Alec Katz
Alec Katz
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All The Things You Are - basic two-hand voicings
In this video, I demonstrate comping (accompaniment) using basic two-hand voicings on a popular jazz standard song All The Things You Are by Jerome Kern.
The two-hand shell voicings are very common in jazz piano playing. They are used to harmonize songs and are a common way of establishing an open-sounding harmony. They are ubiquitous in both solo piano and ensemble playing.
The voicings consist of the root and 7 or root and 3rd in the left hand and the remaining notes in the right. Usually, the "Guide tones" (3 & 7) are in the middle voices, shared between the hands.
I demonstrate 4-note voicings and 5-note voicings in each form.
Voice leading is crucial in achieving a good connection and ov...
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Видео

My Favorite Things - Comping
Просмотров 8083 месяца назад
Here is an example of a basic comping on My Favorite Things (by Rodgers and Hammerstein). I have added some chords to the progression for more flow and connection. If you like to schedule an online lesson you can contact me at aleckatzmusic.com/contact More info: aleckatzmusic.com/education/ ➡️ Website: aleckatzmusic.com ➡️ Facebook Page: Alecjazz ➡️ Instagram: alecka...
Twelve Bars Seven Times Before the Horns Came In
Просмотров 1587 месяцев назад
A spontaneous intro on Bb blues I had to play on a spot before the horns came in to blow. #shorts #jazzpiano #jazz Get Connected: ► Website: aleckatzmusic.com ► Instagram: alkeys12 ► Facebook: Alecjazz ► Twitter: aleckatz
Hank Jones - Lady Luck
Просмотров 6629 месяцев назад
Lady Luck by Thad Jones Hank Jones - piano, Ivan Taylor - bass, Marion Felder - drums Hank Jones Trio soundcheck rehearsal at Spoleto Festival, Charleston, South Carolina. Spoleto Festival USA’s Wachovia Jazz Series, May 26, 2006 This composition was written by Thad Jones and it is a slick contrafact of the popular standard "Taking a Chance on Love" by Vernon Duke. Lady Luck was probably first ...
Georgia on My Mind - Jazz Piano Arrangement
Просмотров 1 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Georgia on My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael / Stuart Gorrell, piano arrangement by Alec Katz) Georgia on My Mind was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) and has been most often associated with Ray Charles who made it so popular. Ray Charles recorded it for his 1960 album "The Genius Hits the Road". I wrote an easy jazz piano arrangement for one of my students and it...
Georgia On My Mind - Easy Jazz Piano
Просмотров 31310 месяцев назад
Georgia On My Mind was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) and has been most often associated with Ray Charles who made it so popular. Ray Charles recorded it for his 1960 album "The Genius Hits the Road". This is an easy jazz piano arrangement which I wrote one of my students. 🎼Sheet music was prepared with Dorico, the PDF chart is here: bityl.co/LsOC ♫ The ...
Day Dream - Gary Smulyan and Alec Katz
Просмотров 839Год назад
Day Dream by Billy Strayhorn Gary Smulyan - baritone saxophone Alec Katz - piano recorded May 7 2023 at Tirza Saloon, Savyon, Israel #garysmulyan #aleckatz ➡️ Alec Website: aleckatzmusic.com ➡️ Facebook: Alecjazz ➡️ Twitter: aleckatz ➡️ Instagram: alkeys12
Gary Smulyan Quartet Plays Pepper Adams
Просмотров 286Год назад
Gary Smulyan - baritone saxophone, Alec Katz - piano, Oren Hardy - bass, David Sirkis - drums 00:01 - Muezzin’ (Pepper Adams) 09:19 - Dylan’s Delight (Pepper Adams) 18:46 - Sophisticated Lady (Duke Ellington) 29:38 - Bossa Nuveau (Pepper Adams) 41:14 - Witchcraft (Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh) 52:27 - My Shining Hour (Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer) Recorded Live At Grey Club Tel Aviv May 3, 2023 v...
Walkin' Shoes - Gary Smulyan & Robert Anchipolovsky Quintet
Просмотров 162Год назад
