What a brilliant musician and a wonderful chap as well. I will never forget meeting him in London and I asked him where I could get the chart for "Love and Paris Rain" for my daughter to sing. He took my address and when he got back to the USA he sent me a copy of the manuscript!
THAT'S the kind of person that he is!! Truly giving and NEVER one to hoard his tremendous knowledge. Once, at a winery in Temecula playing with his band the Yellowjackets and Stanley Jordan, he let me get on the stage and mess around with his setup WHILE PEOPLE WERE COMING IN AND GETTING SEATED. WHO tf else would do that? And I was a beginning-intermediate player back then but it was more important to him to INSPIRE me than to have a "professionally run" stage show. I'll ALWAYS love that man for giving me the confidence to follow my musical dreams not to mention the actual theoretical stuff he broke down for me on MANY occasions.
Unless you are a musician you can never know the very personal emotional language we speak to each other. Its impossible to describe. Thanks for sharing this story.
Oh wow. My heart is crying happy tears for the both of you to have had these experiences. I’ve loved him and the yellowjackets since the early 90s but have never been to a show. 😔
@@grxengine6188 I know it's 2 years on from your comment, but I sat in and played in band while on holiday in Paris (France) some years ago. The bass player was the only Frenchman, the drummer was Iranian and the sax player was from Japan, (I'm English). When we started to play (Jobim's "Desifinado" as I remember, a Brazilian tune) we were all speaking the same language. 🙂 Ain't musicthe best! (Just wanted to share... ❤.)
Russ is simply a jazz giant. 30 plus years and still making brilliant brilliant albums with the Yellowjackets. Such charm, grace and humility. Latest album Cohearance is just stunning.
I met Russell at Birdland in NYC 2 years ago and he was the nicest most humble musician and person i have ever met ... A true genius ...thank you RF ★★★
+sami aklilu I was thinking the same thing. Russ is giving up the goods here! But I guess it comes down to execution. I know i could play these chords, but not like him. AT ALL!
There's a great book by Wayne J. Naus called Beyond Functional Harmony which has a lot of interesting approaches to harmonic concepts. The book happens to have many examples based on music from The Yellowjackets. It's published by Advance Music.
There's a great book by Wayne J. Naus called Beyond Functional Harmony which has a lot of interesting approaches to harmonic concepts. The book happens to have many examples based on music from The Yellowjackets. It's published by Advance Music. It is REALLY worth checking out. Comes with a CD as well.
I favorited this video 7 years ago and only now am I truly understanding just the first 3 minutes of it. I am in such awe of this guy....still!! YellowJackets Forever!
Russell, you have inspired me as a musician and as a human being in my everyday life since i heard your playing. It has helped me through some hard times. Thank you for doing what you love and being able to share it with all of us. most importantly staying true to music and yourself. Can't say enough, Russ.
My older brother introduced me to Yellow Jackets when I was a kid. I can´t count the many times i have listened to especially the Politics, Four Corners and Greenhouse albums growing up. I was immediately mesmerized by Ferrante´s approach harmony, voicing and melody. He is just brilliant!
Along with Lyle Mays, one of the most interesting composers in jazz harmony. Not to mention the ways both of them are able to take a melodic motif and completely explore it, in an almost symphonic way. Thank you for this!!!!!!!!
So amazing! I learned this technique in all keys and since I have seen a huge development in my playing.... It's great because it allows a complex kind of sound amungs also a purity if provides.... This can be applied in so many ways... Simple pop tunes as well! Thanks Rus. and Shout out to Ruslan Sirota for bringing me to you years ago. He has helped me through out the years.
I keep coming back to this video! It's a wealth of math, love and information beyond any other 9 minutes on the planet! Thank you SO MUCH. Russell! YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!
What I like about this is you are using both hands alike and it creates such an open sound. It's similar to endings in jazz standards, keeping the same top note, etc.
This is FANTASTIC! Thank you for posting this. It will honestly change my songwriting ability. I've been in a rut, and this is exactly the help I need to climb out and expand what I do.
