Hey all! I have finally created a lesson video for “Hymn to Freedom”! Link is here, thank you! ua-cam.com/video/QXI-z1dkrmk/v-deo.htmlsi=mtANqpppfMqZD0-6
so maybe i'm 6 years late but just found this and i love this so much! inspired me to get back into piano after having ignored it for a year, haha. Amazing cover, man.
.........................Speechless! I am so glad this finally showed up in my UA-cam feed. It reminds me of "Nobody Knows You", which I've been playing for years but it goes so much deeper. Thanks, Adam.
also have to pile on, been listening to this for years and it's the best rendition on youtube. the way you close it out is food for the soul. OP3 would be so, so proud.
Absolutely magnificent performance. The only flaw I can find is the sound of a Kawai piano. Every one I have ever heard has the same tone in the bass. It is like the sounding board is too thin to give the resonance to the notes. This is something I have noticed in modern pianos from several makers. I would LOVE to hear you playing this on a good piano from a century ago. A Steinway and Sons, a Bechstein, or a Gerard Heintzman (pre 1932, Canadian piano maker) would be amazing to hear.
Wow this freedom feels like is coming tomorrow morning and save the entire world, the poorest of the poor, women and children. Thami Msubo, Richards Bay South Africa
OMG you are amazing!! Respecting Peterson, adding jazz, even bits of other songs, tying it all together effortlessly into one performance. This is my favourite take on a favourite song. So very glad you shared!
Hi all! I'm looking to put together some tutorial videos for my version of "Hymn to Freedom" and maybe some generalized lessons as a whole. If you have any input of what you might like to see, please feel free to reply to this below!
Hi Carol! Apologies for the delayed response: absolutely considering this one for the next album. Keep an eye out for that this year! Thanks again for listening!
Talent=work and tears and more work. No such thing as talent only a predisposition and personality type that drives an individual in a certain direction. Talent is a cop-out word that normies use because they are unaware of the arts and the extreme dedication and obsession required to provide anything of value. But yes he's talented 👏
Hey there! Glad you enjoyed - I didn't do any mastering for this, I just kind of tossed the video together with camera audio back when I filmed it haha. That's probably the explanation!
Actually, yes! A fellow youtuber, Pablo Enver, transcribed this performance and you can purchase it from them here: ua-cam.com/video/LXLq3lh9-3w/v-deo.html. Also, be on the lookout: I'm planning on recording some videos and lessons about Hymn to Freedom and other songs. Stay tuned!
I wish I did! This performance was all improvised; I have had other requests for lessons regarding some of the licks I'm doing here and I'll certainly consider that moving forward. Really glad to hear your interest, though!
Hey! So I'm sure you've seen from the other comments, but unfortunately this was both and improvised performance and I'm not very good at notating/transcribing :(. But I am definitely considering making a video in the future with things I do when I play the tune. Let me know if that would be of interest to you!
Hi - so glad you liked the video! At the moment, I don't have sheet music for this as this was an improvised performance. If I end up making a lesson video/somehow get this notated eventually I will certainly let you know! :)
NarimatsuMusic Nice. Just listening to your album on Spotify now and its awesome. Just starting to get into jazz piano after 7 years of playing - this is great inspiration
I really appreciate you checking out the album - so glad you're enjoying it! :) Awesome to hear you're getting into jazz; you will certainly not regret it. Feel free to check out my site adamnarimatsu.com for more videos/gig dates!
Hi Charlie! This was an improvised performance, and, unfortunately, I am not very adept at reading/writing notation. If there is anybody out there that can do it I would love to see it myself!
This is really good! Can't wait to see more from you! I just made a cover of Oscar peterson's "Blues of the prairies" and would really appreciate if you had a look at it. ua-cam.com/video/5y1Hj-kViA0/v-deo.htmla
Dixie, or any piece of music or art, should not be judged outside its original context. Youre an artist, wokeness is just another fab passing by….no need to apologize.
This is beautiful man. Wonderful, stellar playing. I would like to say though-the apology in the description is not warranted at all, Dixie is a just a Southern folk song and has got nothing to do with race. Contrary to popular and errant belief there are millions of southerners (white AND black) who are proud of their heritage and culture. Idk if someone told you to be sorry, but don't just write off an entire area and demographic of people as bad just because someone may have said so somewhere along the line. Isn't that what leads to things like discrimination?
Hi Will - thanks so much for this comment. Very glad that you enjoyed the playing. I appreciate the sentiment you laid out here. My main concern is that "Dixie" is inherently intertwined with the Confederacy and White identity during the Civil War. My apology was not meant to disregard or dispel the culture of the Southern US as a whole; I fully understood the South has a lot of wonderful people and rich cultural traditions that are important to many. However, I don't think that means that we can ignore the contextual implication of some of these. Seeing as "Dixie" was used as the de facto anthem for the portion of the country that was seceding in order to preserve slavery, I felt my accidental inclusion of it while performing a piece explicitly in support of the Civil Rights Movement warranted explanation. I hope that makes sense! Thank you again for the kind words and for sharing your experience. Hope you're staying safe and healthy!
