Jazz piano solo and musical/historical discussion of the jazz standard “All Of Me,” which was recorded by Billie Holiday, Lester Young, and is a jam session favorite.

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Overview of Journey Through The Real Book video series 0:00
“All Of Me” as a Top 5 jam session tune 0:28
Various approaches to playing “All Of Me” in a jazz context 0:35
Teddy Wilson-style stride piano 0:37
Improvising over bar lines a la Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz 0:49
Internalizing many ways to improvise jazz 1:21
A solo jazz piano interpretation of “All Of Me,’ beginning out-of-tempo 1:39
Reharmonization 1:51
Improvising a melodic bass line 2:02
Moving into 2-part jazz counterpoint 2:12
Inner-voice lines in the style of Clare Fischer 3:34
Pianistic flourishes 2:42
Transitioning into a moderate swing tempo 2:52
Billy Taylor-style rhythmic octaves in left hand 2:57
Embellishing and varying the melody 3:04
2-part contrapuntal imitation in a swing tempo 3:08
Left hand pedal tone 3:26
Tristano-style phrasing across the bar lines 3:48
Referring to the melody during the solo 4:12
Bitonality in a jazz context 4:15
Motivic development 4:31
Improvising with trills 4:43
Bebop soloing 4:51
Left hand comping 5:04
Walking bass line 5:13
Wayne Shorter-influenced phrasing 5:20
Returning to the melody 5:57
Syncopating the bass line 6:17
Using a iim7(b5) chord in m. 29 of “All Of Me” 6:34
Ending with a descending harmonic sequence 6:42
The original chords to “All Of Me” 6:51
How to keep your audience engaged 7:31
Applying jazz piano techniques to tunes 8:32

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Ron

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