Here is Herbie Hancock playing a wonderful rendition of his composition Dolphin Dance. This concert occured sometime during the mid 1980s. A masterful demonstration of how adventerous Herbie is when he plays. He's definately NOT afraid to take risk. Enjoy!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Bud Powell Discography
Bud Powell Discography as a Leader
Studio recordings
1947: Bud Powell Trio (Roost)
1949-50: Bud Powell Piano Solos (Mercury / Clef) aka (½ of) Jazz Giant (Norgran / Verve)
1949-51: The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note)
1950: Bud Powell Piano Solos #2 (Mercury / Clef) aka (½ of) Jazz Giant (Norgran / Verve)
1950-51: Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury / Clef) aka The Genius of Bud Powell (Verve)
1953: The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (Blue Note)
1953: Bud Powell Trio, Volume 2 (Roost)
1954-55: Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran / Verve)
1954-55: Jazz Original (Norgran) aka Bud Powell '57 (Norgran / Verve)
1955: The Lonely One... (Verve)
1955: Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (Norgran / Verve)
1956: Blues in the Closet (Verve)
1956: Strictly Powell (RCA Victor)
1957: Swingin' with Bud (RCA Victor)
1957: Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) (Blue Note)
1957-58: Bud Plays Bird (Roulette / Blue Note)
1958: Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 4) (Blue Note)
1958: The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5) (Blue Note)
1961: A Tribute to Cannonball (Columbia)
1961: A Portrait of Thelonious (Columbia)
1963: Bud Powell in Paris (Reprise)
1947: Bud Powell Trio (Roost)
1949-50: Bud Powell Piano Solos (Mercury / Clef) aka (½ of) Jazz Giant (Norgran / Verve)
1949-51: The Amazing Bud Powell (Blue Note)
1950: Bud Powell Piano Solos #2 (Mercury / Clef) aka (½ of) Jazz Giant (Norgran / Verve)
1950-51: Bud Powell's Moods (Mercury / Clef) aka The Genius of Bud Powell (Verve)
1953: The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (Blue Note)
1953: Bud Powell Trio, Volume 2 (Roost)
1954-55: Bud Powell's Moods (Norgran / Verve)
1954-55: Jazz Original (Norgran) aka Bud Powell '57 (Norgran / Verve)
1955: The Lonely One... (Verve)
1955: Piano Interpretations by Bud Powell (Norgran / Verve)
1956: Blues in the Closet (Verve)
1956: Strictly Powell (RCA Victor)
1957: Swingin' with Bud (RCA Victor)
1957: Bud! The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 3) (Blue Note)
1957-58: Bud Plays Bird (Roulette / Blue Note)
1958: Time Waits: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 4) (Blue Note)
1958: The Scene Changes: The Amazing Bud Powell (Vol. 5) (Blue Note)
1961: A Tribute to Cannonball (Columbia)
1961: A Portrait of Thelonious (Columbia)
1963: Bud Powell in Paris (Reprise)
Live and home recordings
1944-48: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44-48 (Mythic Sound)
1953: Winter Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953: Spring Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953: Inner Fires (Elektra)
1953: Summer Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953: Autumn Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953-55: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 2: Burnin' in U.S.A., 53-55 (Mythic Sound)
1957-59: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 3: Cookin' at Saint-Germain, 57-59 (Mythic Sound)
1959-60: Bud in Paris (Xanadu)
1959-61: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 5: Groovin' at the Blue Note, 59-61 (Mythic Sound)
1960: The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (Black Lion)
1960-64: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 11: Gift for the Friends, 60-64 (Mythic Sound)
1961: Pianology (Moon [Italy]) [28]
1961-64: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 4: Relaxin' at Home, 61-64 (Mythic Sound)
1962: Bud Powell Live in Lausanne 1962 (Stretch Archives)
1962: Bud Powell Live in Geneva (Norma [Japan])
