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Dreams And Persuasions
This, for me, showed the miraculous nature of improvisation. Without a clue I sat down and improvised a very song like form that would have taken tremendous effort for me to compose and would never have been as “alive” and present, The track was so “Liederlike” that I was able to write lyrics for it in a song like manner.
I’m posting an interview with my teacher, Connie Crothers along with this. If you watch it you’ll understand better how this can and does happen.
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Our teachers are truly angels!
Connie did a wonderful work in your piano improv, this one is simply magical!
Love this recording, to include the interview!!!
I am quite enjoying listening to this. She very much reminds me of a gentleman I met in 1974. His name was George Hu Ling. He was not a music teacher. At the time he ran a small studio in Downers Grove, above the Tivoli Theater. He taught Kung Fu and Tai Chi. At the time there was a popular TV show called Kung Fu and I signed up hoping to learn how to kick butt. Instead, I learned more about breathing, relaxation, flexibility, concentration, and how to avoid a fight. I would spend hours doing these slow routines that looked extremely easy to any observer. They were actually very difficult to do correctly, as he often pointed out to me! The key takeaway was repetition and attention to the small details. I think it’s a lot like improvisation. Mine takes place over several days, while others can do it instantaneously. I’m rambling and she is calling me to dinner. I will listen to the rest of the interview after dinner.
BTW, Arise sounds really good in headphones!
Connie was interviewed on an “Arts for Art” seminar and I took notes from her answers to very open ended questions. I just summarized answers and left out the questions.
View, listen or read or all 3:
VIDEO #1 NOTES:
Being… no boundaries… we find a reason why. To express being and the music is a mission.
There are many levels:
Spontaneous improvisation is transcendent
The player and the listener can merge… it must be experienced to know this. A dimensional feeling.
It’s the experience and the reason… the meaning of how a human life can be lived.
Comparison to classical piano traditions.
Composing was not for her but she discovered the other great art music I call jazz.
Theme and variation
From the creating intuitive mind the music flows out in an uninterrupted stream.
In this mode of improvisation there is a joy that is transcendent. No boundaries. The moment is infinity and an instant at one.
My teaching is not procedural… it’s conceptual. I’m with them… each is an individual. It’s feeling… their core,
The procedure don’t mean anything unless they are connected with the person’s flow.
Their music tells me what to say. Their music talks to me. It’s wonderful. I know were doing it when someone deeply surprises me. We go right into mystery… the spot where creation occurs.
This is exciting… I get to hear an individual that plays music that is unique. There’s a quality of adventure. It’s as real as it gets.
First lesson with Lennie: He said “How did that feel?”
He would find a way to get you to talk about that which was important to you.
His interest was fully focused on you.
The greatest discovery: Getting people to sing with the great recordings.
It doesn’t happen right away. It’s like there’s an invisible barrier.
When you have done it enough you are suddenly on the other side of that barrier.
Sing with the early recordings of this music… I’d imagine that would be Louis Armstrong (confirmed), Lester Young, Billie Holiday, etc.
There’s a feeling that transforms your sense of everything.
Some people doubt that society can change. I don’t have to think about this because I already know: The Hot Five as a proof point. Louis Armstrong changed this with free exploration of musical expression. The contradiction between the group and the individual. This took that contradiction and inspired a new society.
My conviction is that the human spirit is stronger than oppressive forces.
LL, what a mesmerizing impro of great class! frenq
Thank you @ReneAsologuitar @Paulieworld @McD and @Frenq
I’m hoping more folks will hear what Connie had to say.
This such a beautiful track. I can totally hear lyrics and a sooooooothing voice over this piece...
I love how you bring us along for the journey on this track. Thanks for sharing!
Stunning. That’s the word I would use for your piece. I have been fortunate enough to briefly experience the transcendence she speaks of and that you demonstrate so well. It was only a few times and a long time ago. I feel inspired to seek that out again. I hope I can. Thanks for sharing.
I've taken the time to watch the whole interview and I find it exceptionally motivating to try some of the methods that she mentioned. The audience vs improviser interaction is something I have only experienced with business presentations so far but I can see no reason why it wouldn't work just as well with music.
Nice to hear from you @echoopera. Thanks for the praise! @Boomer, @rs2000 it means a lot to me that Connie inspired you both. Check the Knowledge Base, maybe, for three essays I wrote about Connie’s central teachings.
She totally lived music. There’s a story that she once got up in the middle of the night and headed toward the piano. In the morning she woke up on the floor halfway between her bed and her Steinway A.
Beautiful creation Mike, I’ll catch up on the video later… take it easy !