Jazz+ Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Here's the swingingest, most relaxed jazz piano playing ever: Rare clips: Blues in F (piano solo starts at :32 seconds)http://youtube.com/watch?v=hBwrv6RtvtA On Green Dolphin Street (piano solo starts at 3:45)http://youtube.com/watch?v=oT2GPo4JsGY . Harry Likas was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Find 700 of Harry’s piano arrangements of standards for educational purposes and jazz piano tutorials at www.Patreon.com/HarryLikas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 Most jazz pianists consider Wynton Kelly to be the most swinging jazz pianist ever. An analysis of his eighth notes reveals that he ferequently varied his swing ratios. Sometimes he had a tendency to play eighth notes closer to straight-eighth notes rather than the more traditional swing-eighth notes, and also to play more on "top of " the beat and less "laid back" than was the custom of earlier pianists. Kelly also tended to play his more even eighth-note lines with a fairly staccato touch. This stylistic trait lead the way for pianists such as McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock who adopted and expanded on this concept, for a more "modern" sound. Kelly can be heard playing with this time concept on "All The Things You Are" at :09 seconds and :22 seconds and again at :29 seconds http://www.box.net/shared/2xx2o93wg8 Harry Likas was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Find 700 of Harry’s piano arrangements of standards for educational purposes and jazz piano tutorials at www.Patreon.com/HarryLikas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 . https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 2005 NY Steinway D, Yamaha AvantGrand N3X, CP88, P515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferris Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 https://soundcloud.com/dave-ferris https://www.youtube.com/@daveferris2709 2005 NY Steinway D, Yamaha AvantGrand N3X, CP88, P515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Wynton Kelly was a fine jazz pianist. Amazingly, Miles wanted him to play more like Ahmad Jamal. I'm sure he knew and appreciated Kelly in his own right too. Thanks for posting J+. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam241 Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Youtube is woefully lacking in wynton kelly videos. Get us more of that instead of all the other crapo videos with famous peoples' names in their tags...heh Edit: #$%*.......Jimmy Cobb....man oh man Edit again: When they break into The Theme after that blues...whooooooooooooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Here's the swingingest, most relaxed jazz piano playing ever: Rare clips: Blues in F (piano solo starts at :32 seconds) http://youtube.com/watch?v=hBwrv6RtvtA On Green Dolphin Street (piano solo starts at 3:45) http://youtube.com/watch?v=oT2GPo4JsGY . These clips are not rare. The entire show is available on DVD as part of the Jazz Icons series. Jazz Icons: John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65 Highly recommended. I also recommend the Wes Montgomery in this series, as well as the Count Basie, Monk, and Dizzy. I have not seen the others, but I bet they are just as good. Well worth the bread. Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Oh and the Art Blakey is killin', too. Jazz Icons DVDs are sweet! Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Has anyone seen the Quincy Jones one? He's leading a band that has Clark Terry, one of my favorites, in it and I came THIS CLOSE to buying it the other day. Any thoughts? Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanker. Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Most jazz pianists consider Wynton Kelly to be the most swinging jazz pianist ever. An analysis of his eighth notes reveals that he ferequently varied his swing ratios. Sometimes he had a tendency to play eighth notes closer to straight-eighth notes rather than the more traditional swing-eighth notes, and also to play more on "top of " the beat and less "laid back" than was the custom of earlier pianists. Kelly also tended to play his more even eighth-note lines with a fairly staccato touch. This stylistic trait lead the way for pianists such as McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock who adopted and expanded on this concept, for a more "modern" sound. Kelly can be heard playing with this time concept on "All The Things You Are" at :09 seconds and :22 seconds and again at :29 seconds http://www.box.net/shared/2xx2o93wg8 Dude, that's overanalyzing things a bit too much, don't you think? A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Amazing coincidence... I've listened to "Kelly Blue" yesterday! Most jazz pianists consider Wynton Kelly to be the most swinging jazz pianist ever. An analysis of his eighth notes reveals that he ferequently varied his swing ratios. Sometimes he had a tendency to play eighth notes closer to straight-eighth notes rather than the more traditional swing-eighth notes, and also to play more on "top of " the beat and less "laid back" than was the custom of earlier pianists. Kelly