Play This, Not That, On The Blues | You'll Hear It

There's a lot of questions surrounding the blues... Adam Maness and Peter Martin are here to set the record straight on what to play, and what not to play for the blues.

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[robcostigan]

Pete plays something super hip and he's like "don't play that". And I'm here thinking, no problem, I could never play that.

[stevie]

"Be yourself, and let the blues take care of itself." what a great quote

[stocksam]

Gene Harris (The Three Sounds) is the blues piano master, great touch, great time management. Also great: Ramsey Lewis (sixties, early seventies) best "double stuff", Ray Bryant, Bobby Timmons, Lennie Tristanos "Requiem" is killer, Joe Zawinul on Cannonballs "Babe" - legendary solo, Joe Sample (Crusaders), some Richard Tee (Stuff), Monty Alexander (Montreux), Milt Jackson, Les McCann (sixites), Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff ("The Blues Train to Georgia"), John Lewis, Red Garland, some Cedar Walton, Hampton Hawes, Kenny Barron, Thommy Flanagan, George Duke . "New Day" on youtube live by Kevin Hays is good. Guys who emended the Blues very sophisticated are Dan Wall, Paul Bley, Bob Degen, Jan Hammer (with Jeremy Steig). Jarrett is so so on his late blues encores, but very good in the seventies, early eighties when he combines blues with gospel-like style. Of course Herbie and Oscar are great. On the saxophone Stanley Turrentine is a very good bluesman. On the trumpet Clark Terry. I'm sure I forgot many.. For specific song recommendations, just write, I'm glad to give some tips.

[jacobseymour]

Great episode! I love the Oscar Peterson advice. As piano players we don't have a lot of heroes when it comes to rock blues. I learned to do two good "dos": listen to blues guitar players for the language, like jazz pianists listen to sax and trumpet players for the language. And master the major pentatonic for blues. You'll hear these guitarists totally shred the maj. pent. with added flat thirds and sevenths. You guys rock!

[alexandredoyen]

At 10:25 they said I love number 5 at the same time. Music creates connections...you guys are amazing! Jazz is the ultimate truly American cultural legacy not derived from consumerism.

[adamstein]

if you do a stride one i’ll cry tears of joy

[jomajor]

One thing that is really implied here is that different genres have identifiable riffs and licks. The extension to that is that, if a player wants to change the feel of a blues, or hint at a different style, reaching out to the riffs of that feel are the way to make that happen. I am at the stage where I'm wanting to take the music to a different genre, and am trying to work out how to really lead a section, in the moment, to a new style. Watching this was really useful for me.

[martinlehfeldt]

Peter can kill it on the blues. Love it.

[larryscroggins]

Thanks, fellas ... very instructive ... in terms of repetition of motifs, I recommend Wynton Marsalis’ blues tutorial ... he talks about the blues 12 bar form as statement, response, and resolution ... that has also helped me a lot to try and tell a story and avoid wandering, disconnected lines ... thanks again ... L

[abhinavkhokhar]

THAT COORDINATED " I LOVE NUMBER 5" @10:22

[LoveandHavoc]

Amazing! I love these. I started out as a bassist but in the last year, especially since quarantine began in March I've switched 95% of my practice time and interest to piano. I've always loved it but for some reason it never occurred to me to play earlier. I've been wanting to work on my blues playing but it's hard because piano blues I find is either blues rock type repetitive stuff or really insane jazz blues. So finding what exactly I should be doing to make my playing as authentic as possible has been a bit of a journey, but I cant thank you guys enough for these podcasts!

[lucaslieberman]

your videos always show me how much more there is that i can learn. I can’t believe they’re free!! Thank you

[AngelWest]

before i even watch this - here's a (very) simple but huge tip.... after playing blues for nearly 50 years... when improvising : on the I chord (so, 1st 4 bars) play/resolve licks w Major 3rds (so E naturals in the key of C)... ;... on the IV chord (or 5 & 6 bars) play ZERO/ nope/ nada E naturals but instead -plenty of minor 3rds(so, Eb /E Flats.).. on bars 7-8 return to going hard on the E naturals .... 🎹

[CaptnRich]

Really great video. Hope to see more like this!

[nomanatcore]

When you're plyaing the MINOR blues scale, stay on the one blues scale.. but when you're playing with MAJOR blues, definitely change with each chord.

[darine.]

Great stuff. I play saxophone and this all applies. Thanks.

[gijazz]

The rythm thing is important...could you a video on how to practice rythm. Would be much appreciated. Keep th good things coming guis

[shephronqpan]

I 💕 you guys 😊 What a treat! There's a difference between a piece of music and...the process the music is being created and... could be observed by other musicians.
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[WhistlebirdInfinity]

Y'all are so dorky. You crack me up. Thank you

[sdannye]

You guys are just so great!
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