1962: Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vols. 1-5 (Steeplechase)
1962: Budism (SteepleChase)
1962: Bouncing with Bud (Sonet)
1962: 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (Dreyfus Jazz)
1962-64: Bud Powell at Home - Strictly Confidential (Fontana)
1963: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6: Writin' for Duke, 63 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 7: Tribute to Thelonious, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Blues for Bouffemont (Fontana)
1964: Hot House (Fontana)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 8: Holidays in Edenville, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: The Return of Bud Powell (Roulette)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 9: Return to Birdland, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 10: Award at Birdland, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Ups'n Downs (Mainstream)
1944-48: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 1: Early Years of a Genius, 44-48 (Mythic Sound)
1953: Winter Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953: Spring Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953: Inner Fires (Elektra)
1953: Summer Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953: Autumn Broadcasts 1953 (ESP-Disk)
1953-55: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 2: Burnin' in U.S.A., 53-55 (Mythic Sound)
1957-59: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 3: Cookin' at Saint-Germain, 57-59 (Mythic Sound)
1959-60: Bud in Paris (Xanadu)
1959-61: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 5: Groovin' at the Blue Note, 59-61 (Mythic Sound)
1960: The Essen Jazz Festival Concert (Black Lion)
1960-64: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 11: Gift for the Friends, 60-64 (Mythic Sound)
1961: Pianology (Moon [Italy]) [28]
1961-64: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 4: Relaxin' at Home, 61-64 (Mythic Sound)
1962: Bud Powell Live in Lausanne 1962 (Stretch Archives)
1962: Bud Powell Live in Geneva (Norma [Japan])
1962: Bud Powell Trio at the Golden Circle, Vols. 1-5 (Steeplechase)
1962: Budism (SteepleChase)
1962: Bouncing with Bud (Sonet)
1962: 'Round About Midnight at the Blue Note (Dreyfus Jazz)
1962-64: Bud Powell at Home - Strictly Confidential (Fontana)
1963: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 6: Writin' for Duke, 63 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 7: Tribute to Thelonious, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Blues for Bouffemont (Fontana)
1964: Hot House (Fontana)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 8: Holidays in Edenville, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: The Return of Bud Powell (Roulette)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 9: Return to Birdland, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 10: Award at Birdland, 64 (Mythic Sound)
1964: Ups'n Downs (Mainstream)
Chick Corea Discography
Chick Corea Discography as a Leader
Tones for Joan's Bones (1966)
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)
Is (1969)
Sundance (1969)
The Song of Singing (1970)
A.R.C. (1971)
Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971)
Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1971)
Inner Space (1972)
Crystal Silence (1973, with Gary Burton)
Chick Corea (1975)
The Leprechaun (1976)
My Spanish Heart (1976)
The Mad Hatter (1978)
An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978)
Secret Agent (1978)
Friends (1978)
Delphi I (1979)
CoreaHancock (1979)
Duet (1979, with Gary Burton)
In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1980, with Gary Burton)
Delphi II & III (1980)
Tap Step (1980)
Greatest Hits of 1790 (1980, with Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, conducted by Richard Kapp. Featured piano soloist on Mozart: "Elvira Madigan" and Beethoven: "Für Elise")
Live in Montreux (1981)
Three Quartets (1981)
