Inner Urge: Journey Through The Real Book #183 (Jazz Piano Lesson)

A jazz piano lesson to help you learn the jazz standard “Inner Urge” by Joe Henderson.

Take your LH playing to the next level with my free ebook: Jazz Piano Left Hand Techniques: https://keyboardimprov.com/jazzleft...

You'll find my book, The Inner World of Piano Improvisation, on Amazon.

Getting to know Joe Henderson’s “Inner Urge” 0:00
Our first impressions of the tune “Inner Urge” 0:38
Looking at the melody 1:07
The unusual musical form of “Inner Urge” 2:07
Analyzing the chord progression to Joe Henderson’s “Inner Urge” 2:17
How to practice challenging chord progressions 5:37
Starting jazz performances with an improvisation, before playing the melody 7:43
Beginning the performance outoftempo 8:20
A Chick Coreainspired piano texture 9:03
Beginning the tempo, with straight 8ths 9:15
Transitioning to Swing 8th notes, and paraphrasing the melody 9:50
Stating the original melody 10:20
Using lower and broader left hand chord voicings 10:50
Beginning the solo with a short motif 11:17
Improvising with elements from the tune’s melody 11:30
Playing longer melodic lines 11:47
Rhythmic interplay between the hands 12:11
Improvising with “voicings” containing 4ths, 5ths, and octaves 12:50
Returning to the melody 13:09
Gradually slowing down 13:33
An unexpected musical ending 13:36
Some famous examples of unusual ways to end songs 14:99

Here are some more Free Jazz Piano Lessons for you at the KeyboardImprov website: https://keyboardimprov.com/freebegin...

Thanks for joining me on this musical adventure, and please LIKE, COMMENT and SHARE this video with your musical friends.

If you'd like to start my full video course, you'll find it here: https://keyboardimprov.com/getstarte...

For Zoom and Skype lessons, please email me at [email protected].

Enjoy the journey, and "let the music flow!"
Ron