80% of the time you were playing, I felt those familiar heart tugs that Bill's music has been giving me for over 40 years. That's pretty good for a young right-hander!

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks Robert! That means a lot.

@AllIn1Studio

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto! 😍

"How to sound like Bill Evans". Don't do it Noah, don't give me hope

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

hahah ah man, well I know what you mean... but there's always hope to steal lots of great info from him :P

@illusion5739

3 жыл бұрын

Don't give up man. Keep practicing. I hope one day I could play any song and jazzify it the way I want

@thameswrites

3 жыл бұрын

@@illusion5739 That doesn't mean you'll sound like Bill Evans pal lmao

Bill Evans got the greatest compliment possible: "He plays the piano like it was meant to." The last time such a compliment had been given was to Fréderic Chopin in 1832. Evans had a long time coming!

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

The Philosopher of Culture nice! Who gave him that compliment? I agree with you. Such a wonderful pianist.

@BrunoNeureiter

3 жыл бұрын

I love them both and that's exactly my thought! Wow.

Not sure if you saw my comment, but I did suggest this, and to see it in my recommended was a lovely surprise. Bill is my favourite pianist of all time, nobody compares to his genius. I could fall asleep to his playing, it's so beautiful. Thank you for this.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

I did see your comment! Thanks again for the idea. You and a few others had asked me recently for a Bill video, so I figured it was time. And you're welcome!

How you break down and illustrate these complicated Jazz sounds is amazing. This kind of playing is certainly beyond my skill level at the moment but it’s great to know these videos will still be around when I finally get there! Thank you for sharing, as always!

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Alex! Really glad you're finding it helpful. You'll get there soon enough!

Bill is my favorite jazz pianist so thank you very much for sharing this

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, you're welcome, Zane. Yeah he's easily in my top 3 of all time.

@p.as.in.pterodactyl1024

2 жыл бұрын

@@prestonfisher I wonder if Keith Jarrett is one of them.

As I told you, he's my favorite. And not just because we're both from New Jersey.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Figured you'd enjoy this one, Rob!

@AllIn1Studio

3 жыл бұрын

😂🎹🥳

Amazing tips 🤩 Definitely the best Bill Evans tutorial on KZread Many thanks for sharing, you rock!

Omg you’re so amazing thanks for your teaching ♥️♥️

Very good. Great backdown of some technics. Thanks heaps for the share.

Incredible, this inner voice leading movements are amazing

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Stefano, glad you like them!

So much in this Bill Evans tutorial Noah.. thanks again!

A very instructive video, thank you so much.

Man you fullfilled my request! Thanks so much. I am already signed up for the early bird next month. Cant wait

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks Anton! I sure did :) As soon as you said Bill Evans I was like... why didn't I think of that! Had a fun week listening to him to prepare. Amazing! Looking forward to seeing what you think of some of my methods which I'll reveal as part of the pre-course video series!

Dude i just watched this and your Brad Mehldau playing out video- these are really good lessons. seriously great work!

thanks, that was a great synopsis of Bill!

You are so good ! Bravo

9:07 reminds me of the ending part of Bill Evans' solo recording of "Like Someone in Love"! Great Lesson!

Excellent. Your videos are just super and the best around.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Donald! Appreciate that.

Great!!i love your teaching video so much ,you help me a lot

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you like them!!

You are so amazing man. Thanks for sharing

@NoahKellman

2 жыл бұрын

Sure thing! Thanks for the comment

Great tutorial as always. Thanks

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Roel!

Ive been waiting for this thanks~~!!

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I was just hearing Emily the other day wonder how to sound like the master, thank you Noah! (Another master :) )

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Alejandro! Have you tried any of these techniques yet?

@alejandropando593

3 жыл бұрын

Noah Kellman I’m just about to! With all the videos you put up every week is hard to keep up, but please don’t stop! They are the best Noah!

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Alejandro Pando glad you’re enjoying them! I’ll keep them coming

Ty so much for this video…🙏

This is pretty good young man

So awesome

Around 8:30, I think of that chord as in inversion of Db Maj with 6 7 9, a six note chord composed of Db Maj 6 and the major triad a fifth above that, which is Ab C Eb. You can put these two chords together in almost any way and it will sound good, because there aren’t any tritones anywhere. You can think of it as the first 6 notes of the Ab major scale. Then you moved triads around the Ab major scale in the middle. You can also flatten the third on the Db Maj 6 chord making the voicings DMaj 6 + A Maj triad, all the notes of Db melodic minor except the fourth note of the scale (Gb). I was very happy to see this for two reasons. One is I very much like seeing ideas involving inner voice movement, and the other it gives me another way of looking at something I’ve looked at in a different way.

great video Noah !

