Piano Improvisation No. 1

[jgsidak]

Piano Improvisation No. 2 generated a surprising level of immediate interest. So I am posting the link to Piano Improvisation No. 1, which is also placed for the time being with "The Common Man" collection at the bottom of this page:

http://www.gregorysidakmusic.com/compon ... lbum_id,7/

These improvisations were recorded the same night and were completely spontaneous and unrehearsed. There was no preconceived melody or chord progression or key or beat.

I used the 3 Way Concert Grand sound with both room reverb and O reverb. Nothing else. I turned off the metronome to avoid distraction.

Greg

[Charlie]

Somehow your piano improvisations remind me a bit of Keith Jarrett.

And I agree with pmm: a real acoustic piano would make it even better - although recording them is a "small horror" if you want the same sound quality as a well sampled piano-sound.

[jgsidak]

Charlie,

Thank you for that flattering comment.

Like 3.5 million others, I purchased and repeatedly listened to Keith Jarrett’s 1975 live recording, The Köln Concert. But I have not listened to that album or others by Jarrett for decades.

Another album that I liked very much at the time was Chick Corea’s Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 from 1971. Again, I have not listened to it since at least the 1980s. But when I got the impulse to record some piano improvisations a few nights back, I thought vaguely of the structure of his “Where Are You Now?: A Suite of Eight Pictures.”

Best regards,

Greg

[Charlie]

I had the pleasure to listen to Keith Jarrett live some 20 years ago (Jazz Festival). For me he was the most convincing musician that day - so much emotion and integrity!