Latin Jazz?

[shas]

Is this site strictlly limeted to Classical music (which I love) or can include questions about other styles?
Does anyone play jazz or latin jazz piano. I'm espeacally fond of Eddie Palmieri's music as well as Herby Hancock, Chick Corea, Bud Powel etc..
Also does anyone know a jazz solo piece cauld "Tempus Fugue-It (Tempus Fugit) by Bud Powell (Ithink) and even better can anyone play it? ;)

[BuyBuy]

No, this is not limited strictly to Classical. However, you'll fin out soon enough that most of us know and discuss much more of Classical than anything else...

About Latin jazz, what do you think of Rubén González? He's old, but he's still got it, I think.

[shas]

I think he's great and in genrall the older they are the more expirienced they get. Ediie Palmieri must be getting on a bit too now.
Incedently do you know who Jack Costanzo's current pianoist is? I got the CD copied and don't have any info about it.

[Eek Lek Tik]

Tempus Fugit is in this book:

https://changingtones.com/gerandsz/bdpowell.html

I haven't played it but I play several of his tunes and solos. The transcriptions are good but you need to listen to the recordings to get it right.

If you like Latin jazz piano,  get anything by Michel Camilo and see him live if possible.  He stunned everyone at the Monterey Jazz festival last September.

Recommended Camilo recordings:

Rendezvous (my fave)
On Fire
Suntan
..and all the rest

[Eek Lek Tik]

He sure did have it.

https://jazztimes.com/JazzNews/JazzNews.asp?cmd=view&articleid=1174

[shas]

man I saw Buena Vista Social Club,  at the last glaston bury festival. yes they wer grate.
by the way Eddie Palmieri rules!

[NetherMagic]

I love jazz but unfortunately I'm not really good at it.

It's hard to get into improv and solos after playing classical for years.  I guess that's the downside of classical music for the general majority, you just lose some of that creativity.  But I'm gettin' better =]

and Camilo is amazing =]

[shas]

Just keep trying. It's more of a psycelogical thing than anything else.
Your probly a far better pianist than I am haveing onlly played for a whil But it's crazy too say and problly quite true to say theat I's a more competent improviser seeing that istarted with jazz. Your case isn't uncomen. you need to use your classical technique to your advantege but free your mind from the restrictions of writen music.
Start off just messing about with a scale or monde then play over a few chords in a seaquence. Also It's very usefull to transcribe other peoples solo's because it developes your ear and gives you ideas as to what to use.

[Eek Lek Tik]

"Thinking in Jazz" by Paul Berliner is a good book that deals more with the learning process and mental side of jazz improvisation. In addtion to the many technical books ("The Jazz Piano book", "Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony", "Harmonic Foundation for Jazz and Popular Music"  etc..) you can learn the theory. But as was previously posted,  play, play, play. Pick out as many tunes as you can by ear and come up with different harmonies. Get a fake book and just start in on it. And listen to as much music of the genre as you possilby can. It's been a long road for me but a road unltimately more fascinating and satisfying than the oher genres.

[Daevren]

Guitarist Al Di Meola did some nice latin jazz/fusion stuff. He is a bit like Chick cause he played in Chick's Return to Forever band. Later he turned even more latin. Inspired by Piazzolla the accordion player.  He also turned acoustic.

[shas]

Hey, I just got the Sher music production"101 Montunos" the latin piano book, I would strongly recomend it, It comes with 2 free CD's as well which I never realised befour.