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Beautiful stuff, thank you!

Amazing lesson Noah as usual. Loads to work on. Love your neo soul stuff too. Not enough hours in the day.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Chris. Keep up the good work man

@chriswright2553

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoahKellman Thx Noah. The flat 6 is the same as the Barry Harris thing, right?

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

@@chriswright2553 Hey Chris yeah exactly!

@chriswright2553

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoahKellman Just sent you an email to noahkellmanmusic@gmail.com

3rd time viewed this Noah and not the last I'm sure. Just see things I didn't quite appreciate the first time! Thanks again..

@NoahKellman

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lucian glad you enjoyed it!

Great stuff :)

Hey Noah! What lesson videos would you recommend as a pre requisite to jumping into something like this? I.e.. building blocks before moving into something like this? I have basic knowledge of piano, but can't read music and tend to learn more by ear.

Seeing your video and all your through explanation, I have to subscribe for good.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dulistan! Hope you're getting some good info. Glad to have you as a subscriber.

Man, I like your style of teaching...

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Herve, appreciate that!

Everything you upload is very useful..you've got a new subscriber ✔

@luxolontamo4440

3 жыл бұрын

Your Bill Evans impression is on point

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Luxolo! I appreciate it. Glad you're finding it all helpful.

Excellent video Noah! Thank you! Can I ask you what camera you use for filming and what software for editing? Thanks again!

Great video!

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

MeeeKaaaL thanks 🙏!

Interesting. Seeing you play the block chords with your left hand like that, I just realized how that's the exact way I play. It's my right hand that is a little weaker than my left when it comes to playing. But I think it depends on what I'm doing.

Hi Noah! Incredible, your playing sounds like Bill actualy! I have studyed jazz piano for a many years and I love Bill, but I never sound like him! I'd like to know a bit more.... God bless you, Manuel

thank you

Your skill level is crazy.

Please do a video on how to sound like Anomalie. The way he fuses Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Bebop and Gershwin is absolutely insane.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Norman Tran Hey Norman, I’ve actually been thinking about that one. Will probably do it in the not too distant future when I have time!

@AfroGhillieSuit

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoahKellman I hope you get to this eventually 🙏🙏

Nice one

Thanx, Maestro.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Brenda!

Gorgeous

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) !

2:28 Awesome. I will work on this this weekend

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome let me know how it goes!!

Noah, did you study at Berklee? I am blown away at your youth and playing with such musical experience and continuing the legacy that is Bull Evans. Takes me back to the late 60s and my father who was a jazz pianist and we had At The Village Vanguard on for my formative years. Thank you for being so generous with us all, I will dig deeper into your teaching courses

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Melissa! Nice to meet you. I did do Berklee's summer program a couple times and have many friends that went to the college, but I did my jazz piano undergrad at The Brubeck Institute, which was in California.

fabulous

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Oliphant thanks, Michael 🙏

u r a god x

Great playing, sounds like Bill! Very informative, but it all goes by way too fast for a novice/beginner! Don't know if this is asking too much, but is it possible to slow it all way down, and/or to just pause from time to time to let us see those green left and right hand notes, and is it possible to also identify the notes?

8:00 It's a 2-5-1 in Ab right ? But great lesson anyway ! :)

What an intro!

@NoahKellman

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! 🙏

I hope you do longer impressions at the start so I can learn your impressions because they sound so good

Great

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Stepán!!

I've made many test songs only a few them is good. I usually make bad songs. What do you think I should do to get good at writing music? Do you have any videos for total beginners?

Can you do a tutorial on "Vanotek feat Eneli - come back to me" please? It s a famous song but there aren't any piano tutorials for it

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Nichita, I will look into it but if I do it won't be for a while as I've got a lot of videos on my list to make!

Ahhh he was a left hander.... makes sense now! 😮

HI. really nice. On 7:32 you are moving your left hand on to the "possible" chord but in 4ths, right? how did you thing for building up these chords? thanks

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Christianne, the shape of the voicing is fourth's based, but I am moving the notes diatonically, meaning they go to the next possible note in the scale.

