Free Jazz Piano Improvisation Lessons by Connie Crothers

completely awe inspiring...i am so excited to find this footage of connie crothers! she is so generous with her knowledge and talent and such an important part of the lennie tristano legacy. thanks so much for posting these.

It's my honor.. I studied with Connie and have been friends for a long time... we just built her and New Artists Records their own Video Concert Hall .. with two of her concerts and a complete interview of her find your way to our web site and then look around and you'll find the concert hall and lots more of Connie and friends...S.

Thank you for sharing this. It means a lot to me, and I'm improving from watching this.

WOW. an absolutely moving masterpiece

Check out Connie's other material her range is incredible.... this is only one aspect of what she does.. every time you hear her it's something different... and I think this is an improvisation on Cole Porter's What Is this Thing Called Love" .. thanks for the feedback..Sonny

Thanx baby that was GREAT :)

Good grief that's hitting hard! Seems a lot of technique but where the touch?

very good!!!

My friend Ace Yamashita (guitarist) studied with her for some time and is reverential whenever mentioning her. She was a devoted pupil of Lennie Tristano, who produced some amazing improvisers on various instruments (Warne Marsh, Lee Konitz, Billy Bauer, etc.). Very free and creative playing.

@GozTheGreat APRIL changes ? well .... its a free approach to STANDARDS ! free stretch playing means no reference. both r done with your intuition.

I felt like I was transported onto green rolling hills, blasted by a chaotic wind, rolling up and down them, falling off the cliff and into the sea

cool improv thanks for sharing

cool improv thanks for sharing

Yeah, as you say snowypetrel, kind of boring actually, but this is only my feeling. I'm a bit hard but this is not improvisation in it's deep sence. Since the skelet is that evident you can't get into any kind of spontaneous creation... Most poeple just don't get it, that terrifies me a bit, for these people at least. And don't call it spontaneous improvisation when everything's so obvious, or almost ... Jarrett is an exemple of spontaneous improvisation, maybe the only real one since there.

So helpful. Thanks!

Interesting concept of approaching the improvisation from the melody. I've heard Gary Bartz point out the importance of melody once but this is a true demonstration of how it works. Great music.