It's incredibly rare to see a channel with high production levels, fantastic and humble players, new learning opportunities every video, and just an overall feeling of class and respect for the music. This channel and the Open Studio program in total is pure art. Thank you to Peter and Adam

@tmoddison

Ай бұрын

Agreed. It’s a channel my son and I can watch and it brings us both great joy.

10. Spain (Chick Corea) 1:07 9. Ruby My Dear (Thelonious Monk) 2:02 8. King Porter Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton) 2:44 7. Strasbourg St. Denis (Roy Hargrove) 3:07 6. In A Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington) 4:35 5. Sing a Song of Song (Kenny Garrett) 5:55 4. Au Privave (Charlie Parker) 7:04 3. Infant Eyes (Wayne Shorter) 7:50 2. Rhythm-A-Ning (Thelonious Monk/Mary Lou Williams (Walkin and Swingin) 9:08 1. Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) 10:20

@Orlando-wn4uc

2 ай бұрын

The piano solo on the Strasbourg recording is incredible. Suuuper hip.

@zekielrodriguez5229

Ай бұрын

That's crazy that when I entered a jazz program like 8/10 of these tunes became my favorite to play over the super standards. I simply love the sounds and techniques used in these tunes, they have more color to them. I didn't think of them for impact or education purposes. They actually seem more quirky and distinctive

@cameratatchaikovsky2365

Ай бұрын

Beautiful playing

@BenWeeks-ca

Ай бұрын

Really tasteful deep cuts.

Nice to see Strasbourg / St. Denis represented.

@littlebumgorf

Ай бұрын

RIP Hargrove 😔

@MAYNOR82

Ай бұрын

💯

@jeffreyalexander7504

Ай бұрын

I'll never forget playing with Roy at Wally's in Boston before he became a jazz star. The gig was on Wednesdays. He would take the train to New York Friday afternoon, play a gig Friday night, sleep on the floor of the club in the back room, play a gig at a different club Saturday night, then catch the train back to Boston Sunday to go to school. We smoked a bunch of pot back then.

@littlebumgorf

Ай бұрын

@@jeffreyalexander7504amazing story, thank you for sharing that

Some tunes that I call that I don't see called much: - Sophisticated Lady - Old Folks - Hymn to Freedom - Emily - Waltz for Debbie - Laura - Lush Life

@samkennard2455

Ай бұрын

Waltz for debbie (among other Bill evans tunes) should be played more, i wonder why? would it be too unfamiliar for horn players to blow over perhaps? I love tunes like Jade Visions, Peace Piece

@TobsterStrudel

Ай бұрын

+1 for Waltz for Debby

@kieronjohnson8834

Ай бұрын

I don't get the clamour over Waltz For Debbie. If I never hear it again in my lifetime I'll be fine.

@Elriri

14 күн бұрын

Lush life is mentioned in the video????

Petition to get a studio tour Sign here 👇

Haven't heard anyone play "In a sentimental mood" this beautifully in a while. You've almost made a grown man cry

@DaGhost141

Ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5iK1sh6Y87bmrA.html Check out Bill Evans version, I love how he manages to infuse swing into such a well, sentimental piece.

@tychovskisounds

Ай бұрын

Check out the Michel Petrucciani live version thats on KZread.... ooh la la

Peter, man, this should be streamed everywhere as a mini documentary. So beautiful. Been digging jazz for 65 years, and this is just great!

Love these "new" standards - Lush Life is one of the most beautiful compositions, but also Infant Eyes. Coltrane played the first with Johnny Hartman (McCoy, Elvin & Garrison) - Stan Getz played them both on the album Live at Montmartre (1977) - a concert I attended.

I think we have to make justice for round midnight

@Caleb-zl4wk

2 ай бұрын

Great song for sure don't get me wrong Doesn't feel as Monk as Ruby my Dear to me. Or Pannonica or Monk's Mood or Crepuscle with Nellie. I just feel like he has other better standards.

@guidemeChrist

2 ай бұрын

You can't call it bc everybody plays the changes wrong, especially on the bridge. Blame miles

@HQplayzdrums

2 ай бұрын

Facts😅🔥🤌 Round midnight>

@matthewmunzner8124

2 ай бұрын

Reflections is the best Monk ballad imo

@talentunburied

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

May I add the enigmatic "The Peacocks" and the monumental "Prism" and another one that is a hymn to the joy "To Wisdom The Prize", the very emotional " Every Time We say Goodbye" and absolutely agreed on the" best of the best" composers Billy Strayhorn, Duke, Wayne Shorter...

Such a high quality video! Beautiful playing by Peter as always, and just fantastic editing.

So enjoyed this mini-concert, Peter. Thank you!

Both the editing and the playing in this video is completely beautiful. Bravo open studio!!!!!!

