In A Sentimental Mood: Journey Through The Real Book #177 (Jazz Piano Lesson)

A jazz piano lesson to help you learn Duke Ellington’s jazz standard “In A Sentimental Mood.” Take your LH playing to the next level with my free ebook: Jazz Piano Left Hand Techniques: You can find my book, The Inner Game of Piano Improvisation, on Amazon. Understanding jazz tunes in a more “whole“ way 0:00 Duke Ellington’s artistic longevity 0:32 “In A Sentimental Mood“ as a Swing Era dance ballad 1:23 Listening to 1920s and 30s Duke Ellington 2:25 Duke Ellington’s arrangement of “Moonglow“ 3:32 Making creative arrangements of pop songs 3:42 The Duke Ellington and John Coltrane album 4:16 Taking what Ellington offers us musically 4:59 Ellington’s pioneering use of rootless chord voicings 5:12 “Open“ chord voicings in the style of Duke Ellington 5:32 Ellington as an Impressionist composer 6:04 “Text painting“ in the music of Duke Ell