New improvisation - Short 12-Bar Blues: New Orleans Style Groove

Here’s a short taster video — I’ll be posting longer blues improvisations in due course.
This one features a classic 12-bar blues form, with a New Orleans-style groove (influenced by second-line rhythms and early R&B), gospel-inspired back-cycled triads in the right hand, and traditional blues-style call and response phrasing.

I love how the syncopated rhythms in New Orleans piano styles echo Caribbean influences — there’s a real conversational flow to the feel.
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I'm finding real joy in exploring this style — and in recording, however imperfectly, as a way to share that process. More to come soon.