Mood Indigo: Journey Through The Real Book
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- čas přidán 16. 08. 2022
- Mood Indigo: Journey Through The Real Book #239 (Jazz Piano Lesson)
A jazz piano lesson to help you learn Duke Ellington’s 1931 jazz standard “Mood Indigo.”
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Understanding jazz standards 0:07
Playing the long game 0:35
Our Journey Through The Real Book 0:47
Getting to know “Mood Indigo” 1:04
Duke Ellington’s amazing 5-decade career! 1:20
“Mood Indigo’s” original key of Bb major 2:12
Fond memories 2:38
Various ways to play the tune 3:07
Duke Ellington’s first huge hit song 3:30
Early Ellington classics 3:33
The original chords in the 3rd measure 3:53
I meant to say “Ebm and Eb augmented” here 5:13
The innovative voiceleading in “Mood Indigo” 5:30
The Real Book’s intention 5:58
How jazz fake books decide which chords to use 6:16
The prevalence of the ii/V/I progression in jazz 6:30
Some pianistic textures you can use 7:26
Similar harmonies in both halves of the tune 7:59
Assimilating our musical influences 8:24
Embracing our current level 8:48
Starting “Mood Indigo” with block chords 9:26
A little melodic left-hand motion 9:34
Rhythmic interplay between the hands 9:39
Hinting at swing 9:48
Establishing a groove 9:56
LH fills 10:03
Using triplets 10:09
Simpler texture for the end of the section 10:15
Stride for the new section 10:23
Jazzing up the turnaround 10:33
Putting in a Gb7 passing chord 10:36
Back to the slow stride 10:39
An Ellington-like flourish 10:41
Harmonizing each melody note, with neighbor chords 10:43
A boogie-woogie LH pattern 10:47
Barrelhouse/blues in the LH 10:50
Returning to the original stride feel 11:03
2nd chorus - soloing 11:16
Arpeggiating the harmonized melody 11:31
Extending the arpeggios 11:35
Back to the improvised solo 11:38
A bluesier feeling 11:44
LH walking 10ths 11:51
Ellingtonia 11:54
Steady triplets in the melodic line 11:57
Wrapping up the chorus 12:05
3rd chorus - a little more rhythmic in the RH 12:10
Count Basie 12:18
Tremolos 12:24
Fast, repetitive blues licks 12:32
Digging in 12:38
A tritone substitution 12:42
Improvising with Block chords, a la George Shearing and Milt Buckner 12:45
Embellishing Ellington’s melody 12:51
Anticipating the 4th chorus 13:02
Ascending chromatically with the harmonies 13:06
I’m just seeing where this all goes! 13:13
Back to the progression with the E7 chord 13:24
Very “1930s- -40s” 13:30
Staccato notes 13:39
Continuing with the fast lines 13:42
Quoting the intro to “Take The ‘A’ Train” 13:46
Coming back to the main melody to end the section 13:49
Improvising on a motif from the melody 13:55
Getting playful with the phrasing 14:20
Coming back to the tune’s melody 14:33
Harp-like arpeggios 14:48
Varying the melody 15:17
An independent left-hand part, like Harry Carney’s baritone sax 15:32
A melodic alto voice, under the melody 15:45
Seconds 16:03
Evoking Jimmy Hamilton’s ethereal clarinet playing 16:11
Parallel 6ths 16:21
Bring the chorus to a conclusion 16:24
Finding chord voicings, out-of-tempo 16:38
A melodic LH part, with straight 8th notes 16:54
Easing back into tempo 17:05
Repeated 8th notes in the RH 17:09
Rubato again 17:15
A reflective ending 17:30
The benefits of playing a tune we’ve known for a long time 17:50
Start learning lots of tunes, now 18:17
Understanding jazz standards 18:38
Yes, you can become a fluent jazz pianist 18:42
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Enjoy the journey, and "let the music flow!"
Ron - Zábava
Amazing song, I was introduced to this song in Boardwalk Empire Season 5, last episode when Al Capone is making his last walk up the steps to get arrested. The song is emotional so it really fit in in the scene. This song was also used in The Untouchables (1987) which is a movie featuring Al Capone, so I'm guessing that's where Boardwalk empire got it from
How to make an old song sound new! Nicely done!!
Thanks Debbie! I guess that's our goal, right? Thanks for reminding us of this!
Loved it, Ron. And don't think the color of the shirt is unnoticed! Blue Indigo, indeed! Duke is smiling down right now!
Great title for a song!
great advice about learn it and play it the way you play it get comfortable with it etc
You're exuding super coolness in this one!
Thanks Rachel!
Wonderful! Thank you. Exquisite fluency, texture and expressive immediacy.
Thanks for the kind words, Chris - I'm glad you liked this!
Loved it!
Thanks David!
I love this
:)
Great performance. It reminded me of my mum's best Italian dishes : great taste, deceivingly easy to make, a few fresh ingredients blended to perfection... and an awful lot of love...
Thanks Nico - that's high praise indeed! BTW - I'm curious if your mum made dishes mostly from the specific region of Italy where you lived, or from all over the country? How much regionalism still exists with cooking in Italy? Does anybody in Sicily, for example, eat rice?
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Yes Ron, in Sicily they would also eat Risotto and the famous arancini or arancine, both rice-based. My mum used to cook mainly regional recipes aus Calabria. And yes, although some recipes are now popular across the whole of Italy, there are still 21 different regional cuisine.
@@rizzutomusic Thanks for the info, Nico. I'm glad that some traditions are being continued!
Really nice and inspiring, thank you! Wijo.
Thanks Wijo! That's my goal - to inspire you to play it as well :)
Wow. Just when I thought the improvisation was so good that you had to end it , you continued to do one better. Your feeling for Duke comes right from the soul. Doesn’t get better than that !
Thanks Arthur - yeah, it just kept on going for longer than I had expected!
It's nice of Mark Ruffalo to do these videos.
Wow! doesn't get any better! I hear echoes of Duke, Monk, Bud...
Thanks! Yep, they're all in that same bag!
It’s the voice leading. When I first read it, I hated the flat. (my sheet music is in A flat)
This is indeed one of your best. Not to diminish my praise, but my own experience is that a great piece, compatible with the instrument you play, has the best odds of generating a great performance.
Most of the versions I looked at after listening to you show a minor V followed by an altered V7 in measure 3. (NewRealBook 2 has the song in Bb.) I will definitely try out all the possibilities. I love the idea of getting to know 30 tunes before doubling back.
Hi Marsha - we think alike! Interesting about the NewRealBook2. Good for them! Have fun with the 30 tunes :)