Lyric Suite for Sextet (1982, with Gary Burton)
Touchstone (1982)
Trio Music (1982)
Chick Corea Compact Jazz (1987)
Again and Again (1983)
On two pianos (1983, with Nicolas Economou)
The Meeting (Chick Corea and Friedrich Gulda album) (1983, with Friedrich Gulda)
Children's Songs (1984)
Fantasy for Two Pianos with Friedrich Gulda (1984)
Voyage - with Steve Kujala (1984)
Septet (1985)
The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986, with Elektric Band)
Light Years (1987, with Elektric Band)
Trio Music Live in Europe (1987)
Summer Night - live (1987, with Akoustic Band)
Chick Corea Featuring Lionel Hampton (1988)
Eye of the Beholder (1988, with Elektric Band)
Chick Corea Akoustic Band (1989, with Akoustic Band)
Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989)
Inside Out (1990, with Elektric Band)
Beneath the Mask (1991, with Elektric Band)
Alive (1991, with Akoustic Band)
Play (1992, with Bobby McFerrin)
Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993, with Elektric Band)
Seabreeze (1993)
Expressions (1993)
Time Warp (1995)
The Mozart Sessions (1996, with Bobby McFerrin)
Live From Elario's (First Gig) (1996, with Elektric Band)
Live from Blue Note Tokyo (1996, with )
Live From the Country Club (1996)
From Nothing (1996)
Remembering Bud Powell (1997)
Native Sense - The New Duets (1997, with Gary Burton)
Live at the Blue Note (1998, with Origin)
A Week at The Blue Note (1998, with Origin)
Like Minds (1998, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland)
Change (1999, with Origin)
corea.concerto (1999, with Origin)
Corea Concerto (1999)
Solo Piano - Originals (2000)
Solo Piano - Standards (2000)
New Trio: Past, Present & Futures (2001)
Selected Recordings (2002)
The Complete "Is" Sessions (2002)
Rendezvous in New York (2003)
To the Stars (2004, with Elektric Band)
Rhumba Flamenco (2005)
The Ultimate Adventure (2006)
The Enchantment (2007, with Béla Fleck)
5trios - 1. Dr. Joe (with Antonio Sanchez, John Patitucci) (2007)
5trios - 2. From Miles (with Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette) (2007)
5trios - 3. Chillin' in Chelan (with Christian McBride, Jeff Ballard) (2007)
5trios - 4. The Boston Three Party (with Eddie Gomez, Airto Moreira) (2007)
5trios - 5. Brooklyn, Paris to Clearwater (with Hadrien Feraud, Richie Barshay) (2007)
The New Crystal Silence (2008, with Gary Burton)
Five Peace Band Live (with John McLaughlin) (2009)
Duet (with Hiromi Uehara) (2009)
Return To Forever Returns - Live at Montreux (2009)
The Definitive Chick Corea (2011)
Forever (2011)
With Circle
Circling In (1970)
Circulus (1970)
Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (1970)
Paris Concert (1971)
Circle 2: Gathering (1971)
With Return to Forever
Return to Forever (1972)
Light as a Feather (1972)
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973)
Where Have I Known You Before (1974)
No Mystery (1975)
Romantic Warrior (1976)
Musicmagic (1977)
Live (1977)
Return to Forever - Returns (2009)
Return to Forever Returns: Live at Montreux (DVD)(2009)
Tones for Joan's Bones (1966)
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (1968)
Is (1969)
Sundance (1969)
The Song of Singing (1970)
A.R.C. (1971)
Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971)
Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 (1971)
Inner Space (1972)
Crystal Silence (1973, with Gary Burton)
Chick Corea (1975)
The Leprechaun (1976)
My Spanish Heart (1976)
The Mad Hatter (1978)
An Evening With Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (1978)
Secret Agent (1978)
Friends (1978)
Delphi I (1979)
CoreaHancock (1979)
Duet (1979, with Gary Burton)
In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 (1980, with Gary Burton)
Delphi II & III (1980)
Tap Step (1980)
Greatest Hits of 1790 (1980, with Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, conducted by Richard Kapp. Featured piano soloist on Mozart: "Elvira Madigan" and Beethoven: "Für Elise")
Live in Montreux (1981)