Lovely to finally see Russell "in person." I'm just a beginner so this is too advanced for me, but it's interesting that I was experimenting with the sound of the fifth over (i.e., after) the root, just as he started with.
incredible. The Yellowjackets sound made to sound so easy (it isn't by the way) but to understand the theory behind it is a revelation (no pun intended)
Thanks Brett and thanks Russell! The good news is that we just got the $100 lesson for free... the bad news is that now I'm tripping on this with obsession. I can see years worth of work here for me. It's like peeling the cosmic onion, never ending. I stumbled on a tritone pair this morning and got a small glimpse of what you are saying. Perfect explanation... perfect lesson for me! It was like getting a ton of compositional building blocks dumped on me all at once.
This was a great video. Thank you Russell. It also reminded me of the chapter on Chord Superimposition (Chapter 10) from the book "Improvising Jazz" by Jerry Coker. Although I may be mismatching concepts. This 8 minute video gives so much color. You paint a wonderful picture.
thank you for that . It`s an ear opener. Started to play these voiceings on my horn . This is the start of a long exploration. Wonder what new ideas will flow through me.
+grxengine You say that as if being a "musician" means you should never be impressed (also as if the fact that YOU being impressed carries any more significance than another person being impressed, but the egotistical aspect is for another day). Any musician who thinks he is no longer a student of the subject is not a musician at all.
What a brilliant musician and a wonderful chap as well. I will never forget meeting him in London and I asked him where I could get the chart for "Love and Paris Rain" for my daughter to sing. He took my address and when he got back to the USA he sent me a copy of the manuscript!
THAT'S the kind of person that he is!! Truly giving and NEVER one to hoard his tremendous knowledge. Once, at a winery in Temecula playing with his band the Yellowjackets and Stanley Jordan, he let me get on the stage and mess around with his setup WHILE PEOPLE WERE COMING IN AND GETTING SEATED. WHO tf else would do that? And I was a beginning-intermediate player back then but it was more important to him to INSPIRE me than to have a "professionally run" stage show. I'll ALWAYS love that man for giving me the confidence to follow my musical dreams not to mention the actual theoretical stuff he broke down for me on MANY occasions.
Unless you are a musician you can never know the very personal emotional language we speak to each other. Its impossible to describe. Thanks for sharing this story.
Oh wow. My heart is crying happy tears for the both of you to have had these experiences. I’ve loved him and the yellowjackets since the early 90s but have never been to a show. 😔
@@grxengine6188 I know it's 2 years on from your comment, but I sat in and played in band while on holiday in Paris (France) some years ago. The bass player was the only Frenchman, the drummer was Iranian and the sax player was from Japan, (I'm English).
When we started to play (Jobim's "Desifinado" as I remember, a Brazilian tune) we were all speaking the same language. 🙂
Ain't musicthe best! (Just wanted to share... ❤.)
This is my favorite video on all of TH-cam.
Russ is simply a jazz giant. 30 plus years and still making brilliant brilliant albums with the Yellowjackets. Such charm, grace and humility. Latest album Cohearance is just stunning.
you can play and work at music for decades, and then someone comes along and opens a new idea, and once again you are a beginning student.
So very true, an evidence that music is a God's gift, so to speak.
would you have it any other way?
Russell is fantastic. I learned more in the past 8 minutes than I had in 2 years. Such a beautiful man with a humble heart.
I met Russell at Birdland in NYC 2 years ago and he was the nicest most humble musician and person i have ever met ... A true genius ...thank you RF ★★★
Russ is simply a freakin' genius..... hands down. What a gift he has been to us all.
Russell has one of the most brilliant minds in modern music. True genius.
Amen.
I love this brother, his spirit comes out through his playing!
I might say this is the gateway to their authentic 'yellow jacket' sound. I will consider this like sharing a secret recipe.
+sami aklilu The first jacket's tune I thought of where I can hear Russ use these ideas was "Spirit of the West". Great secret recipe.
+sami aklilu I was thinking the same thing. Russ is giving up the goods here! But I guess it comes down to execution. I know i could play these chords, but not like him. AT ALL!
sami aklilu Growing is sharing. This is insider information! Such value! All I want now is the brecker brother sound.
There's a great book by Wayne J. Naus called Beyond Functional Harmony which has a lot of interesting approaches to harmonic concepts. The book happens to have many examples based on music from The Yellowjackets. It's published by Advance Music.