Walkin' Shoes (by Gerry Mulligan) Garry Smulyan Quintet at Lehavim Garry Smulyan - baritone sax Robert Anchipolovsky - baritone sax Alec Katz - piano Dor Sam - bass David Sirkis - drums Recorded May 4, 2023 at Lehavim, Israel Video by Robert Anchipolovsky #garysmulyan #baritonesax #aleckatz ➡️ Alec Website: aleckatzmusic.com ➡️ Facebook: Alecjazz ➡️ Twitter: aleckatz ➡️...
Human Nature (as played by Natalie Tenenbaum) - transcription, PDF
Просмотров 4,1 тыс.Год назад
Here is a transcription of a short take on "Human Nature", Michael Jackson's song played by Natalie Tenenbaum. She's a multigenre pianist and composer with a great jazz and gospel sound. In her short version of the song, Natalie creates a nice reharmonization and makes nice harmonic embellishments. 📹Original RUclips video: ytube.io/3ZNv 🎼PDF of the Transcription and Soundslice live notation sec...
Bud Powell Solo on Anthropology (audio tuned-up) PDF, Soundslice
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Bud Powell Solo on Anthropology (audio tuned-up) PDF, Soundslice
Cedar Walton Solo On "Bolivia" (transcription)
Просмотров 7 тыс.2 года назад
Cedar Walton Solo On "Bolivia" (transcription)
Barry Harris - Repetition
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Barry Harris - Repetition
Love For Sale
Просмотров 2972 года назад
Love For Sale
Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full), part 3
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Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full), part 3
Sonny Clark solo on "Bag's Groove" (transcription, soundslice)
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Sonny Clark solo on "Bag's Groove" (transcription, soundslice)
Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full), part 2 "Breaking the Habit" - Filling the Half Steps
Просмотров 24 тыс.2 года назад
Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full), part 2 "Breaking the Habit" - Filling the Half Steps
Adding Indexed Real Book Song to a Playlist in forScore
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.2 года назад
Adding Indexed Real Book Song to a Playlist in forScore
Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full) Part 1
Просмотров 20 тыс.2 года назад
Barry Harris Workshop 1998 (Full) Part 1
Yesterdays (Jerome Kern) - Jazz Piano Arrangement, PDF
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.3 года назад
Yesterdays (Jerome Kern) - Jazz Piano Arrangement, PDF
Serenity - McCoy Tyner Head & Solo Transcription
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Serenity - McCoy Tyner Head & Solo Transcription
Barry Harris solo on Cherokee (transcription) PDF, Soundslice
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Barry Harris solo on Cherokee (transcription) PDF, Soundslice
Frans Elsen - I Cover The Waterfront (transcription)
Просмотров 2 тыс.3 года назад
Frans Elsen - I Cover The Waterfront (transcription)
Five - Alec Katz, Chuck Israels and Joe Hunt
Просмотров 3643 года назад
Five - Alec Katz, Chuck Israels and Joe Hunt
Summertime (G.Gershwin)
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Summertime (G.Gershwin)
Alec Katz - Yesterdays
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Alec Katz - Yesterdays
Barry Harris Plays Slow Blues (transcription, PDF)
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.3 года назад
Barry Harris Plays Slow Blues (transcription, PDF)
Think on Me (George Cables) - Alec Katz & Niels Tausk
Просмотров 7743 года назад
Think on Me (George Cables) - Alec Katz & Niels Tausk
Hank Jones - Stardust
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Hank Jones - Stardust
Hank Jones - Don't Blame Me
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Hank Jones - Don't Blame Me

Комментарии

  • @niry2682
    @niry2682 10 часов назад

    Great Video! Thank you Alec!

  • @raefblack7906
    @raefblack7906 21 день назад

    Killin !

  • @michaeldean9338
    @michaeldean9338 23 дня назад

    Very nice! Thank you, gents :)

  • @bobbybroom
    @bobbybroom 23 дня назад

    👏🏿👏🏿

  • @jjrod3630
    @jjrod3630 Месяц назад

    Thank you for uploading!!!! Is this the one where Jens Larsen is somewhere in there?

