Improvisation, October 27th, 2007. (Derek style)

Here's one in my usual, freer mode of improvisation. This one is sort of a suite of pieces. The first piece is sort of a rhapsodic Romatic piece, the second one is a trudging, dark, modern sounding piece. After that a couple more Romantic ones.

October 27th

Derek,

Great performance! Id love to hear more of this improvisations. More!

Why is that most of this forums doesnt have improvisations?

The tittle remain me the jarrett improvisation october 17, on his "paris concert" But the music takes my to another place, a more "impressionistic" vision of things, i mean, that remaind me to chopin pieces.(I also give my own improvisations the name of the day that they came)

the second movement is the one i most liked. And the begining of the first.

Question: The came all toghether the movements? Or yue said 'I'm going to improvise with a 3 movement form?

Bruno

Thanks for the comment, brunogallo .

Derek,

Great performance! Id love to hear more of this improvisations. More!

Why is that most of this forums doesnt have improvisations?

The tittle remain me the jarrett improvisation october 17, on his "paris concert" But the music takes my to another place, a more "impressionistic" vision of things, i mean, that remaind me to chopin pieces.(I also give my own improvisations the name of the day that they came)

the second movement is the one i most liked. And the begining of the first.

Question: The came all toghether the movements? Or yue said 'I'm going to improvise with a 3 movement form?

Bruno

I'm not sure why there aren't more classical composition/performance forums that feature improvisation. My personal opinion is that it is, so far, quite rare. Or perhaps people idolize the legendary talents of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and others as improvisers and assume that they don't have enough talent to do it. That is too bad to assume that, I think. I know my music will never be "as good" as Bach's, Beethoven's, Mozart's, and Chopin's music is, but it will be as good as Derek Andrews' own music can sound! I think a lot of performers and composers today underestimate the power of improvisation. They think of it as "mere" improvisation, rather than a potential end in itself. Jazz musicians have never felt this way, and improvisation is highly regarded amongst jazz musicians. Why couldn't this be true in Classical music as well? It used to be. I hope it will be, again, someday.

To answer your other question, sometimes I do decide to sit down and improvise several short pieces, rather than one long piece. But most of the time, the improvisation forms itself. October 27th was one of these. I didn't have any particular form in mind, it just came out as it is.

By the way, if you'd like to hear more of my improvisations, there are some of my very best here Derek Andrews' Piano Improvisations on MySpace

Finally, I am a fellow Jarrett fan! I have all of his solo improvisation recordings! I find a lot of it boring, actually, he kind of drones on forever on one sound sometimes, but there are many moments well worth hearing! He's a great improviser!

Hey Derek,

Im a fellow fan of jarret too! Perhaps its because of him that I decided to study jazz improvisation.

I think like you too about improvisation: most people, think about an improvisation is light thing to do, but it isnt. something happens when I improvise that i cant put in words... Its like an amount of incredible energy came from somewhere.

But, besides jazz musicians based 80% of their studies on improvisation, somehow their 'expressive range' is quite reduced. Dont you think?

Have you heard the Jazz trio of jarrett, peacock and dejohnette? Its name is 'Always Let Me Go' For my, thats an example of expressive places that jazz musicians dont go ofen on improvisation.

I ' ll hear your website. It's nice talking to you!