How Bill Evans Practiced Harmony

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  • In this video Adam and Peter talk about Bill Evans' approach to practicing harmony. Adam has a few hot tips to get your playing on track to sound like the jazz legend we all know and love.
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    0:00 Intro jam
    2:23 Show intro
    2:43 You'll Hear It LIVE! in NYC
    4:52 Lou Donaldson story
    6:00 SATB for piano
    7:41 Stella example
    27:31 GALA!
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  • @thomasbrzezina8206
    @thomasbrzezina8206 2 місяці тому +219

    One of my favorite parts of your shows is your opening jam. You guys should seriously consider making a duet album.

    • @johnsaade3300
      @johnsaade3300 2 місяці тому +18

      Agreed! They should also make a closing jam. The album is a fantastic idea, i really think they could take jazz piano to a new horizon with some funk, bee bop and soul mixture

    • @khadijahsimon7998
      @khadijahsimon7998 2 місяці тому +1

      I second this!

    • @kenkinnally6144
      @kenkinnally6144 2 місяці тому

      ​@@johnsaade3300Bee Bop. Live at the Hive!

    • @stevemiller6321
      @stevemiller6321 2 місяці тому

      Useless dead air.

    • @khadijahsimon7998
      @khadijahsimon7998 2 місяці тому

      @@stevemiller6321 Hey, don’t talk about yourself like that!

  • @walkercatenaccio
    @walkercatenaccio 2 місяці тому +110

    When I studied Bach in college, they made us learn to play any three voices of the chorale and sing the fourth. Maybe the best single exercise I've encountered. This is like that.

  • @kaviththanthulage3456
    @kaviththanthulage3456 2 місяці тому +56

    You guys are so ridiculously good at jamming together...

  • @chiefhaddon1913
    @chiefhaddon1913 2 місяці тому +31

    Adam is becoming TOO powerful now. Going punch for punch with Peter is no joke - not like there’s many who can even do that in the first place 🔥🔥 beyond inspiring. You guys continue to read my mind and tackle all the jazz piano topics and questions I’ve always wondered about but didn’t know how to articulate. It’s eerie. Thank you for this unbelievably high quality info and insight you guys share with us on a regular basis.

  • @palmiras100
    @palmiras100 2 місяці тому +27

    Now, that's rapport and easy friendship. That just feels great.

  • @christophergray6609
    @christophergray6609 2 місяці тому +27

    Opening jam always killing

  • @pnojazz
    @pnojazz 2 місяці тому +9

    Peter was playing so well and then he starts talking!😂

  • @rongreg7160
    @rongreg7160 2 місяці тому +13

    I'm from Europe. I follow you for some time. I l'm a Jazz Enthusiast. Your show is great! Pls just continue!!!

  • @DovidM
    @DovidM Місяць тому +1

    Albert Riemenschneider has a harmonized edition of Bach chorales for the piano. It is a good introduction to understanding chorale writing for pianists.

  • @christophueberhorst7924
    @christophueberhorst7924 2 місяці тому

    Wow, gorgeous duo playing!!!!

  • @Mildly_Unsuccessful_Individual
    @Mildly_Unsuccessful_Individual 2 місяці тому

    Thanks, guys 🙌🏼

  • @drshanemaule
    @drshanemaule 2 місяці тому +1

    Just recently discovered the channel and I'm loving all the videos/podcast. Just wanted to say thanks for all you guys do! After music school, I ended up getting a more "normal job" (dentist). After graduating and finishing all my school, I realized how much I was missing the jazz hang. But jazz cats be cats and can be a little vibey these days. Nice to hear others talking about something I'm still passionate about. Listening to you guys makes it feel like I'm back in the community.

  • @EtiKai13
    @EtiKai13 2 місяці тому +3

    I´m practising Beautiful Love a lot at the moment for my conservatory auditions in about a week, so this opening jam was super inspiring!

  • @SissyBoy-ey6mg
    @SissyBoy-ey6mg 2 місяці тому +9

    Nice to know Paul Schaefer got another gig after Letterman.

