Erroll Garner is one of my favorite jazz pianists alongside Bud Powell, Art Tatum, Sun Ra, Ahmad Jamal, and Thelonious Monk. Many others too, ofc. So much great music left for us by these giants of men, even when they were walking it must have leaned with a swing! Erroll had a great gift and I take much inspiration from him in my own music, even though our sounds are very different (and of course, I'm not as good as him yet, not that it's a competition.) I hope one day that my music can touch people's hearts and make them laugh and weep and smile and gnash their teeth and feel confused by what is going on while having this questioning lead them to clarity with what they want from music. One can dream, and I feel like dreaming helps me learn to play better instead of seeing these feats as unachievable and other-worldly. Thank you so much for posting this, it's among the best Garner recordings I've heard.
Erroll Garner is one of my favorite jazz pianists alongside Bud Powell, Art Tatum, Sun Ra, Ahmad Jamal, and Thelonious Monk. Many others too, ofc. So much great music left for us by these giants of men, even when they were walking it must have leaned with a swing! Erroll had a great gift and I take much inspiration from him in my own music, even though our sounds are very different (and of course, I'm not as good as him yet, not that it's a competition.) I hope one day that my music can touch people's hearts and make them laugh and weep and smile and gnash their teeth and feel confused by what is going on while having this questioning lead them to clarity with what they want from music. One can dream, and I feel like dreaming helps me learn to play better instead of seeing these feats as unachievable and other-worldly. Thank you so much for posting this, it's among the best Garner recordings I've heard.
That's so sweet! Sending love
we're fortunate to see this in action. his mind and the piano are fused together.
ERROLL GARNER... WAS A GENIUS. HE HAD A UNIQUE STYLE...
Erroll played the impossible. It's as simple as that. As a (jazz) pianist he was without equal.
formidable improvisateur, formidable main gauche..
Nothin to it, effortless - for a genius!
on another level
The name of this tune, please.
Just found out that it's actually one of Erroll Garner's originals called "Afinidad" and is a rather rare live version of this tune.