{"id":360,"date":"2009-07-08T22:18:24","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T05:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/?p=360"},"modified":"2009-07-09T02:28:37","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T09:28:37","slug":"practice-on-green-dolphin-street-and-lush-life-by-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/practice-on-green-dolphin-street-and-lush-life-by-ear","title":{"rendered":"Practice: On Green Dolphin Street and Lush Life (learning by ear)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are two short piano practices I did in the last couple of days. The first one I am practicing the jazz standard On Green Dolphin Street, and in the second one I am working on learning the Billy Strayhorn tune Lush Life by ear. I have listened to Lush Life a lot of times, especially the classic Coltrane version which is one of my favorites, and recently heard Kurt Elling sing Lush Life at his fabulous concert at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival this year.<\/p>\n<p>Click below to listen to my jazz piano practices:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/tracks\/practice\/green%20dolphin%20street%20practice%20short%201.mid\">On Green Dolphin Street Practice<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/tracks\/practice\/lush%20life%20by%20ear%20technique.mid\"><br \/>\nLush Life practice (working by ear) with some technique at the end<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a beautiful rendition of the song Lush Life being performed by vocalist Dianne Reeves and guitarist Russell Malone:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:300px;\"><object width=\"300\" height=\"110\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/media.imeem.com\/m\/HJJUGbfPjO\/aus=false\/\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/media.imeem.com\/m\/HJJUGbfPjO\/aus=false\/\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imeem.com\/gigiflorenzia\/music\/Kyk-Ck8o\/dianne-reeves-russell-malone-lush-life\/\">Lush Life &#8211; Dianne Reeves, Russell Malone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are two short piano practices I did in the last couple of days. 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