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz Месяц назад

      It is my pleasure. Jens Larsen is supposed to be there although I don’t remember meeting him.

  • @bronxjar8441
    @bronxjar8441 Месяц назад

    Thank you to whomever recorded this and posted (maybe the same person). This is a great gift from an incredible artist who left us all too soon.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz Месяц назад

      I was fortunate to be with Mulgrew Miller the whole week at The Conservatory in Tel Aviv together with my students and good I had my little camera with me. We miss Mulgrew and his music.

  • @jasonstripinis8834
    @jasonstripinis8834 Месяц назад

    Prove me wrong: all the kids playing the lines with mistakes and at different tempos sounds like an Art Ensemble of Chicago album.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz Месяц назад

      It is a workshop, not a concert. They are picking up the lines by ear and learning things on the fly. It does not mean to be perfect at the beginning.

    • @jasonstripinis8834
      @jasonstripinis8834 Месяц назад

      @@AlecKatz I was making a lighthearted quip, and it was about AAC (which I admire, BTW), not the kids.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz Месяц назад

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@jasonstripinis8834 right, I see :)

  • @grenciamars4876
    @grenciamars4876 Месяц назад

    As a guitarist, I can only weep and bow before the glory 😂

    • @AidanMiles
      @AidanMiles Месяц назад

      right there with you bud

  • @trompette1
    @trompette1 Месяц назад

    Beautiful,thanks so much.whats the title of the last ensemble called,it's wonderful

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz Месяц назад

      Repetition by Neal Hefti

  • @billgodman8319
    @billgodman8319 Месяц назад

    What a lyrical genius! In Your Own Sweet Way never sounded better!

  • @donlurgio4524
    @donlurgio4524 Месяц назад

    Beautiful

  • @gospelphilomath
    @gospelphilomath 2 месяца назад

    one of the goats

  • @gospelphilomath
    @gospelphilomath 2 месяца назад

    one of the forgotten goats, God rest his soul.

  • @HiamoviCheyenne-c6e
    @HiamoviCheyenne-c6e 2 месяца назад

    It's a great video.

  • @SteveBlancoMusicianWarrior
    @SteveBlancoMusicianWarrior 2 месяца назад

    So very nice and class. RIP Mr. Miller.

  • @Mikkokukko
    @Mikkokukko 2 месяца назад

    There's quite a bit of inaccuracies. 🙃

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz Месяц назад

      Have you noticed? Where exactly?

  • @bruceedmiston2601
    @bruceedmiston2601 2 месяца назад

    Watching this reminded me of the time I spent with David Baker at Indiana University during a Jamey Abersold summer workshop. David would sit at the piano and work us for 90 minutes nonstop. It was hard work keeping up but what an impact he had on all of us. Dr. Barry Harris is just as inspirational and intense, what a talent!

  • @musictips5265
    @musictips5265 2 месяца назад

    Hello Alec. Would like to purchase the real book index and some transcriptions from the site but nothing is going through. Tried the contact us page but didn’t get through. Thanks in advance.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 2 месяца назад

      Hello, thanks for reaching out. I had some issue with the server but I fixed it eventually. Can you try it again?

  • @musictips5265
    @musictips5265 2 месяца назад

    Hello Alec. I am trying to purchase the real book index and some transcriptions from the site but nothing is going through.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz Месяц назад

      Sorry for the inconvenience, it was sorted

  • @RobSmathome
    @RobSmathome 3 месяца назад

    ps. Opera doesn't follow the links posted above.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 3 месяца назад

      Hi, I've made The RB Vol. VI. It is here : aleckatzmusic.com/product-category/real-book-index/ Here are all the links without shortening. You will be able to open in any browser: aleckatzmusic.com/indexing-real-books-on-ipad/ aleckatzmusic.com/product/real-book-volume-vi-index/ aleckatzmusic.com/indexing-real-books-on-ipad/#how-to-install-rb-index forscore.co/ apps.apple.com/us/app/forscore/id363738376?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 aleckatzmusic.com/product-category/sheet-music/

    • @RobSmathome
      @RobSmathome 3 месяца назад

      @@AlecKatz Thanks.

