Brad Mehldau: The Greatest Jazz Pianist of Our Generation

[Written chord changes are an expedient way to quickly coordinate playing together, but they lack precision to specify things like voice-leading even from more popular songs like Blackbird.]

[I like to add a note to so-called ‘stock voicings’ for crunch.]

[The intellectual aspect of improvising happens as you make sense of music. WhT happens in real-time while playing is an natural reflexive response based on everything you’ve learned.]

[Can you tell the same story with just two notes?]

fluid switches between discussion and piano playing