  • @chasinright
    @chasinright 2 місяці тому

    Guys, the improv cold opens are gold! Keep ‘em coming!

  • @L0uish10
    @L0uish10 2 місяці тому +1

    This is probably my favourite ever episode. I would love to see a whole course teaching this concept on a bunch of tunes!

  • @AllIn1Studio
    @AllIn1Studio 2 місяці тому +1

    What a blast. Gorgeous! Tasteful trading!!

  • @dallasmtrumpet
    @dallasmtrumpet Місяць тому +1

    I have so much work to do! Thanks for the inspiration, time to practice!

  • @johnchapman5037
    @johnchapman5037 2 місяці тому +3

    Clare Fischer books: Harmnoic Exercises for Piano and Alone Together/Just Me

  • @adamrafferty
    @adamrafferty 2 місяці тому +3

    Great Stella you guys!

  • @JJBerthume
    @JJBerthume 2 місяці тому +2

    That opening was 🔥🔥🔥

  • @carolradoi2693
    @carolradoi2693 2 місяці тому +3

    i honestly get so upset with the like count. i think these guys deserve so much more attention

  • @tomsiegel9759
    @tomsiegel9759 2 місяці тому

    I always love the instructional episodes. I generally get a nugget of something to work on.
    I'm glad I watched this one rather than caught audio only. The checked version of Peter is comically uncomfortable to watch! I totally know the feeling!
    Maybe it's an interesting practice for those of us whose brains move a little fast.
    Peter, don't sweat too hard bro! We love you.

  • @guymann7614
    @guymann7614 2 місяці тому +1

    You guys sound great !❤

  • @elidranow
    @elidranow 2 місяці тому

    Loving it 🎉🎉🎉

  • @brandex2011
    @brandex2011 2 місяці тому

    Great intro jam on "Stella". Thanks for that!

  • @KAMOYA17
    @KAMOYA17 2 місяці тому +1

    I’m watching from South Africa. Lovely stuff gents

  • @gfirester
    @gfirester 2 місяці тому +1

    Killer playing ,
    Adam!!

  • @Mezzomusicltd
    @Mezzomusicltd 2 місяці тому +1

    great find!

  • @s.webbsentell1411
    @s.webbsentell1411 2 місяці тому

    you guys are great!...so great...I catch some of your individual stuff but there is somethings here in this joy of synergy thing guys...Namste!

  • @monoswinger
    @monoswinger 2 місяці тому +2

    Stella

  • @Kaimusic0
    @Kaimusic0 2 місяці тому

    That opening was amazing man

  • @maciekwoo
    @maciekwoo 2 місяці тому

    "You start soundin' like Haydn" :D
    I love the show - thank you for your awesome work Peter and Adam

  • @showrunner2183
    @showrunner2183 2 місяці тому

    I love this

  • @raneyjr
    @raneyjr 2 місяці тому

    Love these discussions. I think Evans has mentioned really being into the great arrangers, Herbie too. I think that helps with imagining voices creatively and independently. His rendition of Goodbye which takes some things from the original arrangement comes to mind. Herbie’s intro to Stella on Miles in Concert also is great example of the rootless idea. Those 6ths in the beginning, wow!

  • @tomaspuente2457
    @tomaspuente2457 2 місяці тому +2

    As a guitar player, I love listening and learning from piano players and their mindset regarding harmony and melodies. Loved this video! Thank you.
    P.S: masterful and tasteful opening jam

  • @JohnColerMusic
    @JohnColerMusic 2 місяці тому +1

    Y’all crushed that intro. So many Bill Evanisms in there.

  • @stevemassengill9236
    @stevemassengill9236 2 місяці тому

    Awesome

  • @peterarmstrong6624
    @peterarmstrong6624 2 місяці тому +7

    As a jazz aficionado and clergyman, I think I need to come on the pod and teach them about Fulton Sheen, the namesake of their nyc venue (which I lived a block away from for 6 years) 😂

  • @fritzfischer3648
    @fritzfischer3648 Місяць тому

    The u in Fux is like the oo in book. Greetings from Germany and thanks for all the great content.