So dumb to bring race into anything at all. People are people and we should judge everyone as individuals. How can anyone live a happy life constantly being the world police of whats proper? Keep your damn racist accusations out of my sight. I can't believe some cuckold SJW would listen to a piece of music and complain about or interpret it as offensive. Brainwashed idiot.
Good attempt at copying the great Oscar Peterson. Very clean playing. Technically sound. You are very good at your craft. Many will appreciate it. Good job.
Hi! You play very, very well, but I must say that your interpretation of Hymn to Freedom is lacking most of what makes Peterson's play so unique. The very beginning of his play sounds like he indeed is playing a hymn, and less a piece of jazz music. His play has at times a softness where yours is more constant. That said, please, by all means, keep playing!
Hey all! I have finally created a lesson video for “Hymn to Freedom”! Link is here, thank you! ua-cam.com/video/QXI-z1dkrmk/v-deo.htmlsi=mtANqpppfMqZD0-6
J can listen to this version over and over again. Adam's one of my favorite pianists.
Thanks so much Carol!
so maybe i'm 6 years late but just found this and i love this so much!
inspired me to get back into piano after having ignored it for a year, haha. Amazing cover, man.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and am especially glad that it has inspired you to start back up on piano! Thank you!
Have heard dozens of covers of this amazing OP number and yours ranks in the top echelons! Stunning!
Thank you Steve! I really appreciate it.
.........................Speechless! I am so glad this finally showed up in my UA-cam feed. It reminds me of "Nobody Knows You", which I've been playing for years but it goes so much deeper. Thanks, Adam.
Such crisp and clean playing. I loved your rendition.
This is the best Interpretation i've heard so far!!!! Love it man.
Thanks so much!
also have to pile on, been listening to this for years and it's the best rendition on youtube. the way you close it out is food for the soul. OP3 would be so, so proud.
An amazing arrangement and expertly played!
This is by far my favorite version! Adam is a genius!
This, my dear sir, is amazing. Wish I could give you 1000 thumbs up
I will give you 1000 thank yous in reply! :D
Sounding great man. Subscribed :)
Wow, thanks so much for reaching out, Jonny! I've been watching your videos for such a long time; super glad you enjoyed it.
Absolutely magnificent performance. The only flaw I can find is the sound of a Kawai piano. Every one I have ever heard has the same tone in the bass. It is like the sounding board is too thin to give the resonance to the notes. This is something I have noticed in modern pianos from several makers. I would LOVE to hear you playing this on a good piano from a century ago. A Steinway and Sons, a Bechstein, or a Gerard Heintzman (pre 1932, Canadian piano maker) would be amazing to hear.
This will forever be my favorite! It’s been two years since I saw this and I’m still obsessed❤️ You are so talented!
Thanks so much Maria! Can't tell you how much I appreciate your support :).
Fantastic love from Norway xx
Nice Cover, sounds nice in C
Wow this freedom feels like is coming tomorrow morning and save the entire world, the poorest of the poor, women and children. Thami Msubo, Richards Bay South Africa
OMG you are amazing!! Respecting Peterson, adding jazz, even bits of other songs, tying it all together effortlessly into one performance. This is my favourite take on a favourite song. So very glad you shared!
Dude, you are so awesome! Love the performance!
Hi all! I'm looking to put together some tutorial videos for my version of "Hymn to Freedom" and maybe some generalized lessons as a whole. If you have any input of what you might like to see, please feel free to reply to this below!
Yes, make a tutorial video Of Your version Of Hymn to Freedom🤩
That would be great!!! - it is my favorit piano song. You got my subscribe
Would love to see a tutorial to this! If I could even play it half as well as you then I'd be stoked!
If you're still thinking of doing this, please do so. This is my goals tune!
Are you still thinking about making a tutorial?
Sei un grande! Molto emozionante :)
Your version is truely amazing. Great playing. I wish I could play as well as you !
Thanks so much David! Your playing is great!
Wow! This is beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
Wonderful. With much grace and dexterity of the fingers.
How is this buried on the 3nd page of videos for this song? Good stuff!
This is one of the best arrangements I've heard. Well done man and keep it up!
Thanks so much, man! Really glad you enjoyed.
If you could ever do a tutorial or something along those lines I would be grateful! Good luck for the future man.
This is amazing. You've turned a true masterpiece into your own masterpiece, I love it.
