TEXT: [email protected]. http://home.wanadoo.nl/dougmckenzie/ This is the classic way to do this song - originally done by Ahmad Jamal - but 'covered' by Keith Jarret, and also Michel Camilo. MARKER: Introduction MARKER: Bass plays figure right through intro and 1st chorus MARKER: Little chordal device repeated each time in Bridge MARKER: Much copied latin type bass figure on dominant chord MARKER: LH chords play in a 'clave' like pattern in gaps between melody MARKER: On Drums, ride plays on off-beat (2 and 4) only MARKER: Bass continues more freely - but with chord root on beat 1 - gap - then rest of figure MARKER: arpeggiated 4ths MARKER: More arpeggiated 3 note 4th chords MARKER: Piano anticipates the chords of the Bridge MARKER: One of the 'riffy' figures used by Ahmad Jamal MARKER: Typical Jamal device - set up a pattern -then leave out the last repetition MARKER: Fill in the rest yourself! MARKER: Another melodic figure used by Jamal in the original recording MARKER: Bridge is now Bb7sus instead of Fm7 MARKER: Bb7 sus MARKER: Latin bass figure played in unison without chord MARKER: Same melodic figure over 'A' section MARKER: Yet another little melodic figure repeated MARKER: Return to original Bridge chords MARKER: Intro again
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Instructions
If you have a Bluetooth-MIDI adapter installed in your Disklavier and are using an app (such as PianoStream), you can stream these MIDI files right from your Apple device to your piano.
Otherwise, you can put them on a USB stick. Files will be playable natively on newer Disklaviers, such as the Mark IV, E3, and ENSPIRE. You can see my Disklavier compatibility table to see which instruments support USB.
For older generations of Disklavier using floppy disks or Nalbantov USB emulators, see my article on converting MIDI files to E-SEQ and creating PIANODIR.FIL.
Read more about the former Kuhmann Directory (Disklavier World).