Thank you Ron. I enjoy always being influenced by your lessons. Stay healthy.🙏
@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Inga - you too!
@ticthak
3 жыл бұрын
I LOVED the quartal passage around the 11:00 mark, makes for a wonderful key OR style/mood change without sounding forced or abrupt, but can happen over a single beat!
@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Thierry! Yes, these little touches can make a big difference in terms of expressiveness and variety.
@steveha2865
3 жыл бұрын
Drummer Dick Berk's first professional road gig was with Billie Holiday. He had just graduated from high school and he told me that the first night on the gig he was so overwhelmed with her singing (and the band) that he couldn't play at all. Billie was very understanding and let him keep the job but of course he started playing on the second night (and thereafter). Your insight on these songs is truly inspirational and helpful. Thank you for all that you're doing with this project. Great piano playing too!
@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453
3 жыл бұрын
Wow - thanks for sharing this great anecdote, Steve! It's gives us an insight into Billie that I've never heard before. Al the best :)
@simonanthonymcglynn3918
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Ron, Really enjoying your journey, thankyou.
@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Simon - it's great to hear from you!
@arthursantiago100
3 жыл бұрын
Beautifully done Ron. You were able to evoke so much nostalgia both sad and happy .. love that minor to major modulation. I didn’t want u to stop either ! 😊
@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your very. kind words, Arthur. Yes, it's such a multi-layered piece of music, even without the lyrics.
@brendaboykin3281
3 жыл бұрын
Great and sensitive explanation and presentation. What a song! I seem to remember a pink and light blue cover with a simple photo of Billie🤔. I remember being shocked by the bridge. Thanx, Maestro. 🔥🌹🌹🔥
@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Brenda. Yeah, the bridge is unexpected!
@song4night
3 жыл бұрын
Great playing! so many styles are touched on in this one song you played!
@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! The song invites all these styles.
@JohnsonSmithson
3 жыл бұрын
I love watching your improvisation, it flows so smoothly
@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! That's a beautiful thing to say :)
@bills48321
3 жыл бұрын
I've heard Billy Holiday's music used in movie soundtracks to evoke a time period and cultural milieu. She also liked to sing behind the beat a lot.
@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453
3 жыл бұрын
Good points!
@shanedeleon5376
3 жыл бұрын
Jazz vocals are all about turning your limitations into your superpowers. Anita O'Day, for instance, couldn't sustain very well, so she would scat over long phrases and use her voice more as an instrument of rhythm than one of tone. Anita said of Billie that she had "no chops at all" but that "she was doing SOMETHING out there!"
@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453
3 жыл бұрын
Lots of wisdom in what you've said here, Shane - thanks!!!
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