Hayden Hill
Hayden founded PianoGroove in 2015 with the goal of making the world a more musical place. He shares his love for jazz piano through his online courses and manages the community area of PianoGroove.
May 30 · 2022
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- Sentimental Mood - Eddie Higgins Voicings
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In this listening and transcription session we explore the playing style of jazz pianist Eddie Higgins, focusing on Eddie’s solo piano arrangement of the tune “In A Sentimental Mood”.
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Thank you so much ! Beautiful tune and Eddie Higgins arrangements so good. You did a wonderful job transcribing and explaining. Lots to take in. Loved the diminished 7 !!!
Thanks Bruce, I’m glad you enjoyed the session and yes I agree the diminished passing chords are lovely.
Please excuse my tardiness in adding the chapters. They have just been added.
Cheers,
Hayden
Great seminar. I appreciate what you said about listening to emulate an artist as we develop our own improvisational ability. As a new member, it’s great listening to this seminar and seeing related courses on one of my favorite artists, Eddie Higgins. I started out on the tune Estate by Bruno Martino a few years ago. My direction is to sing and play, but I didn’t like the lyrics, and I think that’s why that tune isn’t widely known. The E.H. trio plays an upbeat version of Estate, and it’s been a challenge to figure out how to get the sound of a trio with only a piano.
Hey Margaret 👋
Thanks for commenting and I’m glad you enjoyed the seminar.
Yes Eddie Higgins is also one of my favourite players too! I have hosted a few seminars on his style and you can find them by using the website search function, here they are: https://www.pianogroove.com/?s=eddie+higgins
You might also like to check out my seminars on the pianist Beegie Adair – https://www.pianogroove.com/?s=beegie+adair – she has a lovely solo jazz piano style which is very melodic like Eddie Higgins.
Finally, yes it can be a challenge to emulate the trio sound when playing solo piano which is why we mainly analyse solo piano recordings in my seminars. Generally trio format is more suited to uptempo performances, and ballads are easier to interpret and arrange in a solo piano setting.
Check out the links above for related lessons.
Talk soon,
Hayden