Jazz piano solo and musical/historical discussion of the jazz ballad “Autumn In New York,” which was recorded by Billie Holiday and many other jazz greats.

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Overview of Real Book video series and the song “Autumn In New York” 0:00
Phrasing like a vocalist such as Billie Holiday 0:27
Improvising around the song’s melody, in the tradition of Art Tatum 0:38
Charlie Parker as a great interpreter of ballads 1:10
Using Impressionist chords in the introduction, a la Ravel and Debussy 1:18
Beginning the melody, at a relaxed jazz ballad tempo 1:43
Improvised fills between phrases of the melody 1:55
Extending the right hand melodic phrase with the left hand 2:03
Tritone substitutions 2:14
Adding an independent “alto” voice under the melody, in the right hand 2:32
Octave displacement of successive phrases 2:55
Duke Ellington-like piano fills 3:05
Leading into the melodic phase, like Charlie Parker like to do on his “Bird With Strings” recordings 3:11
Embellishing the melody, inspired by Art Tatum 3:30
An Impressionist pianistic texture, with middle-register 8th notes 3:57
Basing the improvised solo on the tune’s melody 4:41
Motivic development in a jazz piano solo 5:07
Developing a short phrase into exciting, extended scale-like passages 5:25
Using scales in contrary motion 4:48
Playing the melody with the left hand 6:30
Quarter-note chords in the left hand on a jazz ballad, like Keith Jarrett plays on his album “Jasmine” (with bassist Charlie Haden) 7:02
Double-time feel, with a swing groove 7:13
Returning to the original ballad feel 7:28
Chromatic lines 8:13
Slowing down for the ending 8:29
Improvising 2-handed runs in the style of Art Tatum 8:55
The importance of learning tunes and memorizing them 9:11

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