  • @SamJeffersonMusic
    @SamJeffersonMusic 2 місяці тому +4

    I can't get over Peter saying "bottom" for bass 🤣

  • @tomwhaley3335
    @tomwhaley3335 2 місяці тому +1

    Killed the intro

  • @clintjones9848
    @clintjones9848 2 місяці тому

    You guys are shredding! Imo, you guys are part of the jazz lineage.

  • @williamclark9973
    @williamclark9973 2 місяці тому

    Bleecker Street is in the heart of Greenwich Village. Downtown is something else.

  • @albertocorrea5536
    @albertocorrea5536 Місяць тому

    Great!!! ❤

  • @CWBella
    @CWBella 2 місяці тому

    Would love for you to come out to the West Coast for a live YHI. 😊

  • @armloumelanson7160
    @armloumelanson7160 Місяць тому

    Great lesson - Kevin Hays does a reharm of Stella called Twilight on his album The Dreamer (Doug Weiss & Bill Stewart) - they just destroy on this! There used to be a video of them doing Twilight at Smalls (or 55Bar) but sadly disappeared from utube. Hays was playin a Rhodes with some hvy distortion - magnificent organic playing and band just smokin...

  • @joelgevirtz6181
    @joelgevirtz6181 2 місяці тому

    This was a great episode. I got a lot out of it...

  • @rodrigomunozmarmolejo9337
    @rodrigomunozmarmolejo9337 2 місяці тому

    would love to go to the gayla 😪 but I'm exactly 5125 miles away from NY. Greetings from Santiago, Chile 🖖🎹🎶❤‍🔥

  • @DeepCrossing1
    @DeepCrossing1 2 місяці тому

    I just learnt this place existed 😮 holy fk that was some fantastic analysis, thanks boys 🙏

  • @musiccreation1198
    @musiccreation1198 2 місяці тому +2

    Stellar musicianship...smh...well done!!

  • @Meuszik
    @Meuszik 2 місяці тому +1

    lol you didn’t have to go that hard off the bat but you did and that’s why we love you

  • @jazzman1945ify
    @jazzman1945ify 2 місяці тому

    Very good exercise! I recommend that every pianist learn them not on the piano, but on a keyboard with good Strings sound, in order to truly appreciate the movement of each voice.In this way I play vocalized pieces by Tchaikovsky for piano.

  • @KyleWhitlock-Music
    @KyleWhitlock-Music 2 місяці тому +1

    Just delicious, simply delicious!

  • @geocosmicvalentine
    @geocosmicvalentine 2 місяці тому +1

    GALA 4-12 😎👍🏽🎹🌍💖

  • @arkeys74
    @arkeys74 2 місяці тому

    Great episode guys! I feel inspired 😃

  • @angelvoicemusic
    @angelvoicemusic Місяць тому

    Love to hear you both playing. Can you please tell me, what gear you play in this video? Are the sounds software? Keyscape? Or are those Digital Pianos with internal sounds? I play softwarepiano, but still am not satisfied with timing behaviour of the whole system. Transporting MIDI- Data to the DAW is critical. It sounds like your systems work quite fast and precise.

  • @mauryallums2898
    @mauryallums2898 2 місяці тому

    This was 👍🏽

  • @BruceCassidy
    @BruceCassidy 2 місяці тому

    Bach breaks your heart when he breaks the rules!❤

  • @arthurroschbooksandmusic7700
    @arthurroschbooksandmusic7700 2 місяці тому +1

    My granma used to own two buildings on Laclede. I lived in one of her apartments for a while after high school. The view outside your window reminds me of the area. I know you guys are near there. I think the neighborhood has changed. You guys are there!

    • @hank1519
      @hank1519 Місяць тому

      Where is this?

    • @arthurroschbooksandmusic7700
      @arthurroschbooksandmusic7700 Місяць тому +1

      @@hank1519 St. Louis in what is or was the Chase Hotel Building on Grand Ave. I think.

    • @hank1519
      @hank1519 Місяць тому

      @@arthurroschbooksandmusic7700 Thank you so much!

