It contains many downloadable files in WMA format of recordings of live played midi files. Instead of relying on the often poor quality soundcards in most computers, these have been recorded using a Yamaha P250 digital piano, and high end sampled bass and drums. For students, who wish to study these recordings, these are a selection from over 250 midi files of jazz standards at: http://home.wanadoo.nl/dougmckenzie
The WMA audio or WMV video files should 'stream' to your media player as they load. For some there are also 'Marker' files that explain some of the melodic and harmonic techniques used and/or Leadsheets (as PDF files that should open in Acrobat Reader).
The files change regularly - so check this site often.
SPECIAL NOTE: a number of people have asked if any of these videos are available on DVD or CD.
They all can be downloaded freely from this site, but if you have a very slow internet connection, or would like the convenience of them being instantly available on your computer, all the videos, audio files, transcriptions and leadsheets on this site will fit on a single DVD - this is the equivalent of having all of this site available without having to download anyof them. This will play from the DVD player on your computer, but not as a standard type video DVDsuch as you might have attached to your TV.
Tip: If you play the videos from the DVD on Windows Media Player,hitting 'Ctrl/Shift/S' will slow the video down enough to read the text and see the notes that are being played. 'Ctrl/Shift/N' will return the speed to normal.
There are over 90 videos (over 6 hours of music) on the DVD, all annotated, and many with transcriptions, as well as quite a few other audio files. There are also quite a few enhanced videos, transcriptions and backing tracks that are only on the DVD which are not on this site ....... for example:
* The Christnas Song (printable transcription) * Georgia (transcription and enhanced version of video)
* In a Sentimental Mood - (bass and drums backing track)
*
Autumn Leaves (transcription and backing track (.wma) with bass and drums)
* Blue Bossa (printable transcriptions of each of the 2 versions - and also a playable 'Finale Notepad' file of version 2 - and also a bass and drums backing track)
* Cry Me a River (transcription and enhanced version of the video)
*
Days of Wine and Roses (transcription, enhanced version of video and a 'backing track')
* Carnival (Black Orpheus) - (backing track)
* How Deep is the Ocean (transcription and enhanced version of video)
* Solo version of Misty (separate version of Misty for solo piano)
* The Nearness of You (pdf file of transcription)
* Love Walked In (transcription and enhanced version of video)
* Danny Boy (transcription and enhanced version of video)
* Cinema Paradiso (transcription and enhanced version of video)
* She's Leaving Home (transcription and enhanced version of video)
* Prelude to a Kiss (transcription and enhanced video)
* A Time For Love (transcription and enhanced version of video)
* Poinciana (backing track)
* There will Never Be Another You (backing track)
* Try a Little Tenderness (transcription)
* Yesterdays (transcription and enhanced video with chords and clear view of piano)
* I'll Be Seeing You - a fairly accurate transcription of the piano part in pdf format for printing.
* Beautiful Love (transcription)
* Alone Together - transcription and bass and drums backing track
* Taking a Chance On Love - transcription in pdf format
* It Don't Mean a Thing if it ain't got that Swing - transcription in pdf format
* Moon River - transcription in pdf format
*Sonnymoon For Two - transcription in pdf format
* Girl Talk - transcription in pdf Format
* Spain (Chick Corea) - transcription in pdf format
* BlackBird (Lennon and McCartney) - transcription of the piano solo
* Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein) -
transcription of the piano solo
* I Loves You Porgy - solo piano transcriptions - two separate versions
* Polkadots and Moonbeams - solo piano transcription
* Maiden Voyage - printable transcription
* You've Changed - printable transcription
* Lush Life - printable transcription and backing track
* A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - printable transcription
* Rain Waltz - a printable transcription
* Gymnopedie / It Never Entered My Mind - a printable transcription
* Easy Living - an upgraded version with printable transcription and bass and drums backing track
* Isn't it Romantic - printable transcription
* Stella By Starlight - (reharmonised) - printable transcription
* I Hear a Rhapsody - printable transcription and backing track
* This Nearly Was Mine - Printable and easy to play transcription
* It Might as Well Be Spring - printable transcription
* Two For the Road - printable transcription and backing track
* Hi Lili Hi Lo - transcription and backing track
* Almost Blue - transcription of the accompaniment, and Leadsheet
* Every Breath You Take - transcription of the accompaniment
* Nice Work If You can Get It - printable transcription
* I Concentrate on You - a printable transcription of the accompaniment
* The Gravy Waltz - transcription and backing track
* More Than You Know - transcription of the accompaniment and the piano backing track in the usual Female Key (F)
* Mood Indigo - transcription
* My Romance - transcription and bass and drums backing track.
* Time After Time - transcription, and bass and drums backing track
* Serenata - transcription and bass, guitar and drums backing track
* Very Early - transcription of this piano solo in pdf format
* You Don't Know What Love Is - transcription and backing track
* My Ship - printable transcription
* Sometime Ago - printable transcription of piano accompaniment
* Too Young to go Steady -
printable transcription
* A Sunday Kind of Love - printable transcription of piano accompaniment
* Alice In Wonderland - printable transcription and Real Tracks bass and drumsbacking. There is also a separate video and transcription of a solo piano version of this song.
* These Foolish Things - printable transcription
* Strollin' - Horace Silver -printable transcription of the piano solo using lots of block chords
* Waltz for Debbie - printable transcription of piano accompaniment
* Ballad of the Sad Young Men- printable transcription of piano accompaniment
* A Fine Romance - printable transcription
* Strange MeadowLark - printable transcription
* Nardis - printable transcription
* Embraceable You - printable Transcription
* It's the Talk of the Town - printable transcription, and bass and drums backing track
* Les Grelots - bass and drums backing track, printable transcription and also printable leadsheet.
With this DVD in your computer's DVD player, it is like having this site instantly available without downloading - the menus and links work exactly as they do using the internet - but with no waiting!
Also, all of the 250 or more annotated jazz piano midi files from my midi site are on the DVD.
For teachers, I have not 'copyrighted' any of this material, so feel free to copy/use it as you want.
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