Piano thread?

I'm throwing in some Menahem Pressler. I'm probably biased, but he's absolutely superb, especially for 85. And a riot to watch play.

Second most amazing pianist ever. Want to see the first?

He plays a lot of notes really fast.

He's like the Yngwie Malmsteen of the piano.

Gonzalo Rubalcaba would like a word.

AntonSzandorLaVey: Second most amazing pianist ever. Want to see the first?

Link (new window)

Valentina Lisitsa thrashes that piano son.

/has nothin else

Almost as bad as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYpNNUFsF9Q

Notes really fast do not a good player make.

Occasionally it threatens to sound like music, then flies off into rapid aimless noodling again. Bleah.

Meh. Keith Emerson could do that.

MikoSquiz: Occasionally it threatens to sound like music, then flies off into rapid aimless noodling again. Bleah.

Yeah, I much prefer the tastefully subdued version that Harry Connick does on the "20" album. Not the best or most technically precise rendition, but I like its soul. This is the closest I could find to a link to it... (pops)

That guy fails on the piano.


Anything by Thelonious Monk trumps hell out of that.


Horowitz doing Chopin.


Really,ANYTHING with passion and or sincerity beats that.


Emotion will ALWAYS defeat tricky scale exercises.

craigdamage: Horowitz doing Chopin.

This.

Keith Jarrett would also like a word with you.

Keith Jarrett would also like a word with you


Yikes!
Hell yes I better give notice to Jarrett.......or else he will scold the HELL out of me!


(in the middle of a performance no doubt)

craigdamage: Really,ANYTHING with passion and or sincerity beats that.

I agree. Oscar Peterson could play fast, but he also had soul so it felt real.

My vote for great piano music is The Bad Plus (new window)

/plus they cover some Aphex Twin (new window)

That guy who only ever lived on a the ocean liner (new window) is way better.

Millzners: My vote for great piano music is The Bad Plus (new window)

/plus they cover some Aphex Twin (new window)

I came here to say this.

Pentaxian

Am I missing the joke? He asked the genie for a "tiny pianist" and the girl wants to go home with him?

That seems to be not right.

He probably asked for a 12" pianist, or something like that

Gangway Fathead: Pentaxian

Am I missing the joke? He asked the genie for a "tiny pianist" and the girl wants to go home with him?

That seems to be not right.

I'd assume for a piano that size, he'd need a 12 inch pianist...

James Booker pwns all.

Gangway Fathead: Pentaxian

Am I missing the joke? He asked the genie for a "tiny pianist" and the girl wants to go home with him?

That seems to be not right.

Getting the strip requires knowing the actual joke, in which a guy in a bar is showing off his 12" pianist, and explains that he got it because a genie misheard his wish. The specification of the size is the important part to take away from the original.

allow me to humbly nominate the late ,great Oscar Peterson


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxB-LbcZITU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAH4DXsNSyo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkQNti8_EU&feature=related

Art Tatum is pretty badass too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycfQd9nk9M&feature=related

Lots of whiny "fast = bad" losers in this thread... this guy is definitely pretty high up there on the amazing scale.

So you ride the short bus and can't appreciate the complex harmony and incredible virtuosity. Plenty of people like the stride style and the twinkling keys...

/not subby

*yawn*

First thing I thought of...



/hotter than Étude Op. 10, No. 12

Thanks for the recommendation of the Bad Plus. I've read alot about them but never took the time to check 'em out. I like it.

llama42: Lots of whiny "fast = bad" losers in this thread... this guy is definitely pretty high up there on the amazing scale.

Fast doesn't equal bad. Just fast equals bad.

Nothing like a flamebait headline, huh?

tailormadebassist: Thanks for the recommendation of the Bad Plus. I've read alot about them but never took the time to check 'em out. I like it.

