Learn Jazz Piano Playing from Doug McKenzie at Youtube

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Doug McKenzie is a retired teacher in a jazz studies course at a tertiary college in Geelong Australia.
He records video on a cheap web camera and mp3 file MP3 file on his computer and as a midi file on his Yamaha P-250 piano all at the same time so all are synchronized.

On August 02, 2006 he posted his first Youtube video “Easy living”. You can watch this video here. Since then, this video has been view more than 19,000 times and rated 4 stars and above. I personally enjoy every video he posted at Youtube. There is no talking on his video, but you can see clearly how he presses the keyboards because he shoots from top view. He also adds text comments, instructions and explanation throughout his video.

Until the point of writing, he had posted 43 videos. If you want to learn about jazz piano playing, you shouldn’t miss Doug’s video.

He played all the songs recorded live. Sometimes there are some other accompaniments like bass and drum pre-programmed before he did the recording. Here is the list of song he had played:

Jazz Piano - Easy Living

Jazz Piano - She’s Leaving Home

Cinema Paradiso - Jazz piano and trio

Danny Boy (’Londonderry Air’)

‘Sweet and Lovely’

Yesterdays - Jerome Kern

‘I Remember Clifford’ Take 1 - solo jazz piano

‘I Remember Clifford’ solo jazz piano Take 2

‘In Your Own Sweet Way’ solo jazz piano Version 1

‘In Your Own Sweet Way’ - solo jazz piano - Take 3

‘In Your Own Sweet Way’ - solo jazz piano - Take 2

Blue Bossa Version 1 - improvised jazz piano trio