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Topic: 11 Year Old Jazz Pianist Phenom! |
Douglas Schuch
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Posted 16 May 2015 3:24 pm |
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This kid is pretty amazing! Here is a playlist of him in the studio, starting with GIANT STEPS:
https://youtu.be/f4V_uaxBVOw?list=PLiIbsO8HMZPw4a6yPmI8z5DYGtpeWCCPH
"for me jazz is a calling. I love jazz because it's about freedom to express yourself and being spontaneous, full of rhythm and full of improvisation".
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 16 May 2015 4:45 pm
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| Earnest--Back in '73, GS was part of the methodology of my teacher in Boston. It seemed like a bitch. But it must be a sign of how far I've come that now it sounds so much more accessible. Much more harmonically simple than I remembered it. Cool! |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 18 May 2015 3:23 am
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Anybody who can play My Favorite Things without me recognizing a note is all right by me.
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Those that say don't know; those that know don't say.--Buddy Emmons |
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Glenn Suchan
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Austin, Texas
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 18 May 2015 12:05 pm
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| Hey Glenn, check out my link. It's good too! |
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 18 May 2015 12:30 pm
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Cool, Brint! It's my understanding that he's playing his own arrangement. Here's another link of Joey Alexander (as a 9 or 10 year old) sittin' in with an Indonesian jazz band named Like Father Like Son (the bass player, who is also outstanding, is the son of the 'bone player):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay96-qUB0Jo
Joey's playing reminds me a little bit of Hank Jones or McCoy Tyner. Watching these 'tubes has been a watershed for me - I'm a fan. Douglas, thanks again for turning me onto Joey Alexander! 
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 19 May 2015 3:01 am
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Phenomenally good for any age. Wow! The main thing I hear is the deep musicality, something usually missing from kid virtuosi.
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Steel Guitar Books! Website: www.volkmediabooks.com |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 19 May 2015 12:15 pm
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| " I just play whatever my head is singing to me." |
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Steel Guitar Books! Website: www.volkmediabooks.com |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 21 May 2015 9:45 am
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Also from the interview..
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| It's always a challenge to play. So I always focus on being simple. Every tune is hard if I want to play it right. |
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