If you like The Bad Plus I would highly, fanatically recommend Kneebody (new window) more (new window).

and while we're at it throw in some Happy Apple (new window)

/post jazz FTW

llama42: Lots of whiny "fast = bad" losers in this thread... this guy is definitely pretty high up there on the amazing scale.

So you ride the short bus and can't appreciate the complex harmony and incredible virtuosity. Plenty of people like the stride style and the twinkling keys...

/not subby

this. if all you see/hear is fast 'noodling' and dont get how insanely complex and crazy this is, you absolutely fail at understanding music.

Millzners: and while we're at it throw in some Happy Apple (new window)

/post jazz FTW

Please Refrain From Fronting is one of my favorite albums. It's good to hear that people outside the Twin Cities are familiar with Minnesota jazz groups featuring David King on drums.

Cosmic J: It's good to hear that people outside the Twin Cities are familiar with Minnesota jazz groups featuring David King on drums.

that dude is f*cking amazing

Piano sucks...especially when played solo...needs more cowbell
More cowbell (new window)

Anyone ever hear Sergei Kuryokhin?

I prefer Dr. Dirty (new window).

Needless to say, NSFW.

Cosmic J: Millzners: and while we're at it throw in some Happy Apple (new window)

/post jazz FTW

Please Refrain From Fronting is one of my favorite albums. It's good to hear that people outside the Twin Cities are familiar with Minnesota jazz groups featuring David King on drums.

I think David King is insanely awesome, but I'm also a huge fan of Nathan Wood from Kneebody. I think there's some really exciting stuff being made right now in this post-jazz / new-jazz genre: and what makes it so special is the way the drummers are stepping into the spotlight again and stealing the show. Bands like The Yellow Jackets (new window) are a huge influence on these groups, but they didn't have that monster drum sound. Wood and King bring this whole new vibe with their rock back-beats and BIG kick drum sound.

I can wait for Kneebody's new album. They're apparently working on it now.

It pleases me to virtually no end all the above praise for Oscar Peterson.

craigdamage: It pleases me to virtually no end all the above praise for Oscar Peterson.

do people where youre from NOT praise oscar peterson? everyone i know pretty much accepts the fact hes the god of all gods. btw, i discovered this dude makowicz from OPs wiki page awhile back.

HagarTheHorrible: He's like the Yngwie Malmsteen of the piano.

wow, you so lose.

CaptainScrewy: Oscar Peterson could play fast, but he also had soul so it felt real.

exactly, since this guy has even more amazing technique he obviously has 'no soul'.

Kyosuke: Meh. Keith Emerson could do that.

on a semi related note, theres actually a video on youtube of KE and OP together, i swear to god.

mahavishnunj: on a semi related note, theres actually a video on youtube of KE and OP together, i swear to god.

Not as cool as a video of Dick Hyman and Ralph Sutton together. There's not one. I looked.

Fast playing does not = bad. Some songs are just showoff pieces designed to be played as fast as possible. This is one. if he was playing the Sonata Pathetique that fast, i'd be raged, but he wasn't. Relax.

Art Tatum

Oscar Peterson,Keith Jarrett, etc ., ALL say Tatum was the best AND fastest ever.

He's not playing a Chapman Stick or a Warr Guitar so this thread fails to deliver the FailBoat while Failowning itself Lolcat does not get a cheezeburger make your time ORLY.

Too many notes


/vienna thing

Meetak: allow me to humbly nominate the late ,great Oscar Peterson


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxB-LbcZITU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAH4DXsNSyo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkQNti8_EU&feature=related

Art Tatum is pretty badass too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycfQd9nk9M&feature=related

came here for oscar. i also like ahmad jamal.

For laughs:

Link (new window)

For serious:

Link (new window)

serious, plus he's still alive:

Link (new window)

(scroll in to about 1:50 for the piano solo.. the singer is hard to take)

Jordan Rudess is the modern version of Mozart! Hands down - and on the piano/keyboard.

I know it's supposedly cool to come into threads like this and piss all over someone else's talent, but...

That was pretty damn impressive.