Jazz Piano Balladry Wizardry

A companion to jazz d-bag sick piano chops youtube thread

Junior Mance playing "My Romance"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iyM2mkU4no

Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea playing "Someday My Prince Will Come."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EneLmm2VyJc

bookmarked!

tatum

Imagine if Art Tatum albums cost what they're actually worth

i know this is pretty basic, but here's bill evans with miles davis doing "my funny valentine"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvOoIdBDHH0

McCoy Tyner Trio, "When Sunny Gets Blue"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7toKjKtbeeI

i know this is pretty basic, but here's bill evans with miles davis doing "my funny valentine"

Duke Ellington, "I Can't Get Started"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncwp0Bc63U8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29J0Qsp3yns

Cecil Taylor, “This Nearly Was Mine.” One of the most moving pieces of music I have ever heard.

https://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=HEZE1Ivy-nk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azk8gPlWCj8

xp that might be the first Cecil Taylor thing I have ever (immediately) loved. thank you for posting that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYLj-hMNQY

ban myself from thread cos I'll just post endless Bud Powell till the death!

Abdullah Ibrahim, Ekaya: first AI album experience for me, back in '83:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yojHBJGIf_8

Junior Mance playing "My Romance"

great stuff! I don't think I've heard any Mance aside from his playing on Jimmy Scott's The Source, so I have a lot of catching up to do

*Bump* because Junior Mance

RIP, I just bought this record last week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spHHYXRDwqY

this is favorite piece by him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ_Nhw27MLA

I don’t want to get too sentimental like those other sticky valentines but he used to play every year in the River To River Festival so I would always go to see him at lunch time and he would usually end his set with “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free.” His drummer Jackie Wilson always sounded particularly good on that, playing kind of a “Hey Jude” type beat.

He was such a good person too, as was everyone around him.

Aw man, this is the first I heard of his passing. He had a good long life. I was just listening to him yesterday, on a date with Wild Bill Moore.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Xrl5jTI0L.jpg

Love Junior Mance, and Mickey Roker (who sounds amazing on that last track). RIP.

That “Tin Tin Deo” is great, thanks!

Here is an interview with Mickey Roker in which it is discussed: https://ethaniverson.com/interviews/interview-with-mickey-roker/

Nice, I'm sure I read that at some point but it's good re-reading.

Well now I'm listening to Junior Mance all day. I think I initially found out about him either through following the Mickey Roker thread, or more likely because I couldn't get enough blues/gospel-tinged jazz piano a la Bobby Timmons.

Youtube algorithm got me from Junior Mance to John Wright Trio and this is really satisfying me this morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViAsMZhJX1E

ha YT is always serving me that album too. i'm not complaining!