Great selection, gorgeous playing. Thank you, Peter

Peter's playing is so beautifully dynamic and colourful!

Sir #3-Wayne Shorter's Infant Eyes... It IS a super superb jazz standard

Thank you Peter! Lush Life is one of my favorites too! Your playing is so beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

You are the damn man!. The fact we had some of the same standars on our list is awesome. You validated me.

So enjoyed this Peter. A great set of songs . . . beautifully played. Thank you.

Awesome video and awesome playing by Mr. Martin!

Awesome! Thank you from Valencia, Spain.

Thanks Peter! You have reminded us of truly excellent standards!!!

Seriously, the craftsmanship in the songwriting from all of these Titans is outstanding! And to top it all off the delivery from the crew from Open Studio only fuels their mastery! Bravo!

Love Wayne Shorter. So beautiful

Love your playing , Peter. Your interpretation is always spot on. Big fans!

Awesome list! Have been loving to play many of these for many years, and now the list expands! It would be awesome to have a recording of your fingers playing all of these standards! Beautiful and rich playing (as always)

This was the best video I’ve heard from you. I found it quite relevant and provoking (as in prodding) me to look at most, if not all of these. I know some already but the others will go into the study list. Thanks for this.

From number 10, I knew why I loved this channel.

Goosebumps here with the video editing. Amazing job!

Thank you so much guys As usual, this video is so inspiring

Been playing "Lush Life" since I'm a boy, generally in Db as well. You had a few subs that really twanged my janger. Very nice, Peter.

OMG, number one is so moving! What a rendition, Peter. Bravo Maestro!

You are a godsend of inspiration. Rock on Peter

I',ve cry with Lush Life, two reason: The marvellous way you play it, and my frustration that i never be able to play like you. Thanks!!!!

Very cool. Some old tunes in there I definitely didn't know, or remember, based on my listening experiencing all these years in Jazz. Thanks for this video.

Love this thank you for sharing this great gift of music for us all

The production value is incredible!

Love Lush! Great arrangement! 🔥

This really is a stunning video - great tunes - amazing playing - just made my day - thank you

This is excellent, Peter. Great playing, too!

I’ve been playing guitar for 30 years before I found this channel. I had a basic understanding of music theory and also knew some things I didn’t know I already knew if that makes sense lol. Anyway you guys inspire me so much I just had to leave a comment. In the last 6 months i bought a piano and working through all twelve keys at the moment(b and a are my favs so far) thank you for doing what you do. You’ve changed the way I look at and understand music and reawakened a deep passion for playing. Thanks again. Keep it up.

love the duke clips! 🫶🏻

Great choices. Beautiful playing!

Outstanding and inspiring list, Thank You Peter!

Wonderful insights and such a caring session

Ah, Lush Life! Beautiful rendition Peter. So emotionally satisfying.

This is excellent, thanks for the video!

What an amazing list and what a great interpretation! You are such a talented piano player, Peter Martin! God bless you!

Thoroughly enjoyed this video! Class!

Man I love this content

Wonderful choice of tunes. So hard to narrow down to just 10. Infant Eyes and Lush Life remain such beautifully haunting tunes, and I've listened to them for decades.

This video was just beautiful...

Love the chord progression in Spain ❤

This was a sublime list. Lush Life a real treat at the end. Others I've adopted as party pieces are Black Nile (Wayne Shorter), Field of Gold (Morricone - basically "that" music from The Good The Bad The Ugly) and Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing, in memory of a friend who always played it as his last piece in gigs). The song I have by far the most fun with is Tea for Two (Youmans, with more than an echo of Shostakovich and Tatum). There's something in its catchy, simple tune that can make it pivot from petite to frenzied on a dime.

Wow, thank you for bringing these great jazz standard pieces of all time by these masterful artists. It was therapy to my ears. So happy this particular video came in to my feeds. I loved every single one of them. How the status quo can allow for these greats to fade away when they are the best would be and is a sin. Thank you for this enlightening awakening.😮🎉

Amazing compilation!

Lessons from Mr, Martin give me life

Dude what a coincidence!!! I have been playing that Roy Hargrove tune on my playlist for 5 weeks and still can't get enough. The horns and piano interplay is amazing. I need a lead sheet of that tune. For real!!!!

Au Privave was always one of my all time favorite blues melodies. Glad to see it on the list!

thank you for this as always peter

This session has elevated my being 🎶 🎹 🚀

A recent favorite of mine that would fit well with the theme here is Bill Evan's rendition of "You and the Night and the Music"" from the interplay sessions. It's actually a theme from a 1930's musical

Fantastic. Thanks OS.

Great Choice! Thank you!!!

Yes to Infant Eyes! I played this with the trio I put together for the one gig we played haha. I would gladly play this at every session. We always play Strasbourg and I'm always on board for that, too.

