Dream A Little Dream Of Me: Journey Through The Real Book #101 (Jazz Piano Lesson)

A jazz piano lesson to give you ideas on learning and performing the great jazz standard Dream A Little Dream Of Me. Learn the 5 Essential Left Hand Techniques 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. Ron Drotos: Jazz piano solo and musical/historical discussion of the beautiful jazz standard “Dream A Little Dream Of Me.” Learning every tune in the Real Book 0:00 “Dream A Little Dream Of Me,” composed by Gus Kahn in 1930 0:18 The place of “Dream A Little Dream Of Me” in jazz history 0:22 “Escapism” in popular music during The Great Depression 0:38 The charm of “Dream A Little Dream Of Me” 1:50 “Dream A Little Dream Of Me” as recorded by The Mamas and The Papas 1:58 Playing stride piano on “Dream A Little Dream Of Me” 2:13 Playing jazz piano without preconceptions 2:38 Jazz reharmonization with inner-voice motion 3:03 Moving up an octave for the 2nd A section 3:36 A 2-handed flourish, inspired by Art Tatum 3:56 Harmonizing the melody with George Shearing-style block chords 3:59 Moving into a steady tempo for the bridge 4:04 A tritone substitution (B7 to Bb7) 4:12 Jazz piano improvisation using block chords 4:41 Playing a stride left hand accompaniment 5:16 Walking 10ths in the left hand 5:22 Melodic variation 5:35 A very “1930’s” jazz piano lick 5:49 Jazz piano solo over a left hand stride pattern 5:52 Syncopated 10ths in the left hand 5:58 A fast pentatonic run 6:57 Embellishing and varying the tune’s melody 7:01 Old-fashioned tremolos 7:08 Chromatic neighbor chords 7:19 Returning to the original block chord texture 7:54 Slowing down to an ending 8:03 Reharmonizing the melody with chromatically-descending chords 8:09 Concluding with a gentle touch of the blues 8:16 Analysis of the arranging process 8:33 An “exploratory” approach to playing solo jazz piano 8:39 The value of experimentation when improvising independent inner voices on a jazz standard 9:01 Keith Jarrett’s approach to playing inner voices within a chord progression 9:10 Being influenced by early Lennie Tristano recordings 9:47 Lennie Tristano’s first solo piano recordings, recorded in Chicago, as being influenced by Art Tatum’s harmonic concept 9:52 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