There's a great book by Wayne J. Naus called Beyond Functional Harmony which has a lot of interesting approaches to harmonic concepts. The book happens to have many examples based on music from The Yellowjackets. It's published by Advance Music. It is REALLY worth checking out. Comes with a CD as well.
Russel is a monster musician, very talented and plays with such good taste, met him in Germany a few years ago, it was a delight, love this guy.
I favorited this video 7 years ago and only now am I truly understanding just the first 3 minutes of it. I am in such awe of this guy....still!! YellowJackets Forever!
Russell, you have inspired me as a musician and as a human being in my everyday life since i heard your playing. It has helped me through some hard times. Thank you for doing what you love and being able to share it with all of us. most importantly staying true to music and yourself. Can't say enough, Russ.
My Hero!! Ferrante forever!
I'm going to practice these voicings.......they have a crystalline sound! Just beautiful...
I LOVE Russ... And he seems like such a humble human being... God bless him for this!
My older brother introduced me to Yellow Jackets when I was a kid. I can´t count the many times i have listened to especially the Politics, Four Corners and Greenhouse albums growing up. I was immediately mesmerized by Ferrante´s approach harmony, voicing and melody. He is just brilliant!
Along with Lyle Mays, one of the most interesting composers in jazz harmony. Not to mention the ways both of them are able to take a melodic motif and completely explore it, in an almost symphonic way. Thank you for this!!!!!!!!
So amazing! I learned this technique in all keys and since I have seen a huge development in my playing.... It's great because it allows a complex kind of sound amungs also a purity if provides.... This can be applied in so many ways... Simple pop tunes as well! Thanks Rus. and Shout out to Ruslan Sirota for bringing me to you years ago. He has helped me through out the years.
Classic Yellow Jackets sound!
A master of the keyboard. Appreciate his willingness to share.
That really opens some doors beyond classic jazz
I keep coming back to this video! It's a wealth of math, love and information beyond any other 9 minutes on the planet! Thank you SO MUCH. Russell! YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!
What a beautiful mind! Russ is such a unique and brilliant musician.
This is such an incredible lesson! Can't emphasize how much value I got.
Russell, you're genius! Love everything this guy does.
This is an awesome video. I like how he breaks it down and it doesn't get too complicated
This is by far the best jazz content creator, so much information and wisdom shared! I don't even know these wisdom exists! Thank you so much!
Big smiles....the Russell Ferrante sound man! Love it.
What I like about this is you are using both hands alike and it creates such an open sound. It's similar to endings in jazz standards, keeping the same top note, etc.
Thirty people downvoted this amazing share from Russell. I feel such sorrow for each of them. I fear they have holes in their souls.....
Russel is on of the genius of the Jazz history..
This is FANTASTIC! Thank you for posting this. It will honestly change my songwriting ability. I've been in a rut, and this is exactly the help I need to climb out and expand what I do.
I play bass, but always wanted to play piano. I've listened to the these guys for years. This is a good start....
Beautiful pianist, beautiful musician and just a beautiful human being!
What a unbelievable volume of love and ongoing believe in the simple things, that can become great achievement. Hugh thanks ❤
Harmonic colors that are beautiful and just what I needed to hear on this cloudy day, lol.
Glad you enjoyed it!
OK this guy lost me from go. Love,love,love your music. This music is pure genius and good for mind travels and soothing to the heart.
THIS IS MY DUDE! One of The Greats...
Fantastic! Superb! Amazing! Lovely sounds! Ok, I'll stop now
Great musician and a wonderful person.
the movement at 6:23 is simply beautiful... this guy is a master.
@ 6:23 I hear some Gretchen Parlato..Winter Wind?
What a great teacher-- it comes across so clearly! Cant wait to try this idea with vocal arpeggios tomorrow... Subscribed!
love this guy, his concept on jazz harmonies is just A one.
Wow! So deceptively simple and yet so potent.
Lovely to finally see Russell "in person." I'm just a beginner so this is too advanced for me, but it's interesting that I was experimenting with the sound of the fifth over (i.e., after) the root, just as he started with.
