Paul is a jazz-trained pianist, musical director, and educator who’s performed with top artists and now teaches real-world, creative music skills to adult learners in the Boston area.
This lesson features one of the greatest and most-covered songs of all-time. "Sunny" was written by Bobby Hebb 60 years ago and has been recorded by Stevie Wonder, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Billy Preston, George Benson, and so many other jazz and funk musicians. It's popularity makes it a great addition to your solo piano repertoire. This lesson features a discussion about improvisation, modulation, and even some "spy" movie music.
In this course, you'll learn a new standard every month. Each standard will be broken down into both simple and advanced arrangements so this course is great for players of all levels. You'll learn how to create both a solo and group arrangement while also learning two-handed comping and improvisation.