+Leon Fotheringham Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it- just trying my best to pay tribute to Oscar!
That was a great interpretation of a classic! Would have to say that was the most authentic personal flavour I've heard. Well done dude.
Thank you very much! I really appreciate the feedback, cheers!
Such an amazing interpretation of the song, I truly enjoyed it.
+Juno s Thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it!
Nice rendition !
Thank you! :)
How has this only got 23 likes??? This is a fantastic interpretation and my personal fav.
+Nalin Kadodwala Thank you!
Well, it’s a little bit more now… but still chronically underrated!
Great, Adam! Great, great, great!!!!
I really like this version, thank you
This is awesome! Bravo! (sounds equally amazing at 0.75x speed too)
Does anyone have a transcription of this version. Love it.
Here's one that I found recently
ua-cam.com/video/LXLq3lh9-3w/v-deo.html
Blown away, that was exquisite playing and listening. Bravo, vraiment, bravo!!
Thank you very much! :)
It's like a quarterback on a college football team decided to give up all the gals and glory and focus on music. True statement...nobody can argue.
Just wonderful…I’m in love for ever
Gorgeous rendidtion, Adam. Oscar is please.
Loved it! Nice Work
Very great arrangement !Is there any chance to have a transcription of it ? Would be fantastic
Really appreciate it! This was actually improvised, so no transcription just yet. Maybe in the future!
Here's one that was done recently ua-cam.com/video/LXLq3lh9-3w/v-deo.html
@@schunando thank u so much
@@deuces619 No problem!
@@deuces619 Would love to see what you do with the transcription if you post a video :)
Great interpretation!!! Thank you from Spain
Thanks so much!
yessss Love it ! super solos !! couldn´t help singing along :D
So wonderful- any chance you can put this on your next album?
Hi Carol! Apologies for the delayed response: absolutely considering this one for the next album. Keep an eye out for that this year! Thanks again for listening!
Great job, buddy.
Thanks so much!
Very Nice! Great bro😉
wonderful!! you have talent!
Talent=work and tears and more work. No such thing as talent only a predisposition and personality type that drives an individual in a certain direction. Talent is a cop-out word that normies use because they are unaware of the arts and the extreme dedication and obsession required to provide anything of value. But yes he's talented 👏
Very impressive and enjoyable to listen to! Thanks! :-)
Thank you! :)
Chill re: Dixie! It is totally appropriate to start the Hymn with that reminder of WHY Peterson wrote this song in the first place imo.
LOVE THIS SONG ALSOME WAY YOU PLAY THIS SONG THANK YOU
Thanks Linda!
Très très bonne interprétation pleine dynamisme ..
Merci! :)
Great job, Adam. I just started piano lessons last month. This is something to aspire to :)
Thanks so much! Stick with it - you picked the right instrument :)
Incredible job wow
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome Adam! We def have to collab soon!
Thanks!
Good stuff brother.
thank you!
Wow!
awesome!!!
Thank you!
100% bravo for the playing!!!
This Kawai seems a bit too dark, is it really, or this is just a mastering thing?
Hey there! Glad you enjoyed - I didn't do any mastering for this, I just kind of tossed the video together with camera audio back when I filmed it haha. That's probably the explanation!
Excellent transcription, is possible to find the score anywhere?
Actually, yes! A fellow youtuber, Pablo Enver, transcribed this performance and you can purchase it from them here: ua-cam.com/video/LXLq3lh9-3w/v-deo.html. Also, be on the lookout: I'm planning on recording some videos and lessons about Hymn to Freedom and other songs. Stay tuned!
Love forever from norway
Wow. WOW. That was amazing. Greta sound, so so good. Making mine sound awful....
Wow, thank you so much! I'm sure your rendition is sounding great!
Pure filth - I LIVE for this kind of stuff!! Thank you for sharing!!
perfect
Cool ！
GENIAL
Brilliant.
Thanks for watching!
awesome job......
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed :).
Do you have a midi file for download or purchase?
I wish I did! This performance was all improvised; I have had other requests for lessons regarding some of the licks I'm doing here and I'll certainly consider that moving forward. Really glad to hear your interest, though!
I AM BEGGING FOR TRANSCRIPTION
Hey! So I'm sure you've seen from the other comments, but unfortunately this was both and improvised performance and I'm not very good at notating/transcribing :(. But I am definitely considering making a video in the future with things I do when I play the tune. Let me know if that would be of interest to you!
Here ya go
ua-cam.com/video/LXLq3lh9-3w/v-deo.html
Hi.
This sound great!
In which model of kawai are you playing?
Thank you! Off the top of my head I'm not sure what the model is, but I'll be practicing there again soon and I'll let you know.
My favorite rendition! Does anyone know where to find sheet music for this?
