Joy Spring: Journey Through The Real Book #197 (Jazz Piano Lesson)

A jazz piano lesson to help you learn Clifford Brown’s jazz standard “Joy Spring.”

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How to learn jazz standards on piano 0:00
Playing jazz piano in an individual way 0:33
Reversing the usual way we think about our musical development 1:00
Hale Smith on the importance of ear training 1:40
Billy Taylor’s warmth and generosity 2:05
The first Clifford Brown – Max Roach album 3:03
Learning the melody of “Joy Spring” 4:06
Rhythm section “hits” in hard bop 4:42
Analyzing the tune’s musical form 5:01
The value of slow and persistent practice 5:18
Taking a lick from the melody through all 12 keys 5:44
Using bebop melodies to learn the style’s vocabulary 6:05
A simple-yet-effective left hand concept under bebop melodies 6:20
A solo jazz piano performance of “Joy Spring” 8:00
Beginning the 1st improvised chorus with a C pedal point 8:44
Using the melody’s triplet figure during the solo 9:01
Improvising in a lower register during the bridge 9:22
A simpler style of improvising than bebop 9:36
Left hand rootless chord voicings 9:46
Improvising with trills 9:50
Rhythmic interplay under a 2-note motif 10:16
Using more of the piano’s range 10:35
Block chords over a C pedal point in octaves 11:39
Continuing to improvise with block chords 11:48
Walking bass on the bridge and last A section 12:08
Reprising the melody, with left hand counterpoint 12:35
Summary of pianistic techniques used during the performance 13:45
Creating your own musical scene 14:18
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Ron

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