  • @janbellemans308
    @janbellemans308 2 місяці тому

    Hi guys, may I ask what Rhodes & piano instruments or plugins you're using for the opening jams? They sound very good.

  • @veim22222
    @veim22222 Місяць тому

    Jesus christ 😂😂They spazzed on the intro 😂😂😂 So fire

  • @MasonnYu
    @MasonnYu 2 місяці тому

    Totally unrelated but every time I see this thumbnail I think Pokémon STAB. Great vid guys! Commenting for the algorithm 🎉

  • @aeroprojects
    @aeroprojects 2 місяці тому

    Anyone knows which keyboard / VST Adam plays in this video ? The Rhodes sound is so nice !

  • @abrahambhonkar3150
    @abrahambhonkar3150 2 місяці тому

    Hi Adam/Peter what digital piano are u both using

  • @bluntonaut
    @bluntonaut 2 місяці тому

    I must try this! Also, what is Peter playing at 24:30?? Soo nice

  • @KeithHutchinsonYT
    @KeithHutchinsonYT 2 місяці тому +1

    Hi Guys, at 10mins+- you say your playing an Em7-5 but the chord on the chart shows E G D A which is Em7(sus4)..... me finks! I think I hear your little finger play the upper Bb just before the chord. OK....Nuff said.... thanks for all the great stuff you share. Cheers

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 2 місяці тому

    These guys are out of my pay grade, but I did buy a Bach Chorale book and am trying to learn to sightread using it. Have they tried Baroque Bebop?

  • @amileoj9043
    @amileoj9043 2 місяці тому

    GALA (wish I could be there 4 GALA 4/12!)

  • @melihcolakoglu3851
    @melihcolakoglu3851 6 днів тому

    You are so cute and entertaining. You are the first to do something like that. I think so. You are such a holy thing. Thank you very much.

  • @benjaminwilkens9582
    @benjaminwilkens9582 2 місяці тому

    "You know what our language is? Monneeeeeeeey!" this got me ahhaha

  • @DoktorAgan17
    @DoktorAgan17 2 місяці тому

    Great stuff!
    By the way, the correct pronounciation of (johann) fux is "fooks" as in "books". Greetings from germany!

  • @Paulabird7
    @Paulabird7 2 місяці тому

    Is Peter wearing merch? Where can we get us some?

  • @icarusi
    @icarusi 2 місяці тому +1

    Where can I get a 2-sided musical table?

  • @DndndjJehee
    @DndndjJehee 2 місяці тому

    Couldn’t find your event at Sheen on their website 😢

  • @Pastas666
    @Pastas666 2 місяці тому

    GALA 420

  • @barryoverstreet4876
    @barryoverstreet4876 2 місяці тому

    Hey guys! So, im guessin' nobody mentions interrupting in connection with your playing together..... they better NOT! Groovin' as ever.... not sure about that piano sound, though! 😂

  • @jordanjacques8463
    @jordanjacques8463 2 місяці тому

    Those Stella by starlight solos were so good

  • @walkercatenaccio
    @walkercatenaccio 2 місяці тому +1

    And Victor Young was a serious classical composer.

  • @SteveCrozier
    @SteveCrozier 2 місяці тому

    What the hell is that beautiful dual piano??

  • @unintendedinfo2239
    @unintendedinfo2239 2 місяці тому

    Jesus fucking christ please record an album of a compilation of your jams over the years, you guys with w tasty drummer would be fantastic

  • @ElbowsUnique
    @ElbowsUnique 2 місяці тому

    GALA

  • @le_jaivan
    @le_jaivan Місяць тому

    Video starts at 9:25

  • @keyboardtek
    @keyboardtek 2 місяці тому

    Stella By Starlight chords?

  • @federicomelo1853
    @federicomelo1853 2 місяці тому

    This seems like the (lost) jazzy episode of Statler and Waldorf.