Three Quartets (1981)
Lyric Suite for Sextet (1982, with Gary Burton)
Touchstone (1982)
Trio Music (1982)
Chick Corea Compact Jazz (1987)
Again and Again (1983)
On two pianos (1983, with Nicolas Economou)
The Meeting (Chick Corea and Friedrich Gulda album) (1983, with Friedrich Gulda)
Children's Songs (1984)
Fantasy for Two Pianos with Friedrich Gulda (1984)
Voyage - with Steve Kujala (1984)
Septet (1985)
The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986, with Elektric Band)
Light Years (1987, with Elektric Band)
Trio Music Live in Europe (1987)
Summer Night - live (1987, with Akoustic Band)
Chick Corea Featuring Lionel Hampton (1988)
Eye of the Beholder (1988, with Elektric Band)
Chick Corea Akoustic Band (1989, with Akoustic Band)
Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989)
Inside Out (1990, with Elektric Band)
Beneath the Mask (1991, with Elektric Band)
Alive (1991, with Akoustic Band)
Play (1992, with Bobby McFerrin)
Elektric Band II: Paint the World (1993, with Elektric Band)
Seabreeze (1993)
Expressions (1993)
Time Warp (1995)
The Mozart Sessions (1996, with Bobby McFerrin)
Live From Elario's (First Gig) (1996, with Elektric Band)
Live from Blue Note Tokyo (1996, with )
Live From the Country Club (1996)
From Nothing (1996)
Remembering Bud Powell (1997)
Native Sense - The New Duets (1997, with Gary Burton)
Live at the Blue Note (1998, with Origin)
A Week at The Blue Note (1998, with Origin)
Like Minds (1998, Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland)
Change (1999, with Origin)
corea.concerto (1999, with Origin)
Corea Concerto (1999)
Solo Piano - Originals (2000)
Solo Piano - Standards (2000)
New Trio: Past, Present & Futures (2001)
Selected Recordings (2002)
The Complete "Is" Sessions (2002)
Rendezvous in New York (2003)
To the Stars (2004, with Elektric Band)
Rhumba Flamenco (2005)
The Ultimate Adventure (2006)
The Enchantment (2007, with Béla Fleck)
5trios - 1. Dr. Joe (with Antonio Sanchez, John Patitucci) (2007)
5trios - 2. From Miles (with Eddie Gomez, Jack DeJohnette) (2007)
5trios - 3. Chillin' in Chelan (with Christian McBride, Jeff Ballard) (2007)
5trios - 4. The Boston Three Party (with Eddie Gomez, Airto Moreira) (2007)
5trios - 5. Brooklyn, Paris to Clearwater (with Hadrien Feraud, Richie Barshay) (2007)
The New Crystal Silence (2008, with Gary Burton)
Five Peace Band Live (with John McLaughlin) (2009)
Duet (with Hiromi Uehara) (2009)
Return To Forever Returns - Live at Montreux (2009)
The Definitive Chick Corea (2011)
Forever (2011)
With Circle
Circling In (1970)
Circulus (1970)
Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert (1970)
Paris Concert (1971)
Circle 2: Gathering (1971)
With Return to Forever
Return to Forever (1972)
Light as a Feather (1972)
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973)
Where Have I Known You Before (1974)
No Mystery (1975)
Romantic Warrior (1976)
Musicmagic (1977)
Live (1977)
Return to Forever - Returns (2009)
Return to Forever Returns: Live at Montreux (DVD)(2009)
Herbie Hancock Discography
Herbie Hancock Discography as a Leader
Title Year Label
Takin' Off 1962 Blue Note
My Point of View 1963 Blue Note
Inventions and Dimensions 1963 Blue Note
Empyrean Isles 1964 Blue Note
Maiden Voyage 1965 Blue Note
Blow-Up (Soundtrack) 1966 MGM
Speak Like a Child 1968 Blue Note
The Prisoner 1969 Blue Note
Fat Albert Rotunda 1969 Warner Bros
Mwandishi 1970 Warner Bros
He Who Lives In Many Places 1971 Airborne
Crossings 1972 Warner Bros
Sextant 1973 Columbia
Head Hunters 1973 Columbia
Thrust 1974 Columbia
Death Wish (Soundtrack) 1974 Columbia
Dedication 1974 Columbia
Man-Child 1975 Columbia
Flood (Live album) 1975 Columbia
Secrets 1976 Columbia
VSOP (Live album) 1976 Columbia
Herbie Hancock Trio 1977 Columbia
VSOP: The Quintet (Live album) 1977 Columbia
VSOP: Tempest in the Colosseum 1977 Columbia
Sunlight 1977 Columbia
Directstep 1978 Columbia
An Evening with Herbie Hancock &
Chick Corea: In Concert 1978 Columbia
