I'm Adam Manus, and I'm Peter Martin, and you're listening to the You'll Hear It Podcast.

Today we're going to be talking about five classical pieces that will enhance your jazz playing.

Awesome. So this is five pieces of classical music, I guess.

I mean, I'm assuming, unless we're going to start an art podcast next, which you could. That's right.

I want you kick it off, Adam.

Yeah, so let's start with Chopin etudes.

Now, most pianists are going to be kind of familiar with this, I hope at least.

These are some of the best etudes ever written for the piano.

I mean, it really is a great workout if you can get these up to speed.

You know, you're actually playing some real piano.

And on top of that, they are brilliant to listen to.

I mean, they're varied and the music is so incredible.

I mean, it's really the mark of one of the great composers that they make

A-Tudes sound that musical. Yeah. Yeah, and I think that all these are going to be a little

different, but that one, as you said, specifically for pianist, I mean, every one of those A-tudes

addresses a specific part of the piano technique that applies to really any style because

it just applies to how you are how we are able to control or not control the

instrument and so in jazz and an improvisation so important to be able to

control the instrument I love the Mauricio Polini recordings of those by the

way amazing okay next I'm gonna go with for number two I love the Mauricio Polini recordings of those, by the way. Amazing. Yeah.

Okay, next, I'm going to go with, for number two, La Vals by Ravel, wonderful French composer.

And, I mean, this is a piece that I've heard quite a few times, and to be able to hear it live, you know, from the standpoint of the harmony and the orchestration and the form and

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