Cut from JK's Beatles solo piano livestream, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George Harrison)

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Justin Kauflin is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, educator and Quincy Jones & Yamaha Artist.

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For Clark/Serenade To A Bus Seat

Justin Kauflin Trio - "As" (Stevie Wonder)

Candy

This is a back-to-back improvisation using identical midi performances to illustrate the different types of uprights I like to use.  The first is by VILabs and is the newest of the bunch, a modern U upright piano.  The second is from the Synthogy Ivory II Upright collection.  I chose the Modern upright for this demonstration.  The third is the Native Instruments "The Gentleman."  They are running through Liquid Sonic's 7th heaven reverb plugin as well as Logic's built in compressor and Waves' L3 Multi Maximizer.  If you'd like me to cover a particular piano or style, please let me know in the comments.  Thanks!

00:00-2:34 - VI Labs Modern Upright (https://www.vilabsaudio.com/modernu)
2:47-5:30 - Synthogy Ivory II Modern Upright (https://www.synthogy.com/index.php/products/software-products/ivory-2-upright-pianos)
5:33-8:17 - Native Instruments The Gentleman (https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keys/the-gentleman/)

Piano Shootout Featuring VILabs Modern U, Ivory II Modern Upright, And NI's The Gentleman

*** The song is an untitled composition of Robert Glasper's from a bootleg in the early 2000s..***
This piano shootout episode features 2 sampled Yamaha CFX concert grand pianos, the first by Native Instruments called Noire, and the second by Garritan called Abbey Roads CFX Concert Grand.  Both pianos feature many more options, like Noire's felt option, but in order to do a proper comparison, I chose the standard versions of each.  As always, identical midi performances for each, and they are running through a couple instances of Liquid Sonic's 7th heaven reverb plugin, an instance of Waves L3 Multi Maximizer in its default state, and the stock Logic Compressor.

The song is an untitled waltz by one of my all-time favorite musicians and people, Robert Glasper.  Hope you enjoy.
0:00 Native Instruments Noire https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/keys/noire/

3:51 Garritan Abbey Roads CFX Concert Grand  https://www.garritan.com/products/cfx-concert-grand-virtual-piano/

Please hit me up in the comments if you'd like me to cover any specific piano or style of music to better illustrate how these pianos might work for you.

Piano Shootout Featuring Native Instruments Noire And Garritan Abbey Roads CFX Concert Grand

Here is the first of what I hope to be many virtual piano comparison/shootout videos.  This episode features 2 sampled Italian 10 ft pianos.  The first is by VILabs and the second is by Synthogy and is a part of the Ivory II piano series.  The song is Duke Ellington's "All Too Soon."  The midi is identical as to hopefully illustrate the similarities and differences.  The soft pedal is enabled at the beginning of each performance.  Please don’t take the order as me stating preference.  My hope is that folks will be able to find the piano that works best for their situation.  Suggestions on styles and approaches greatly appreciated.  Also, if there is a piano you'd like demonstrated, let me know in the comments.

00:00 VI Labs True Keys Italian (https://www.vilabsaudio.com/true-keys-italian-grand)
2:22 Synthogy Ivory II Italian 10 ft (https://www.synthogy.com/index.php/products/software-products/ivory-2-italian-grand)

Note - Both pianos are running sends to Liquid Sonic’s 7Th heaven reverb plugin, as well as through Wave’s L3 MultiMaximizer and the stock Logic compressor.  No other processing was applied.

Piano Shootout Featuring VILabs True Keys Italian And Synthogy Ivory II Italian 10 Ft

This video is inspired by the classic Bill Evans recording “Conversations with Myself” and features his incredible composition, “Very Early.”  I decided to use all of the Steinways available from Synthogy.  The American Concert D is on the left, the Model B is center, and the German D is on the right. Hope you enjoy this ode to a true genius and huge inspiration for me.  Please let me know if there’s any particular piano or style you’d like me to illustrate in a future video.  Thanks!

JK Steinway Conversations

This is the first of what I hope will be many collaborations with all my musician friends.  This features the music of my very good friend from London, Andre Louis.  He is an outstanding pianist, composer, and keyboard drummer.  He sent over this track and asked me to provide the piano part.  I used Spectrasonics Keyscape LA Custom C7 for this track.  After some more back and forth, we came up with this little arrangement.  Andre used the Native instruments Komplete Kontrol to provide the drums and bass.  Huge thanks to Andre for letting me play on this.  So much fun!
Find more from Andre here
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"Guess Where You'll End Up Next" By Andre Louis

Solo Performance (Oct. 22, 2014)
From "Introducing Justin Kauflin"

Justin Kauflin is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, educator and Quincy Jones & Yamaha Artist.

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Exodus Live from The Library of Congress

Solo Performance (Oct. 22, 2014)
From "Dedication" available January 2015

Justin Kauflin is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, educator and Quincy Jones & Yamaha Artist.

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For Clark Live from The Library of Congress

Mother's Song Live from Library of Congress

Live solo performance from Time In Jazz Festival, Pattada Italy

Justin Kauflin is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, educator and Quincy Jones & Yamaha Artist.

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John My Beloved (Sufjan Stevens) Time in Jazz Festival

Justin Kauflin Trio Euro Tour with Billy Williams and Chris Smith

Justin Kauflin is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, educator and Quincy Jones & Yamaha Artist.

Buy or stream Justin Kauflin's music here:
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Up And Up Live (Montreux Jazz Club)

Solo Piano Thirds

Justin Kauflin is an American jazz pianist, composer, producer, educator and Quincy Jones Artist.  He performs worldwide as solo artist or with Justin Kauflin Trio, recorded on 27 albums as sideman, composed the film score for Keep On Keepin' On, published 29 original compositions and produced 4 albums as leader.

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