Chopin Nocturne Reinterpreted by a Jazz Pianist (ft. Jeremy Siskind)

0:00 Apologies to all my piano teachers
0:38 Reduce the Piece to a Lead Sheet form
1:35 Create Jazz Chords using Extensions and Alterations
2:58 Experiment with Different Rhythmic Styles
4:25 Figure Out a Form
5:36 Improvise!
5:48 Jazzified Chopin Nocturne

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[JeremySiskind]

Thanks for watching, everyone! I hope these tips help inspire something new for your creative journey!

[janevonmaltzahn]

I'm "classical, " too, so I get all the criticism from purists, BUT we can learn a lot of useful info about Chopin through analyzing, exploring C's available options, trying add-ons and (thusly) appreciating all the more his choices. Secondly, ... why ever not? It's not "improving" upon Chopin, but going into the parallel universes he opened up through his own explorations of tonality. Thirdly, IT'S FUN! WHAT'S WRONG WITH HAVING FUN WITH MUSIC??!! And, WHAT A JOY TO GET AWAY FROM THE SCORE! THANK YOU! It made my day!

[nycs]

I am a classical pianist, and I would give anything to do what you do. Fantastic!

[Classical-Inspiration]

As a classical musician, I am thoroughly impressed!

[hazanko]

I could not suppress a grin at the rhythmic changes. The was very fun.

[timfranken]

I love classical.
I love jazz.
I love piano and I love Chopin, especially the Nocturnes.
This is amazing!

[iampracticingpiano]

Studying choral and classic jazz voicing has actually helped my chord voicings tremendously, by helping my ear "find" interesting voice leading between chords.

[opustravels]

Jeremy is just awesome, wonderful pianist and educator

[iampracticingpiano]

The love the way Jeremy is able to add warmth to the melody in his right hand, while pushing the "rest of the band" in his left hand back from the "mic", just enough. Fantastic pianist.

[juliherzog]

classical pianist here the nocturne's the first piece I learned and this guy just gave me the key to jazz with this video!

[lars]

I've found that a lot of the better jazz pianists have classical sensibilities in their playing that make it sound more mature. Nothing over the top-- just subtle aesthetic choices that add some interest to the sound.

[johncraigjohnson]

YESSS!! And THIS is why I’m a Tonebase subscribing member. Jeremy plus Ben Laude, Daniel Lelchuk, all of ‘em! Best value in online instruction. Hands down. And most stimulating. 🤯 ❤ 👏🏻

[organoleptix]

@jeremy - this a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for producing.

[tonimikael]

So happy to watch and listen to your video, sir!

[Blorbifink]

I loved the stride rendition. The left hand jumps commonly found in Chopin are perfect for stride piano

[daylanrhea]

Hey Jeremy, make an album of jazz Chopin please. Chopin is one of my favorites and I don't hear a lot of re-interpretations of him that satisfy my love of him. Your video is great, please record an album of Chopin tunes. Either a variety of his tunes or even just the same tune over and over but played in different styles.

I normally don't like or comment on any videos but I did for this one.

Good video man.

[BrianOxleyTexan]

As a classical composer, I'm loving this. I would trying slowing back the tempos, to give the melody more breath

[TheNjsb]

Awesome video! I'd love to see more of these

[neilkilleen]

Oh and dont forget step 6, years of hard work to reach this level of skill !!

[uufruity]

I love both classical and jazz very much (I’m currently a beginner-intermediate pianist being classically trained) so it was really fascinating to watch Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 get jazzified!

They’re both great music genres so my eyes lit up and I started giggling when you started playing a Bossa Nova type Nocturne. I thought to myself..that’s actually possible?! haha.