  • @RobSmathome
    @RobSmathome 3 месяца назад

    Hi. Where can I find a csv file for Real Book 6? Doing my own would turn me grey before I finished. Thanks,Rob.

  • @michaelvillar8897
    @michaelvillar8897 3 месяца назад

    Sounds great!

  • @berniekagel659
    @berniekagel659 3 месяца назад

    Nice.

  • @ciaronsmith4995
    @ciaronsmith4995 3 месяца назад

    Why is he playing in that disgusting place? As an Irish Catholic, I'd rather see him play in the US or Europe. Not some parasitic state like Israel.

  • @yiliminkov1754
    @yiliminkov1754 4 месяца назад

    שלום ותודה רבה. יפה מאוד!! 🤓🏸🥁

  • @KennyAce
    @KennyAce 5 месяцев назад

    What scale do you use for this

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 5 месяцев назад

      Basically, it is three scales C dominant 7th scale for the C7, F dominant 7th scale for the F7 and a G dominant 7th scale for the G7

    • @KennyAce
      @KennyAce 5 месяцев назад

      @@AlecKatz could you please tell me the dominant scale for c7? Would it just be 1-3-5-7?

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 5 месяцев назад

      the C dominant 7th scale is a major scale with a flat 7th, i.e.: c, d, e, f, g, a, b flat

    • @KennyAce
      @KennyAce 5 месяцев назад

      @@AlecKatz golden. Thank you!

  • @jamieforjazz
    @jamieforjazz 5 месяцев назад

    Great to see this. Miss Barry's workshops a lot

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 5 месяцев назад

      Me too!

  • @user-te2rv5uw2z
    @user-te2rv5uw2z 5 месяцев назад

    1:08

  • @christopherherrmann921
    @christopherherrmann921 5 месяцев назад

    Pure Gold

  • @jazzlrdx9944
    @jazzlrdx9944 5 месяцев назад

    3:10

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 5 месяцев назад

      Great phrase over a turnaround

  • @Robert63675
    @Robert63675 6 месяцев назад

    Какой прекрасный мастер!

  • @therealtruetwelfth798
    @therealtruetwelfth798 6 месяцев назад

    Bud just never looked at his hands or the keyboard - smh

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 6 месяцев назад

      Notice how he breathes

  • @user-dz6zc8xf8s
    @user-dz6zc8xf8s 6 месяцев назад

    First section really reminds me of Monk type melodies...great clips! Thanks for posting ❤

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 5 месяцев назад

      Thank you too!

  • @robbyr9286
    @robbyr9286 6 месяцев назад

    This is so important- priceless.

  • @TamirGal
    @TamirGal 6 месяцев назад

  • @Osnosis
    @Osnosis 7 месяцев назад

    If I understand this correctly, he is simply adding one note at a time to make an 8-note scale, starting on each degree of an underlying/base scale. Is that right?

    • @slowporch
      @slowporch 7 месяцев назад

      Exactly. Then you always land on a dominant chord tone.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 7 месяцев назад

      Oh, you mean starting at 3:30? Barry asks to play a descending F harmonic minor scale with insertion of half-step betwen first two notes. When there already a half-step use a neigbour note tp fill between them.