Hi - so glad you liked the video! At the moment, I don't have sheet music for this as this was an improvised performance. If I end up making a lesson video/somehow get this notated eventually I will certainly let you know! :)
@@NarimatsuMusic please do that, spread this masterpiece to others to play it!
Wow. Lovely arrangement. You have any sheets of this?
Thank you! This was actually improvised - I'm not the best at reading sheets.
NarimatsuMusic Nice. Just listening to your album on Spotify now and its awesome. Just starting to get into jazz piano after 7 years of playing - this is great inspiration
I really appreciate you checking out the album - so glad you're enjoying it! :) Awesome to hear you're getting into jazz; you will certainly not regret it. Feel free to check out my site adamnarimatsu.com for more videos/gig dates!
Here's a transcription of this that I found recently
ua-cam.com/video/LXLq3lh9-3w/v-deo.html
HOLY SCHITTTT!!! OMFrigginG
Amazing! How long have you been playing piano?
+WASTELANDJESUS Thank you! I started around freshman year of high school, so since around 2009.
You don't potentially have a transcription of your fantastic arrangement?
Hi Charlie! This was an improvised performance, and, unfortunately, I am not very adept at reading/writing notation. If there is anybody out there that can do it I would love to see it myself!
That's unfortunate! Great arrangement!
Here's one that I found recently
ua-cam.com/video/LXLq3lh9-3w/v-deo.html
Do you happen to have sheet music for this? I just have to learn the way you played it.
Wait no more, friend. Here's a transcription
ua-cam.com/video/LXLq3lh9-3w/v-deo.html
My son said you sound like Vince Guaraldi. I told him Vince Guaraldi was never this good. And he's my favorite pianist.
Wow, thank you so much for the amazing compliment! Vince Guaraldi is a personal hero, I'm always striving to sound a little more like him. :)
man that was something :o
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed.
Hey, what kind of kawai grand piano is this? Thanks!
I bet Mr. Peterson would have loved it...
Thank you! That really means a lot to hear.
Can i book you?
Duuuude
I see we lost a few mins at the beginning… good stuff.
This is really good! Can't wait to see more from you! I just made a cover of Oscar peterson's "Blues of the prairies" and would really appreciate if you had a look at it. ua-cam.com/video/5y1Hj-kViA0/v-deo.htmla
Dixie, or any piece of music or art, should not be judged outside its original context. Youre an artist, wokeness is just another fab passing by….no need to apologize.
This is beautiful man. Wonderful, stellar playing. I would like to say though-the apology in the description is not warranted at all, Dixie is a just a Southern folk song and has got nothing to do with race. Contrary to popular and errant belief there are millions of southerners (white AND black) who are proud of their heritage and culture. Idk if someone told you to be sorry, but don't just write off an entire area and demographic of people as bad just because someone may have said so somewhere along the line. Isn't that what leads to things like discrimination?
Hi Will - thanks so much for this comment. Very glad that you enjoyed the playing. I appreciate the sentiment you laid out here. My main concern is that "Dixie" is inherently intertwined with the Confederacy and White identity during the Civil War. My apology was not meant to disregard or dispel the culture of the Southern US as a whole; I fully understood the South has a lot of wonderful people and rich cultural traditions that are important to many. However, I don't think that means that we can ignore the contextual implication of some of these. Seeing as "Dixie" was used as the de facto anthem for the portion of the country that was seceding in order to preserve slavery, I felt my accidental inclusion of it while performing a piece explicitly in support of the Civil Rights Movement warranted explanation. I hope that makes sense! Thank you again for the kind words and for sharing your experience. Hope you're staying safe and healthy!
So dumb to bring race into anything at all. People are people and we should judge everyone as individuals. How can anyone live a happy life constantly being the world police of whats proper? Keep your damn racist accusations out of my sight. I can't believe some cuckold SJW would listen to a piece of music and complain about or interpret it as offensive. Brainwashed idiot.
Good attempt at copying the great Oscar Peterson. Very clean playing. Technically sound. You are very good at your craft. Many will appreciate it. Good job.
Thanks so much!
Hi! You play very, very well, but I must say that your interpretation of Hymn to Freedom is lacking most of what makes Peterson's play so unique. The very beginning of his play sounds like he indeed is playing a hymn, and less a piece of jazz music. His play has at times a softness where yours is more constant. That said, please, by all means, keep playing!
This word 'cover' is a 'pop' expression and has no place in repect of a jazz performance. Who sould say that about 'When the saints go marching in'.
ok
Zero soul.. and what’s with the Dixie intro??
Sorry you feel that way! Appreciate the feedback; always trying to get better. Thanks for watching!
PLEEZZZZ!! Easy to "imitate".......the secret is to "originate". Listen to the original....not the COPY!!