Erroll Garner - Laura 1951 (Jazz Piano Ballad Synthesia + Double Bass)

Transcribed by ‪@itsRemco‬ & ‪@midiverse.official‬ Laura gets the full Erroll Garner treatment in this 1951 version, arriving as a jazz piano ballad Synthesia with double bass underneath. Garner played by ear his whole life and never learned to read music, which makes transcribing him a job in itself. The falling notes show his lagging melody floating over that steady chorded left hand. A lovely subject for a jazz piano tutorial if you want to study ballad rubato. Get the midi here: https://store.midiverse.ai/products/e... Original recording:    • Laura   🔗 CHANNELS CREDITED IN THIS VIDEO ► ‪@errollgarnerofficial‬    / @errollgarnerofficial   🎼 ABOUT ERROLL GARNER Erroll Garner (1921-1977) grew up in Pittsburgh, started picking out tunes at three, and never learned to read music - he played entirely by ear his whole life, which makes his output the more remarkable. He wrote "Misty" in 1954, working it out in his head on a flight, and it became one of the most recorded ballads in the American songbook. His 1955 live album Concert by the Sea sold more than a million copies and made him one of the very few jazz pianists with genuine mass popularity. Audiences loved the rambling, teasing introductions that hid the identity of the tune until the last possible second, and the happy grunting that came with them. He is among the most instantly recognisable stylists in jazz, and his approach gives students a wonderfully physical, orchestral way of thinking about the keyboard. Unmistakable: the left hand strums full chords on every beat like a rhythm guitar while the right plays the melody in shimmering block chords, deliberately lagging a fraction behind the beat. Lush orchestral textures, big tremolos, and playful rubato introductions before the tempo finally locks in. 🎹 TURN ANY PIANO RECORDING INTO MIDI Want to learn this piece — or any recording — with falling notes like in this video? I built Transcribe by Midiverse: upload audio and it becomes MIDI with left/right hand separation, a falling-notes practice mode, slow-down and looping. Free to start: ► https://transcribe.midiverse.ai 🔎 MORE PIANO SYNTHESIA ON THIS CHANNEL ► Erroll Garner Piano Synthesia Playlist (41 videos):    • Erroll Garner Piano Synthesia Playlist (it...   ► All my jazz, stride and ragtime piano videos:    • All my Jazz / Stride Piano / Ragtime Piano...   📸 Instagram:   / its.remco   🤖 Reddit:   / its_remco   🎹 Midiverse on Instagram:   / midiverse.official   ▶️ Midiverse on YouTube:    / @midiverse.official   ABOUT THIS CHANNEL itsRemco is a piano Synthesia channel dedicated to jazz piano, from early New Orleans and stride through swing, bebop and the modern standards repertoire. Every video shows the notes falling in real time so you can see exactly what both hands are playing, learn by ear and eye together, and practise along at your own pace. Subscribe for new piano transcriptions every week. #errollgarner #laura #jazzballad #jazzpiano #jazzstandard #doublebass #midiverse #pianosynthesia #fallingnotes #pianotutorial #pianocover #midipiano #piano #jazzmusic #itsremco