Doug McKenzie is a retired teacher in a jazz studies course at a tertiary college in
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.
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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 – She’s Leaving Home
Cinema Paradiso – Jazz piano and trio
‘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
‘Blue Bossa’ – version 2 – jazz piano trio
‘The Days of Wine and Roses’ – jazz piano solo and trio
Chopin Waltz in Ab Op. 69, No.1 Improvisation
Over The Rainbow – jazz piano trio
It Could Happen To You – improvised jazz piano
‘Just Squeeze Me’ Duke Ellington Solo jazz piano
‘Just Squeeze Me’ Take 1 Duke Ellington – Jazz piano trio
‘Just Squeeze Me’ -Take 2 – Jazz piano trio
‘Good Bait’ Jazz – ‘Hammond’ version Take 1
‘Good Bait’ Jazz piano version – Take2
Prelude to a Kiss – solo piano
Cry Me a River- solo jazz piano
‘Love Walked In’ Improvised Jazz Piano Solo
‘Easy Living’ jazz piano lesson with comments added
‘My Old Flame’ Jazz piano trio
‘I Want To Be Happy’ jazz piano trio
‘I’m Old Fashioned’ Jazz piano trio
‘Some Day My Prince Will Come’ jazz piano and trio
‘In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington) jazz piano
Give Me the Simple Life – Piano duet
‘A Time for Love’ jazz piano solo
Try a Little Tenderness – jazz piano
Georgia on My Mind – jazz piano solo
Peace Piece (Bill Evans) – solo jazz piano
‘Embraceable You’ – solo jazz piano
The Very Thought of You / Isn’t it Romantic
‘Armando’s Rhumba’ – Jazz piano duet
I learn a lot from Doug. I think you will enjoy his video as much as I do. Happy learning!
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3 Comments
bill doran
May 2, 2009Superb !!!
Orlando
September 3, 2009Hello dear friend. I congratulate to you to realise this compilation. I admire very enormously to Doug McKenzie, his form to execute the instrument is similar to Vile Evans. Doug McKenziees for my a teacher I always hear, it and he has taught to me very enormously, thanks to you to send your compilation, gustaria to obtain musical scores to me. So long friend. I hope you excuse my English, I am not very good
bill doran
November 3, 2009Nov 3rd 09
Hiya Doug If your ‘offerings ‘ were on the LP vinyl of old the stylus would have come through to the other side by now .
Really great stuff and I never tire of listening .
Keep your lenses clean !! Bill Doran (London )
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