  • @ShoelaceWarHawk
    @ShoelaceWarHawk 2 місяці тому +2

    Fux (usually spelled Fuchs today) rhymes with Books, but with the ch-sound in Bach (called ach-Laut)

    • @ValirAmaril
      @ValirAmaril 2 місяці тому +2

      in the case of 'fuchs' the 'ch' is actually a 'k' sound, same for fux

    • @tetraqartet6798
      @tetraqartet6798 2 місяці тому

      Glad the original Stella Bdim.starting chord was mentioned, suddenly my mind went back to what Barry Harris was teaching us, recalling his workshops in Rome some years ago❤

    • @skoto8219
      @skoto8219 2 місяці тому +1

      @@ValirAmarilyep, because the ch precedes an s. a distinctive feature of dutch (as in, what they speak in the netherlands lol I’m not confusing it with deutsch) is that they *don’t* do this, even at the beginnings of words. So the first two sounds in “school” are a regular s and an ach-Laut. I imagine that this is how “sch-“ words were originally pronounced in German and English too, and only the Dutch preserved the original pronunciation.

  • @BoWadeOnDrums
    @BoWadeOnDrums 2 місяці тому

    🤩🎹

  • @sanferrera
    @sanferrera 2 місяці тому

    Can anyone please tell me the name of the song they played in the intro?

    • @AndreasDelleske
      @AndreasDelleske 2 місяці тому

      Stella by Starlight

    • @sanferrera
      @sanferrera 2 місяці тому

      @@AndreasDelleske Thank you, Andreas.

  • @MrFedemoral
    @MrFedemoral 2 місяці тому

    you are better duo than batman and robin

  • @rmcphedr
    @rmcphedr Місяць тому

    For a moment i thought that was Luka Doncic shredding

  • @kellmerWF52
    @kellmerWF52 Місяць тому

    He sat at the bench?

  • @Apriluser
    @Apriluser 2 місяці тому

    Ah. You forgot the greatest hymn tradition…the English/Anglican tradition! “Brightest and Best”, “How Shall I Sing that Majesty”, “JERUSALEM” (hymn tune), etc. So many of these hymns are already rich in harmonic movement and would be a fun challenge to take in other directoons harmonically.

  • @caidencollins7696
    @caidencollins7696 2 місяці тому

    who was the saxophonist they were talking about?

    • @DovidM
      @DovidM Місяць тому

      Lou Donaldson.

  • @MarkEisenman
    @MarkEisenman 2 місяці тому

    Question...in bar 14....
    do you guys ever play
    (G7 C7) to Aø7
    or
    (G7 C7-Bbo) to Aø7
    or
    (G/B Bbºmajor seventh) to Aø7
    or
    (Bø7 Bbo) to Aø7

    • @lisovyk
      @lisovyk 2 місяці тому +1

      Frankly speaking, the BboMaj7 and Bbo are just rootles A7alt

    • @lisovyk
      @lisovyk 2 місяці тому +1

      G/B is also not something to play when you have a bassist. in solo sounds nice though!

    • @MarkEisenman
      @MarkEisenman 2 місяці тому

      But that (or something like that) is what bass players that I play with, play.
      (G7-C7)...or a variation (Bø7 - Bbdim)
      definitely NOT (Eø7-A7)....
      The former (G7-C7)...or a variation (Bø7 - Bbdim)---
      root motion is so much more elegant than the latter (E-A) in my opinion.
      Just try it against the melody.

  • @lorddoom9855
    @lorddoom9855 2 місяці тому +3

    STELLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA by starlight

  • @impeter3719
    @impeter3719 2 місяці тому

    I was thinking, what the heck is Adam drunk, they I realized I was listening at 0.75 speed

  • @MarkTheStudiousOne
    @MarkTheStudiousOne 26 днів тому

    Nice to see Peter making strides in his non-interruption. Still a way to go but hey

  • @nilkilnilkil
    @nilkilnilkil 2 місяці тому +2

    Sometimes you shouldn't bother with the theme tune me thinks ...

  • @le_jaivan
    @le_jaivan Місяць тому

    So... How did Bill Evans practice harmony?

  • @SlamProductionsNYC
    @SlamProductionsNYC 2 місяці тому +1

    Gayla 4-20