I have seen a few videos of Hiromi Uehara playing. Totally off the chain.

A lady who played piano for the German National Symphony Orchestra lived above me when I lived in France. She could play any piece of sheet music I ever put in front of her. She could not play Happy Birthday without the sheet music. I got her started playing by ear. I really miss Nicole and France.

Actually have listen to many versions of Misty. Some I like better than the original. How Erroll arpeggiates the 13th chords in his left hand is pretty impressive.

I play guitar but messing around with the keyboard has been just that...messing around.

Stuck here in my house for god knows how long, I am spending more and more time trying to learn how to play piano. I have had a piano for a long time and it has been instrumental in teaching me music theory. I can figure out any chord in any inversion without issue on the piano. Every second I have spent on the piano has helped me with the guitar.

It is quite common for people who play very well to have started when they were kids. I got a year or so in band in grade school on Trumpet. At least I learned how to sight read some simple stuff.

If I could go back to the beginning and start over again knowing what I know now, it would be Drums, Bass, Piano, and Guitar in that order.

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”