in mind is what you are supposed to enjoy.
This is a wonderful song! I love it.
Absolutely beautiful and much respect!
Thanks!
Impressive. I'm working on improvisation myself. You're dang good.
beautiful improvisation!
Just amazing
such smooth modulation between chords. Love it!
Wonderfully played
bello, molto bello. bel pianismo, bravo.
Great Job! Very "Evans-esque"!
0:32 I need to remember this part for my inspiration
I love this guy.
I very love the your you Harmonize it,It's so touch.
Chordial knowledge is amazing
wow..mi emozioni quanto bill evans. grazie Maestro!
very good job...sounds great most of the time
Very nice played!
Congrants!! I know you had a lot of work to get there!!
pura passione italiana....grande!
Wow! I love it !
smashing! hatching! splendid!
great work
Sounds great
well that was just GREAT, thanks for sharing
Incredible.
Wonderful!
very nice voicing
wonderful
I can learn volumes from you. I love the beautiful and controlled dissonance of your playing. Do you happen to have a midi or printed sheet rendition of this song complete with your substitutions by chance? I would love to learn your specific approach to this, one of my all time favorite songs. I look forward to your reply.
What was that nice 'turn around' chord u used at :30? -Nice Doc! You are awesome!
I wish I could play like this. Part of my problem is while at work I did all that talking about when I retired I was going to practice everyday!...now that I'm retired...ha haaa lol -sounded great man!
oh so nice! so now it'S my abolutly favourite channel!!!!
Really beautiful and interesting!
Thanks standrewsgrad1, this is an improvisation.Most of the songs "jazz standard" I read from the "Real Jazz Book" and then arrange the way I do
amazing job my friend!
i would love to get the sheet music for this.... i really want to play this tune.. i know its improvisation, but its such a nice version of autumn leaves. exactly my taste
great interpretation. I like it very much. This is 5th or 6th time i listen to this clip :)
I also was listening Your other work. Great sensitivity and feelin'
OH MY GOD, this is beautiful
Really beautiful with sensitivity and feelin' , also I was listening Your other work and it's always great :)
wonderful.
Awesome
so impressive sounds. Thanx u!
I learned to play this song a couple weeks ago, and your improvisation is just wonderful!
Wich I could play like that... It was a bit hard to hear the melody between all the improvised notes and chords, but I liked it this way...
quanto vorrei poter suonare il pianoforte...stupendo...presumo sia lo strumento....che faccia più vibrare le corde dell'anima...
hey man! congratulations!!! great pianist!!! i wish play piano like thet some day...
wow man thats like really good
AWESOME!
Hilde
good player.Her improve is extreme.
*YES good version!*
You should send some of your work to iTunes, I bet they would pick you up in a heart beat and my ipod deffinetly needs you.
"I wish I could play like this." What?! Have any of you seen ebufford's music uploads? He's killin' that Hammond!
very beautiful!
pianista molto fine armonicamente super preparato
beautiful!
sounds great!
the piano is a yamaha dgx620, but i used here only the keyboard with "Midi Usb" from this yamaha. The sound is a Steinway Black Grand from Sampletekk, you need a computer with 3 ghz, ram min.2 GB. hard disk with 15 Gb and min.7200 rpm, a soundcard with asio driver and a NI Kontakt software to load this piano.