What a magnificent performance, and beyond that, choice of standards.... thank you thank you thank you

Thank you for this beautiful video. And a shout out to whoever did the cut at 6:38 - on the first listen I thought those appoggiaturas on the 1 were also being played in octaves and wondering how that could be physically possible lol

Loved this Peter. This just accompanied me through 15 minutes in the wake of the worst thing that has ever happened to me. Thank you

Great list, took out my Flute and played along with these

What a fantastic video

I must agree on Spain, Ruby My Dear and also Au Privave. But with my love for karaoke, composing, and also having performance history with pop singers, I immersed myself in playing 40-50 standards in all 12 keys almost 15+ years ago, when I was still fresh out of college and trying to find a job, music or just a regular day job. While I can't play them all the standards in all keys, I'd think it's a great exercise for the ears, and particularly myself playing piano, understand the chord progression by just numbers, not the letters itself.

THanks very nice! As always you are a true master sir.

Well played Sir

Thoughts on the video as I watch: Ruby My Dear W ballad Strasbourg St. Denis is such a great tune, I heard it so much at sessions in college that it kind of got played out and no one plays it, but they should. Au Privave is definitely an underplayed blues. Wayne ❤️ Lush Life is so beautiful. Billy Strayhorn wrote so many incredible compositions, Chelsea Bridge, Take The A Train, UMMG, so many more. Seriously awesome tunes on this list. Love that you threw in some newer tunes that resonate with the new generation of musicians, that’s how we move the music forward!

Anorher really beautiful ellington chart I love is le sucrier velours. Great list and playing

Wow!! Thank you!

On top of the great list, this is an insanely enjoyable video

100 percent agree with No. 1. I so hoped it made the list - behold and see!

Beautiful playing.... !!!

Great list!

Love this video. Please do more of these selections. Maybe with some Bill Evans next time ;)

Excellent selections! Everyone a gem! The whole video is a highlight reel but my vote for best of show is that beautiful footage of Wayne Shorter. So well done

I could listen to Peter play all night long. His playing trios well with a cigar and a good bourbon.

Love me some Peter Martin evening jazz.

many, many years ago I heard Donna Summer sing this beautiful song and fell instantly in love with it.... Lush Life

Your articulation on Au Privave was incredible.

Great video!

Two important notes re: the excellent song Lush Life: 1) The noun "lush" seems to have fallen far enough out of common usage that younger people encountering the song don't always grasp the meaning -- it's not mainly referring to a life that's "lush," as in decadent, opulent, lavish, etc, but the life of a "lush," as in a heavy drinker, a drunkard, an alcoholic. 2) The lyrics framing the singer's alcoholism and depression as a product of unrequited love ("Then you came along / With your siren's song / To tempt me to madness / I thought for a while / That your poignant smile / Was tinged with the sadness / Of a great love for me / I guess I was wrong / Again, I was wrong") have a very specific layer of meaning for the composer Billy Strayhorn, who was semi-openly gay and wrote the song as a teenager.

Nice choices ❤

Amazing video.

Great solo piano playing! Respect ...

This was beautiful

One solution for me is to perform one of my own tunes. I sometimes get more applause then I do on standards : ). BTW, that's a great choice of tunes you've selected. I've been been playing "In A Sentimental Mood," for seemingly eons. Au Privave ... my wife would say "On The Privy" : ) I love Lush Life with the images of Strayhorn and Ellington. Wouldn't you just love to spend some time with them, just chatting over a cup of coffee or two. On the list I'd also include Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance." I just love the way it so effortlessly modulates through the assorted keys. One final recommendation is the Irving Berlin ballad, "What'll I Do?" I did it a bunch of years with a clarinet, piano, bass, drums combo. (I love clarinet. I feel it's one of the most under-appreciated jazz instruments). The bassist hadn't played it before. When done, he leans over and says, "That has to be one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever played."

Lotus Blossom, another Billy Strayhorn standard desserve its olace here ! Great choices you did, thanks Peter !

man i just have to say that ur playing is beatiful, greetings from Argentina

infant eyes is a fantastic tune...good advice on some really good tunes there.

I was shure you woud play Lush Life as the number one. I agree. All the best,Peter!!!!

Lush Life, such a feeling of heart break yet beauty

One of my bands is a blend of both jazz and non-jazz musicians (I’m one of the non-jazz musicians). And both Spain and Strasbourg are staples in our repertoire. Such fun tunes to play for any kind of musician! Funny side note, I remember going to Robert Glasper’s shows and he’d tease Chris Dave by playing intros to several of these ‘exhausted’ standards knowing even though Chris is fully proficient, he wasn’t tryina mess with any of that sh!t anymore lol

Great video, I recommend also to look after the Horace Silver book.