Elton John
pop singer, piano
English pop singer and pianist; Barry recalls that on a trip to Trinidad he found Elton John billed as the star of its jazz festival, and took it as proof that jazz festivals had become rhythm and blues and rock festivals.
- mentions
- 2
- recordings
- 2
- Barry speaking
- 2
What Barry says
In his own words
I say, Elton John? The star of a jazz festival? You know it’s messed up. See, the jazz festivals have suddenly become rhythm [and] blues and rock and roll festivals.
Every mention
2 moments in the recordings, 2 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
Believe: a talk to musicians
- 11:59
Elton John starred at Trinidad’s jazz festival: proof that jazz festivals have become rhythm and blues and rock festivals.
Jazz schools and the basics
- 1:39
The same Trinidad story, in what seems an edit of the Almeria talk (caption ‘after John’).
Method ideas nearby
Ideas of the method taught in the classes where they come up, with how many mentions fall in each.
- 0.3Rules matter more than scales; everything by logic1
- 1.4Triplets and thinking in six1
- 11.1Two hands together1
- 11.2Keep the left hand low and make it interesting1
- 12.2Know the song; learn many songs; find your key1
- 15.2Bebop, tradition, and what is wrong with jazz education1
- 2.2The two whole-tone scales (‘man and woman’)1
- 2.3The three diminished seventh chords (‘the children’)1