    • @robbyr9286
      @robbyr9286 6 месяцев назад

      That's the starting idea but he takes it much further. One big idea is that you can use other notes in place of the added half-step, for variety. Not only semitones/ minor 2nds. I'll call these 'half steps' in quotation marks. The idea 'half-step' is expanded to mean play a note to a an extra rhythmic 1/8 note. For example on F harmonic minor descending, to add a 'half-step' between 6 & 5 the default would be to make it D Db C. But you could use DEC or DBC instead for that portion of the phrase. It creates many, many options for how to navigate a scale sound. The 1/2 step rules which are not detailed in this clip have other central provisions. On a descending scale, for example, starting on 1,3,5 or 7 can take one 'half-step' OR three 'half-steps'. Using normal semitones on a C7 scale starting on 1 would give either something like C(B)Bb AGFEDC (the B is the added 1/2 step), but it could also be CBBb AG FEEb DDbC. Starting on 2,4 or 6 uses either zero added 'half steps', or two 'half steps'. E.g., Starting on 2 (D) gives either 1) DCBbAGFEDC or 2) DDbCBBbAGFEDC. But in any of these examples, the 'half-step' doesn't have to be the chromatic in-between note. E.g., instead of CBBb AGFEDC you could use CABb AGFEDC or CDBb AGFEDC. Chris Parks on Things I Learned From Barry Harris youtube channel covers alot of this material.

    • @Osnosis
      @Osnosis 6 месяцев назад

      @@robbyr9286 Your explanation is sensical. I have incorporated this as (a) you can always have a chromatic passing tone between diatonic scale tones that are a whole-step apart, and (b) you can "jump" away (instead of chromatic passing tone), and still hit the same diatonic target. The latter gives you an opportunity to create a secondary guide tone line, as well.

    • @robbyr9286
      @robbyr9286 6 месяцев назад

      @@Osnosis That's the concept! The two factors I see missing in your description are 1) 'you can always'. The recommended rules for starting on 1357 vs 246 are different- typically one or three halfsteps on 135 or 7 & zero or two half steps on 246. 2) You can also add this kind of half step between adjacent scale tones which are only a semitone, not a whole step apart! E.g in a C major scale, you can use G or D as a 'half step' note in between the E & F, e.g., CBAGFGEDC or CBAGFDEDC. This is what Harris does in the this video w/ the G# A semitone in the A Harmonic minor. E.g., ABG#FEDCBA inserts the B as a 'half note' between A & G#. It could also have been AFG#FEDCBA.

  • @thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616
    @thingsivelearnedfrombarryh2616 7 месяцев назад

    Yeah Alec!

  • @vova47
    @vova47 7 месяцев назад

    Hi, Alex! Good to see and hear you in 2024. Best, V.

  • @drorbengur
    @drorbengur 7 месяцев назад

    You sound great Alec! Always a pleasure playing with you.

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 7 месяцев назад

      Thank you Dror, likewise!

  • @MarkEisenman
    @MarkEisenman 7 месяцев назад

    Beautiful!

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 7 месяцев назад

      Thank you!

  • @jazzlrdx9944
    @jazzlrdx9944 7 месяцев назад

    3:58

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 7 месяцев назад

      I love this too! The way Bud outlines the D7altered chord and lands on the ninths of a G7 chord. In fact the augmented fifth of D resolves half-step down to the 9th of G7. ✨

  • @davidblackburn7090
    @davidblackburn7090 8 месяцев назад

    Lovely.

  • @youyou1265
    @youyou1265 8 месяцев назад

    Merci ! Excellent !

  • @Cymbalgroove
    @Cymbalgroove 8 месяцев назад

    Classic solo! Great!

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 8 месяцев назад

      Yes. indeed

  • @willemjansen1141
    @willemjansen1141 9 месяцев назад

    The guy in the back is a total mood killer...

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 9 месяцев назад

      Actually, Erez, the guy in the back, helped to organize Mulgrew week at the Center in Tel Aviv. He was accompanying and taking care of Mulgrew so it maybe was his chance to take a breath a little and to chill. I am just sorry to choose the wrong angle for my camera at that day. Just wanted to capture Mulgrew's hands...

  • @raymondj8296
    @raymondj8296 9 месяцев назад

    🤦 Promo sm

  • @brothercaleb
    @brothercaleb 9 месяцев назад

    Piano concerto … oh wow. Splendido 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @TheStewie117
    @TheStewie117 10 месяцев назад

    jesus christ this song’s gotta be one of the most profound ever composed 😮

    • @AlecKatz
      @AlecKatz 9 месяцев назад

      Absolutely!

  • @lexmusiclab
    @lexmusiclab 10 месяцев назад

    The way he played the bridge 🤯