Watch this video with piano player Arthur Rubinstein performing the Impromptu Op. 90 No. 4 by german composer Franz Schubert. Even though Arthur Rubinstein was already 90 years old when he recorded this version of the Impromptu by Schubert, he still plays very well, I would say he finally plays it [...]
Philly Joe Jones Performing a Drum Solo
In this video you can see and listen to a drum solo performed by one of the early jazz drummers named Philly Joe Jones. The occasion this solo was played was on a concert of the Miles Davis Group. Philly Joe Jones has also played with the Sun Ra Orchestra.
Pink Floyd’s Song Wish You Were Here Guitar Lesson
Watch this video clip featuring the first part of four that help guitar players to learn this song on the guitar. The lesson will show you how to play everything, solo guitar and chords. The teacher is very pacient with his students and explains all details.
He shows us how to move [...]
Saxophone Robot Performs Giant Steps Solo by John Coltrane
Watch this video here with a saxophone robot playing John Coltrane’s famous solo over his bebop tune Giant Steps. The song is in up tempo bu you might feel that this solo could be played a little bit faster. Well, there is another version of Giant Steps at a higher speed, [...]
Vals Venezolano No. 2 by Antonio Lauro Performed on Accoustic Guitar
This video clip shows the classical guitar piece Vals Venezolano No. 2 composed by Antonio Lauro and performed by Manuel van de Mosselaar, a german musician and music teacher. Antonio Lauro lived from 1917 until 1986 and is considered as one of the most important classical guitar composers from South America. [...]
Brahms’ Capriccio performed by Arthur Rubinstein the Great Master of Classical Piano
This video shows the great piano artist Arthur Rubinstein performing a classical composition by german composer Johannes Brahms, the Capriccio No. 2. Arthur Rubinstein is well known as an excellent piano player and discovers the inner structure of this capriccio for our ears. He plays the Capriccio No. 2 out of [...]
Rostropovich playing the Prelude of Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1
Mstislav Rostropovich is one of the great cello players of all times. His interpretations are well received among the classical music lovers, even though some of the people who like to listen to classical compositions like the Cello Suites composed by Johan Sebastian Bach prefer other performers, e.g., Yo Yo Ma [...]
Albert King – Born under a bad sign – Blues with much soul
Watch this video with black blues guitar player Albert King performing his song Born Under a Bad Sign. The arrangement includes a brass section wiith trumpets, trombones and saxophones. The clip has fair audio quality and presents one of the most important blues players with his band live on stage.
Albert King [...]
Sonny Rollins – ‘Tenor Madness’, classic jazz standard
Sonny Rollins is another great master of tenor saxophone playing. Watch this video clip with Sonny Rollins playing the jazz standard ‘Tenor Madness’ from the bebop tradition. As John Coltrane and Joshua Redman Sonny Rollins too sounds with a lot of energy in his voice. I like it for the subtleness [...]