How to sound like Bill Evans step one: be Bill Evans.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

hahah well if you can do that one, you'll definitely sound like him.

Could you explain the movement of the voicings on 8:33? How are you moving the voicing from the 7-3-5 of Bbm?

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Christianne, I'm moving each voice up to the next note in the Bb dorian scale. Make sense?

Omg you're a god Player!!! This is just for mystery cause i like this part so much (4:17-4:25)

@NoahKellman

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 🙏🙏

Why do we play a diminished chord in between each diatonic chord? Thanks for the great vid Noah

@filiomusic

3 жыл бұрын

Otherwise you couldn’t harmonize every note in the scale. And diminished chords function like dominant chords (Bdim7 = G7b9 without root) so they make for great passing chords!

Great job! I love would you to teach me. How can I get the resources?

@NoahKellman

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Wayne thank you so much. Why don’t you reach out by email? Or you can fill out the contact form at jazzpianoconcepts.com

hey man! thanks for the video. You mention an 2-5-1 in Eb but then play a Bb min - shouldn't it be a dom chord if its the 5 of Eb???

@raggamuffin2349

2 жыл бұрын

oh wait I figured it out there's a typo lol, the 2-5-1 is in Ab! :D

Noah, I must know - how did you get that 1/4 step bluesy bend at 6:41? On guitar, sort of simple... but piano?

@matt.5249

3 жыл бұрын

I think you’re talking about the Ab to A natural and basically he just slid his finger from the black key to the white key

1:54 East St. Louis Toodle-Oo sounding. Good stuff.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Terry! Much appreciated.

What's going on in that voicing at 9:21 before the Eb7sus? E D F# B F ???

How do I get your materials?

I immediately recognized the first minute plus as part of the BE improv section of "Here's That Rainy Day" so you're clearly hitting an audible bullseye on the styling. Superb- it would be interesting to hear you similarly dissect the BE take on "The Touch of Your Lips" bc it was done in C and famously dissected in part by Bill himself with Marian McPartland on Piano Jazz, which can still be heard. It would I believe be the first such exercise- if undertaken.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

klavier1us oh wow that’s so cool- I haven’t heard that before. I’m going to have to search out that recording ASAP. Thanks foe the tip!

@klavier1us

3 жыл бұрын

Noah Kellman, this is what you are seeking, 4 th tune is “The Touch of Your Lips” w Marian’s questions for Bill. www.npr.org/2010/10/08/92185496/bill-evans-on-piano-jazz

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

@@klavier1us Wow thanks so much- going to check this out today!

Correct me if I'm wrong but the part of a video where you talk about the comping rythms... it seems like it comes in a split second (1/16th, or 1/3rd for the 3/4 timing )before the melody note ...am I right? And on harmonizing the left and right hands, the 10th (or b3 /#9 for minor sounds) interval IS your friend....

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hm I'm not sure about the notes coming in 1/16 early, but I am playing a rhythm that works against the right hand maybe that's what you're hearing? And yeah, for sure, the 3rd (or played as a 10th) is always a great harmony note!

@philburpalooza8

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoahKellman I appreciate your pointing out the fact that he did compose and structure a lot of his improvisations. I take his famous quote when he was talking with his brother of..." never letting him (Bill) deprives me of the discovery notes on my own" to extremes... That's what keeps practice fun for me even more fun than gigging.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

@@philburpalooza8 for sure-- I think it's always great to take the time to come up with a beautiful arrangement, if you have the patience!

is this the dim 6th scale?

Isn't the first scale you played Barry Harris' 6th dim scale??

young god on the keys

👍

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Does anyone know the song Noah was playing in the intro? The chord progression sounds very bill evans-esque

@NoahKellman

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Richard, Here’s That Rainy Day !

@richardxu8865

2 жыл бұрын

@@NoahKellman Thanks a ton Noah! I swore this was a medium-tempo bebop song by the feel you gave it, but this is definitely the changes to here's that rainy day 😁! I've been having a great time practicing the ideas in this lesson, so thank you a bunch for this video!

@NoahKellman

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardxu8865 you are very welcome! Yeah I stole that feel from Bill Evans 😅

how can i do to make jazz music?

