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After seeing Oscar Peterson do a short demo of this technique I was hooked! One thing to note, you're going to get the best results on a piano with toned down high overtones. This won't sound right on a Yamaha with a lot of twing to it, the German and American Golden tone are generally the best to get a similar overtone structure to an actual read section. (this technique literally doesn't work on beat up old upright pianos, trust me, I have one)

Hey Josh, what piano VST you using for this? It sounds phenomenal!

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Very good lesson! Can you put these into your com’ing vocabulary or do you have to talk qith the bass player before?

Thanks for this. As a guitarist I remember years ago hearing Joe Pass talk about, almost insist, on eliminating the II chord. It's always stuck with me and opens up endless ways to approach the turnaround. Also appreciate your methodical way, taking your time and delineating the various chords and voicings, something sorely lacking in so many vids. Great work!

Underrated.

Great video! Thanks man! :)

That's Leon Williams playing piano on the Joe Cocker song and pretty much everything else you played on piano. How in the world did you get this so wrong????????????

Thanks as always! What would be helpful if youd show a digital piano in the bottom cuz its kinda hard to see where you put your fingers on the piano 😊

Man you gave us so many ways to flip the 2-5-1 in such a short amount of time. Really great stuff!

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Also a fan of Open Studio

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02:43 thats not a G7/B but a E7/B

This was cool. I grew up during that period and never knew the clique did so much recording.

This is great. Thank you so much.

Well done! Absorbable. Enlightening. Enriching. Thank you. Best wishes. 🖖🏼

Don't forget Chuck Berghofer who played bass for everybody from Nancy Sinatra to the Doors. Also DOug Lubhan.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, Chris. I've saved this video so I can replay it bit by bit until I feel comfortable with all the information given.

That’s a pretty awesome riff and progression.

Thanks Josh excellent video, really helpful.

Love it!!

Great video. Thanks for sharing. I remember when the Cat Stevens song was released as well as Rick Wakeman's Six Wives. Your digital piano sounds terrific. Could not discern what make and model your piano is from the video. Would you be able to share that info?

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I completely agree that Queen Latifah's version of Lush Life is amazing. It's the best I've found, and I've listened to many. The fact that Billy Strayhorn wrote this as a teenager blows me away. It is so sophisticated and world-weary sounding. Truly lush!

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Roger McGuinn played electric 12 string on Mr. Tambourine Man

Strayhorn was hors concours ❤

Very informative, great job, Josh!

Very nice ! I’ll never get enough of this song. Thank you !

Interesting about 'The Clique' name. These musicians I think were better known as 'The Wrecking Crew'. Although as the latter, they also consisted of Leon Russel.

Sorry but this is no secret. Maybe you just discovered this but everyone knows about the wrecking crew

Great job! I felt the same enthusiasm when I figured it out instantly as you did.

This is nothing new. My father was a studio musician for decades in the 30s through the late 60s. He had a regular job ... First CBS, then ABC ans finally NBC. he palyed in the band and orchestra, but, they all spent most of their time in the studio recording with the biggest stars of the era. Also ... Studio musicians are regarded as the very best of the best and often were the people who made a recording a hit.

Give a listen to Larry Knechtels sweet piano track on Johnny Rivers remake of Huey Piano Smith’s “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” 🎹

I really wanted to hear the actual riffs, by the actual session musicians… not this guy’s keyboard renderings.

"Most important", er, well assuming Motown and the Funk Brothers weren't "important" to you. Or Stax (who backed Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, The Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett, Isaac Hayes, Eddie Floyd and The Bar-Kays), or The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (aka The Swampers, who backed artists like Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Paul Anka, and Bob Seger) or The Nashville A-Team (backed artists like Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, and Simon & Garfunkel). Just sayin'...

como me rompen las pelotas estos videos de mierda! no hace falta que duren quince minutos! no es un concepto complicado ni muy amplio!! que bronca !!

Actually the bass player was carol

If Barry were still alive he'd roast you for playing the four rules at '500 beats per second' instead of slowing down and give/show us your fingerings. Otherwise excellent presentation of the problem and a solution.

It was easy to recognize Bridge Over Troubled Water as a musical and recording masterpiece the moment it was released (1970). But who would have guessed it was still in our top 5 productions of all time in 2024? I had no idea at the time that all those diverse albums were recorded by the same core of musicians. They deserve to be household names!

Don Randi was one of the Wrecking Crew. He still owns, runs and plays at the Baked Potato Jazz club in LA.

The Wrecking Crew did not play on any Beatles songs... NONE!

Did jazz pianists ever try to avoid going below E1 in their walking bass lines since most double basses don't go lower than that?

I saw him play around New York in my teens and twenties.. He was not the most polished performer and didn't really learn what I could have because I got distracted by this. What a mistake- he had a steel trap mind and was very generous with his knowledge. I appreciate him so much now....

Love your videos, Josh! Thank you :)

Hi Josh, very clear and fun post on walking bass with those formulas. Loads of people are going to get a lot from this instruction. 😁🎹

Small correction at 2:00 - with very few exceptions, an acoustic bass won’t walk below E, second octave below the bass clef. The low C’s you play as example are out of range. Of course, you can use those notes, but they should only be used for specific effect. EDIT: i’ve gotten five minutes in, and suggest that so far, these lines are too low and muddy. Tastes vary, but jazz bassists don’t spend much time on the lowest 4th of the instrument. Half the notes I’ve heard so far are below the range. On stage, this can get gimmicky very quickly, in my opinion. Beyond this, your teaching style is wonderful and your presentation is very clear - I appreciate your explanation of swinging by taking care of 2 & 4, and anticipation notes.

I got to work to get into that low piano range. How you play down there is important too. Piano players get caught in a smaller range than the bass. They also play less linear because the move between those strings. Always check out Tony Monaco on organ and Dave Frank on piano. Look at the technique of the left hand. Monaco and Frank are different from each other in LH technique. Which to choose?