Jazz - Blue bossa/Moment's Notice

[franz_]

This was recorded in a bar in Brussels, Belgium. The quality is not so good. I'm not a jazzpianist but I was asked to play with those guys and did what I could. We were 6 (trompet, altsax, tenorsax, drums, bass, piano). This was 'our' first performance and had only 2 repetitions. This piece was near the end so they were quiet untuned 
Anyway, leave comments please 

If you like it I can upload more.

https://www.upload2.net/page/download/BruZR2MyLNVrJ4i/blue+bossa.wma.html

https://www.upload2.net/page/download/9nqRjc98q5kZrqV/06+Nummer+6.wma.html


Hope this works.

[quasimodo]

Hey, for a first attempt in jazz performance that's quite encouraging!!!
Obviously your intro sounds much more like Liszt than Herbie Hankock hahahaha.
Also, you are not required to be permanently playing when doing accompaniment. It's better to throw a nice chord here and there on off-beat.
The guys were desperately waiting for you to play a wild chorus, heheheh!
But anyway, good. With just a little bit more work you can be a very decent jazz pianist. You already have the chords. Work out a few melodic patterns, be confident on your imagination and you'll have a lot of fun.
Oh, and obviously listen to a lot of jazz. 

[arensky]

I'm not a jazzpianist but

But what? 

You are playing jazz at the piano. 

Ergo you are a jazz pianist. 


And you are a good jazz pianist, this is excellent! Your solo in Blue Bossa was a little restrained,but it was good and your comping was excellent. Quasi has a point, often excessive comping activity will disrupt the flow of the music and throw the other musicians off. But in this instance it fits right in; these cats are kind of wild, and you dive right in and join the fun! Good for you, with a little work in your spare time (I assume from your post that you don't do this much and primarily play "classical") you'll be a very good Jazz Pianist. 


One thing; the second link labeled "Moment's Notice" is actually "Nutville" by Horace Silver.

[arensky]

I'm not a jazzpianist but

But what? 

You are playing jazz at the piano. 

Ergo you are a jazz pianist. 


And you are a good jazz pianist, this is excellent! Your solo in Blue Bossa was a little restrained,but it was good and your comping was excellent. I liked your intro to Blue Bossa, it's ok to get "Lisztian" like that in those instances, works for McCoy Tyner and Chucho Valdes.  Quasi has a point, often excessive comping activity will disrupt the flow of the music and throw the other musicians off. But in this instance it fits right in; these cats are kind of wild, and you dive right in and join the fun! Good for you, with a little work in your spare time (I assume from your post that you don't do this much and primarily play "classical") you'll be a very good Jazz Pianist. 


One thing; the second link labeled "Moment's Notice" is actually "Nutville" by Horace Silver.

[franz_]

Thank you for your comments both. I appreciated those. Also thank you for the nice critique. This was in fact my first jazzperformance, and my aim will never be to become a jazzpianist, but it was really a nice experience. The other musicians are really jazzplayers (you can obciously hear the contrast between the others and me) and I really liked the solos of the saxophonist. I can enjoy jazz, and listen to f.e. Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Coltrane,...
Thanks for the comments allready, more comments are always welcome. Thx!

[greyrune]

Hey this was fun, I enjoyed it.  If you're not interested in playing much jazz then this is certainly good enough for what you'll need.  I would tell your drummer to relax on the snare a little, especially in the blue bossa but that's another story.  Anyway where in brussels were this.  I used to live there.  I went to ISB what school were you at?  Anyway keep it up, good stuff.

[franz_]

Hey this was fun, I enjoyed it.  If you're not interested in playing much jazz then this is certainly good enough for what you'll need.  I would tell your drummer to relax on the snare a little, especially in the blue bossa but that's another story.  Anyway where in brussels were this.  I used to live there.  I went to ISB what school were you at?  Anyway keep it up, good stuff.

Thanks a lot for your nice comment. It was in a Spanisch bar where you can dance sometimes, called 'La Tentation'. It is really in the centre of Brussels. I will go next year to the conservatory of Brussels.