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Hekima, maybe this vid will help: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jJN-lcuTiK3YYrQ.html

I tried to take the chords from the "block chords" part. can someone tell if this is correct? C Eb G A: CmMAJ7 D F Ab B: Dm7b5 (m7b5) Eb G A C: Eb9b5 F Ab B D: Fdim10 G A C Eb:G/Adim7 Ab B D F: Ab dim7 A C Eb G: Adim7 B D F Ab: Bø7 thx!

4:09

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Plz add turkish sutitles

"rhythmically mimicking the right hand (soloing) with your left hand" THIS! I feel like it doesn't get mentioned enough. Usually, he starts doing this at the start of his final chorus...

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Good point! He does often save it for the end. Thanks for the comment!

@nickcicchese2323

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoahKellman key word "saves!" 100% save the best for last.

@8:40 so thaaaaat's how does that.... I always felt like it sounded like a waterfall

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean, Nick!

it's 00:25 for me, wow

BARRY HARRIS SCALE!

carrie underwood

Wait... people play block chords with their right hand? Im left handed and it feels so weird...

@NoahKellman

2 жыл бұрын

yeah usually right hand! I think Bill did use his left hand though at times

ii V I in Ab*?? 8:00

I think Noah is Bill reincarnated

3:53 He was just built different

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely some truth to that, but we can still learn a lot from studying him/his playing!

@ricardozapata9142

3 жыл бұрын

Lol I didn't say it in a bad way, it's a meme. He was a freaking genius and he played with a lot of my favorite sounds and colors

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

@@ricardozapata9142 ohhh haha gotcha. Don't know the meme!

Out of all your “how to sound videos” I think you sound the closest to Evans and captured it well ….

@NoahKellman

6 ай бұрын

Thank you appreciate that 🙏 Bill Evans is one of my biggest influences for sure

how are we supposed to believe you when the piano you're playing is clearly behind you? ;)

Playing = 10 Shirt = 2

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha could use some ironing at the very least.

I'm sorry but your explanation is too fast. Couldn't catch up the chord you play

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Retuno, you can always go into the KZread settings and slow down the video. Hope it helps!

Good stuff Sir but you are moving way too fast

Needs more structure at the beginning

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Dave, do you mean the music in the intro?

@blevens7251

3 жыл бұрын

@@NoahKellman Bill's version of HTRD is a little more more staccato and bit less flowing, that may be what Dave meant.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

@@blevens7251 Ah I see, interesting. Could be! Yeah I didn't quite nail Bill's touch here.

@davesax11

3 жыл бұрын

Noah Kellman No. I mean at the start of the actual lesson. Spell it out, show the notes, chords & fingerings so we can visualize. Prob Less than a minute in length

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

@@davesax11 Gotcha! The reason I go quickly through the block chords is because I've done other videos that go into them more in depth! I didn't want to spend too much time on it in this video, but you can check out the details in the other one.

Don’t be too hard on yourself if even after much practice trying to learn the technical details of Bill’s playing you still don’t really sound like him. I doubt anyone will ever be able to really do that given that during most if not all of Bill’s live performances and studio recordings he was playing in a heroin, methadone or cocaine induced high and struggling with the physical pain of drug side effects as well as mental illness and continual thoughts of suicide. Bill Evans’ drug addictions began with heroin when he was 29 years old, shortly after he joined Miles Davis’ band in 1958 and lasted, on and off, along with addictions to methadone and cocaine, until his death at age 51 in 1980. His personal life was traumatized over the years by the deaths of close friends, colleagues and family members to the point where he himself didn’t want to live. By 1972 when he recorded Live in Paris his body was already wrecked from the heroin and he was often seen playing with swollen sausage fingers, a painful side effect of the drug. Every time I hear a Bill Evans recording, as beautiful as they are, I always wonder how high he was or how much pain he was dealing with in his mind or his body during the recordings of his material through those years and whether his playing, his sound or his mental health would have been any different if he had been healthy.

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Kelly, yeah those are all really interesting questions. Certainly his playing emotes a lot of sadness. I do wonder how he would have sounded had he been clean and lived on.

You show things much too fast!

Great pianist but teacher?

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

William Hedley admittedly my teaching style isn’t for everyone! In my youtube videos I focus on efficiency and providing students with several concepts to work on immediately rather than deep dives into theory, at least for now.

@williamhedley2222

3 жыл бұрын

I would recommend you have a look at Christian Fuchs who is a great teacher

@NoahKellman

3 жыл бұрын

William Hedley thanks will take a look for some ideas