As if you don’t already know I’m OBSESSED with pianists covering songs (example one, two, three), here comes the piano cover of piano covers. These seven dapper gents perform Kanye West and Jay Z’s “Ni**as in Paris” on one piano and call it “Pianists in Paris.”
The video is from Collective Cadenza, which uploads musical video experiments every other Tuesday. You might remember them from their History of Whistling video.
“Pianists in Paris” goes through several styles, making the track sound classic, jazzy, soulful and then just plain mind-blowing.
Watch it here:
Forget carrying a tune, when I learned how to whistle a single note I was incredibly happy. That’s why I’m so jealz of this King of Whistling who does 26 songs from 98 years like it’s nothing. Collective Cadenza starts in 1914 with the Colonel Bogey March and goes all the way to 2012 with Maroon 5.
He includes some of my faves, like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Foster the People and The Black Keys. It helps that they have a sense of humour too. During the Billy Joel tune the suited gent playing the piano pulls out a cigarette to really get in the zone.
Watch it here:
