| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Michel Petrucciani | |
| JohnDennis -- 07/30/2006, 17:16:41 -- #28985 | |
| Think you've got difficulties to overcome? Check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j8Ch5lU5dw | |
| apurudy -- 07/31/2006, 12:33:06 -- #28985 | |
| how can the video download? the wideo download as add to Mozilla do not work Help Rudy | |
| CynBad -- 07/31/2006, 13:40:30 -- #28985 | |
| He was a great player. Nice clip. So he was short. Probably used a booster chair. | |
| jmderay -- 08/01/2006, 05:56:16 -- #28985 | |
| I saw him in concert in our Jazz Festival here in Nice some years ago, and a metallic piece had to be placed on the piano, a sort of mechanism so he could use the pedals, I was just sitting on the wall of the arena, 5 meters behind him, and could easily see how he was carried by a man like a baby from backstage to the piano, and how exhausted he was after his monstruous performance. I'm a very bad pianist, but each time I get discouraged to try to improve, these minutes come back to my mind. | |
| jmderay -- 08/01/2006, 06:02:13 -- #28985 | |
| He passed away in 1999 at the age of 36, I'm wondering how far he would have been (in a pianistic point of view) if he could have lived as long as Oscar, for instance ! | |
| JHMurray -- 08/04/2006, 05:03:00 -- #28985 | |
| I've always been a fan. That man is a giant. | |
| groyann -- 08/04/2006, 06:38:23 -- #28985 | |
| Yes, one of the greatest for me. | |
| jmderay -- 08/08/2006, 08:34:02 -- #28985 | |
| ... By the way, on this video he plays "Little Piece in C for U". I love when he plays it with Stephane Grappelli on the album FLAMINGO ; Grappelli from whom PETRUCCIANI said : "When you have the opportunity to work closely with a musician like S.G., and are able to share his secrets and knowledge of music, then you know that jazz truly loves you". Among many albums from Petrucciani, I love this one in particular. | |
| pianochap -- 08/09/2006, 21:55:14 -- #28985 | |
| Nice clip. I saw him live twice, once at the Bach Dynamite and Dancing Society, and once at an Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation convention. A good friend of mine also has OI (also known as brittle bone disease). It's a little more than just being short, CynBad. And yes, he had pedal extensions, and played the full range of the piano. | |
| alesis44123 -- 09/04/2006, 05:24:23 -- #28985 | |
| i work-out as well as play keyboards i was told it was bad for me to lift weights and try to play the keys. as i of now i don't have the soft fagget hands like you guys do. | |
| CynBad -- 09/04/2006, 11:20:19 -- #28985 | |
| What is especially funny is that you can't even spell "fagget". If nothing else, alesis, you make us laugh. | |
| Adam1226 -- 09/04/2006, 12:34:21 -- #28985 | |
| I know that posts such as alesis's are frown upon at this site, but for some reason that last post struck me as very funny. The mis-spelling adds a lot to it as well. -Adam | |
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