The Piano 1979 Columbia
Feets, Don't Fail Me Now 1979 Columbia
VSOP: Live Under the Sky (Live album) 1979 Columbia
CoreaHancock (Live with Chick Corea) 1979 Polydor
Monster 1980 Columbia
Mr. Hands 1980 Columbia
Herbie Hancock Trio 1981 Columbia
Magic Windows 1981 Columbia
Lite Me Up 1982 Columbia
Quartet (Live album) 1982 Columbia
Future Shock 1983 Columbia
Sound-System 1984 Columbia
Village Life (with Foday Musa Suso) 1985 Columbia
Round Midnight (Soundtrack) 1986 Columbia
Jazz Africa (Live album with Foday Musa Suso) 1987 Polygram
Perfect Machine 1988 Columbia
A Tribute to Miles 1994 Qwest/Warner Bros
Dis Is Da Drum 1994 Verve/Mercury
The New Standard 1995 Verve
1 + 1 (with Wayne Shorter) 1997 Verve
Gershwin's World 1998 Verve
Future2Future 2001 Transparent
Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall 2002 Verve
Possibilities 2005 Concord/Hear Music
River: The Joni Letters 2007 Verve
Then and Now: the Definitive Herbie Hancock 2008 Verve
The Imagine Project 2010 Hancock
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Alton Merrell - Redemption Waltz - Beiging China
Alton playing an improvised intro to his song "Redemption Waltz" during a concert in Beijing, China. For more information, check out: http://www.altonmerrell.com
Alton Merrell solo in Beiging, China
Alton playing an open solo on "The Looking Glass" written by Dave Morgan. This is during a live concert in Beiging, China.
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He also gives piano, theory, and improvisation lessons both privately and online!
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Check Alton out at http://www.altonmerrell.com
He also gives piano, theory, and improvisation lessons both privately and online!
Email him at contact@altonmerrell.com
Goin Up Yonder - Edwin Hawkins - Alton Merrell
Alton Merrell playing his jazz/gospel rendition of the gospel song "Goin Up Yonder" at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Invitation - Jazz Standard - Alton Merrell Trio
Alton Merrell and his band performing the jazz standard "Invitation."
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Alton Merrell - Keyboard
James Johnson III - Drums
Lorenze Jefferson - Bass
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Alton Merrell - Keyboard
James Johnson III - Drums
Lorenze Jefferson - Bass
Gospel Piano Lesson Tutorial - Lord Make Me Over - Tonex
Here is a preview of a contemporary gospel piano lesson teaching you how to play "Lord Make Me Over" by Tonex. The song is taught by Gospel and Jazz Pianist extraordinaire Alton Merrell.
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Free Gospel Piano Lesson Tutorial - Joe Pace - Have Your Way
Here is a free piano lesson teaching you how to play Joe Pace's gospel song "Have Your Way." The song is taught by Gospel and Jazz Pianist extraordinaire Alton Merrell.
Get an Instructional DVD or Digital Download of this lesson and others like it by visiting http://www.altonmerrell.com/lessons.html Get your lessons today! You will not be disappointed!
Also, the chord chart seen in the video is available for purchase via instant download. Simply click the following link: http://www.altonmerrell.com/instructionaldvds.html and find the Have Your Way demo video. Underneath the video you will see the option to purchase and download the chord chart.
Have questions? Email us at
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Get an Instructional DVD or Digital Download of this lesson and others like it by visiting http://www.altonmerrell.com/lessons.html Get your lessons today! You will not be disappointed!
Also, the chord chart seen in the video is available for purchase via instant download. Simply click the following link: http://www.altonmerrell.com/instructionaldvds.html and find the Have Your Way demo video. Underneath the video you will see the option to purchase and download the chord chart.
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