also tended to play his more even eighth-note lines with a fairly staccato touch. This stylistic trait lead the way for pianists such as McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock who adopted and expanded on this concept, for a more "modern" sound. Thanks Jazz+, what you're saying is quite true. Kelly is considered the king of '50 swing... until someone notices that his eights are (sometimes) not so 'swinged' after all. Does this make him less of a swinger? Not at all - it's just the umpteenth demonstration that there's much more to swing than "swing eights": It's a whole world of attitude, accents, separations, touch, syncopations... all coming from African music really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loving Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 what's a "swing ratio"? Like swing-to-mickey? just kidding... anyway Wynton Kelly is one of my favorites. "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Most jazz pianists consider Wynton Kelly to be the most swinging jazz pianist ever. An analysis of his eighth notes reveals that he ferequently varied his swing ratios. Sometimes he had a tendency to play eighth notes closer to straight-eighth notes rather than the more traditional swing-eighth notes, and also to play more on "top of " the beat and less "laid back" than was the custom of earlier pianists. Kelly also tended to play his more even eighth-note lines with a fairly staccato touch. This stylistic trait lead the way for pianists such as McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock who adopted and expanded on this concept, for a more "modern" sound. Kelly can be heard playing with this time concept on "All The Things You Are" at :09 seconds and :22 seconds and again at :29 seconds http://www.box.net/shared/2xx2o93wg8 Dude, that's overanalyzing things a bit too much, don't you think? Not really overanalysis - simply a cut and paste from Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 User contributions From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For Jazz+ # 23:40, 5 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Wynton Kelly (top) # 23:35, 5 January 2008 (hist) (diff) Wynton Kelly Harry Likas was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Find 700 of Harry’s piano arrangements of standards for educational purposes and jazz piano tutorials at www.Patreon.com/HarryLikas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewImprov Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 These clips are not rare. The entire show is available on DVD as part of the Jazz Icons series. Jazz Icons: John Coltrane Live in '60, '61 & '65 Highly recommended. I also recommend the Wes Montgomery in this series, as well as the Count Basie, Monk, and Dizzy. I have not seen the others, but I bet they are just as good. Well worth the bread. The Jazz Icons series is excellent! I have the Coltrane, which, BTW not only has Wynton Kelly and McCoy, but Oscar Peterson sits in on a tune! What an amazing era! The Mingus one is awesome as well, Mingus's last tour with Eric Dolphy, and has Jaki Byard on piano, amazing stuff. I have the Rahsaan one on order, should be in Tuesday. Turn up the speaker Hop, flop, squawk It's a keeper -Captain Beefheart, Ice Cream for Crow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephonic Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Wynton Kelly definitely one of my faves, no one does block chords as funky as he does. In fact, very, very few are that funky (Hancock, Kenny Kirkland but there it is). local: Korg Nautilus 73 | Yamaha MODX8 away: GigPerformer home: Kawai RX-2 | Korg D1 | Roland Fantom X7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephonic Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Here's the swingingest, most relaxed jazz piano playing ever: Rare clips: Blues in F (piano solo starts at :32 seconds) http://youtube.com/watch?v=hBwrv6RtvtA On Green Dolphin Street (piano solo starts at 3:45) http://youtube.com/watch?v=oT2GPo4JsGY . Thanks for this! Really enjoyed it. The other Quintets are more famous, but I still think that for pure groove this was the tightest rhythm section ever. Off the hook! local: Korg Nautilus 73 | Yamaha MODX8 away: GigPerformer home: Kawai RX-2 | Korg D1 | Roland Fantom X7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewImprov Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Thanks for this! Really enjoyed it. The other Quintets are more famous, but I still think that for pure groove this was the tightest rhythm section ever. Off the hook! Interesting trivia, from the liner notes from the John Coltrane DVD that the above videos come from: This show was part of a package tour including the Miles Quintet, Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson. Getz and Peterson both did TV appearances, and Miles was scheduled to do one as well. The day of the show, Miles backed out, so the show became the John Coltrane Quartet, with Miles' rhythm section. Turn up the speaker Hop, flop, squawk It's a keeper -Captain Beefheart, Ice Cream for Crow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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