Israel: Journey Through The Real Book #191 (Jazz Piano Lesson)

A jazz piano lesson to help you learn John Carisi’s jazz standard “Israel,” which was part of Miles Davis’ “Birth Of The Cool” sessions and also recorded by Bill Evans. 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. Learning John Carisi’s “Israel,” a jazz blues 0:00 Starting by playing one chord at a time 0:18 Relating each chord to the underlying 12-bar blues form 0:49 The Birth of the Cool – The Miles Davis Nonet 1:28 Miles Davis and the bebop scene 1:50 Miles Davis, Gil Evans, and Gerry Mulligan 2:31 Birth of the Cool based on the sound of Claude Thornhill’s big band 3:44 Harmonic analysis of John Carisi’s “Israel” 5:53 Beginning with the melody 9:30 A little more rhythmic during the melody’s repeat 9:54 2-part jazz counterpoint 10:17 Referring to the tune’s melody 10:29 Bill Evans-style phrasing and chord voicings 10:37 Developing a motif 10:40 Digging into the groove 11:05 Letting the music “breathe” 11:20 Improvising over a walking bass line 11:52 Using block chords12:42 Arpeggiating a minor 11th chord 13:07 Expanding the quarter-note triplet feel 13:23 Returning to the original groove 13:40 Reprising the main melody 14:16 A tritone substitution 14:22 Adding a “tag” 15:01 Ending with a Dm6/9 chord Letting our improvisations “breathe” 15:22 The benefits of listening and trusting the groove 15:50 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