Angel Eyes: Journey Through The Real Book #16 (Jazz Piano Lesson)

Ron Drotos: Jazz piano solo and musical/historical discussion of the jazz standard “Angel Eyes,” made famous by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, among others. Ella named it her favorite song! Take your LH playing to the next level with my free ebook: Jazz Piano Left Hand Techniques:https://keyboardimprov.com/jazz-left-... You'll find my book, The Inner World of Piano Improvisation, on Amazon. Going tune-by-tune through The Real Book 0:00 Various approaches to playing “torch songs” on piano 1:04 Embracing the “ballad” nature of the song 1:29 Learning the lyric to get a sense of the song’s emotional content1:42 Balancing “bluesiness” with a lyrical jazz ballad feel 1:50 The importance of learning ballads in a few different keys, especially if you accompany jazz vocalists 2:33 A harmonically-rich introduction 2:47 Implying a steady beat under the melody 3:02 Melodic embellishment 3:24 Passing chords 4:08 A relaxed, slow stride during the bridge 4:23 A stepwise alto line under repeated melody 4:35 Evoking “wind” during the improvisation 5:43 Extensively developing a motif 6:09 Bluesy phrases 6:43 Bitonality 7:06 Referring to the melody during the solo 7:33 A 2-handed pianistic flourish 7:39 Returning to the song’s melody during the last ‘A’ section 7:43 Ending out-of-tempo 8:10 Interpreting a melody in the style of saxophonists Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins 8:39 Being inspired by Gil Evans’ arrangement of Kurt Weill’s “The Barbara Song” 8:55 Playing jazz ballads with a sense of bluesiness 10:05 Here are some more Free Jazz Piano Lessons for you at the KeyboardImprov website: https://keyboardimprov.com/free-begin... Thanks for joining me on this musical adventure, and please LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE this video with your musical friends. If you'd like to start my full video course, you'll find it here: https://keyboardimprov.com/get-starte... For Zoom and Skype lessons, please email me at [email protected]. Enjoy the journey, and "let the music flow!" Ron