What a lovely, lovely man...I'm a fan!
Russ never ceases to amaze me. I can't wait to apply this!
Russell is a giant. And obviously, a gentle giant, at that.
Thank you, Mr. Ferrante.
I am a big fan of you!
God bless you
U made my day again Rus! Thanks for being such an inspiration ★★★★★
Thanks for that Russell. Caught the jackets at the Blue Note NYC. May 2015.
They were awesome.
Humildade total...que honra pra mim desfrutar da atenção de um grande musico como esse..
(sorry I dont speak english)
I've been such a fan of his writing. Lesson wasn't too insightful for me but his writing perspective is amazing; I love hearing him speak.
@3.57 so yellowjackets!!! I love it!!!
What a great video, amaizing sound and colour! Big Thanks
Amen.
Beautiful...
AMAZING CLASS!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! CREATING RIGHT NOW!!!
incredible. The Yellowjackets sound made to sound so easy (it isn't by the way) but to understand the theory behind it is a revelation (no pun intended)
ha ha ha.... excellent!
Thanks Brett and thanks Russell! The good news is that we just got the $100 lesson for free... the bad news is that now I'm tripping on this with obsession. I can see years worth of work here for me. It's like peeling the cosmic onion, never ending. I stumbled on a tritone pair this morning and got a small glimpse of what you are saying. Perfect explanation... perfect lesson for me! It was like getting a ton of compositional building blocks dumped on me all at once.
What a good direct way to teach this skill. Very nice
Russ is my hero of all time!
Still learning as a drummer. This is so inspirational.
He's that kind of guy.
Musicians Musician! Avid Fan & followed since the The Inside Story
I hear a possibility for a song with those progressions!!! Beautiful colors!
Excellent !! thank you Mr R.F
You just explained Copland to me. This is almost exactly how he composed progressions for Applachian Spring. Thank you!
Simply Brilliant
this guy is amazing!
the peace, humbleness and joy that come out of his shy smile is so comforting!
so is his music!
I love you Russ!
Awsome idea and really thanks for your contribution to the Jackets!
This is simply awesome.
This was a great video. Thank you Russell. It also reminded me of the chapter on Chord Superimposition (Chapter 10) from the book "Improvising Jazz" by Jerry Coker. Although I may be mismatching concepts. This 8 minute video gives so much color. You paint a wonderful picture.
Love this video. Simple, but you can dive as deep as you want to
Absolutely!
simple concept, sounds sooo good
beautiful sounds
Amazing video! Thanks so much for sharing.
Please never take this video down!!
Humility is a source of wisdom...
Well said.
Godly feeling Russell, Thanks 11000 times. JVG.
This is just great! Thank you for sharing!
Genius.. simply genius..
The sound of Bill Evans.
Absolutely, he loves cluster voicings
thank you for that . It`s an ear opener. Started to play these voiceings on my horn . This is the start of a long exploration. Wonder what new ideas will flow through me.
Great lesson ! What a pleasant person, this Rusell ! ¿ More Lessons? Ja ja ja Love Them !
Very inspiring! and I will certainly look forward to experimenting! :) Thank you very much.
Thanks for sharing, Russell. Great stuff!
Ya me había espantado, ¡pensé que no servía una de mis bocinas! Maestro Russ!
Hi Mr. ferrante
love your playing and enjoy you videos.I have learned a lot sins i heard you playing...My son of 13 also started to follow you.
Great idea and sounds!
One of the more beautiful sounds
I think the YJ recording that really introduced stacked chords is Like a River!
Brilliant!
Great!!
This is a real treasure, thanks maestro !!
Russ is a wonderfully talented fellow
This is beautiful! Thank you, Sir!
Thanks for listening
WHEW! BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT
Pure gold, thank you
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I AM a musician and THIS guy makes ME swoon. Russ is a special guy. I wished he and YellowJackets would consider venturing into film score.
+grxengine You say that as if being a "musician" means you should never be impressed (also as if the fact that YOU being impressed carries any more significance than another person being impressed, but the egotistical aspect is for another day). Any musician who thinks he is no longer a student of the subject is not a musician at all.
@@Clementine_left_me don't make YOUR thing about ME, please.