Phil Kelsall. Tower Ballroom. Rumba

[egreogytteb]

egreogytteb A master of tempo and rhythm

[egreogytteb]

lednockduck - it's videos like these that make coming on to You Tube a real godsend.

[antonio23jan]

Thats why this man is head organist at the tower .. great video Thanks for uploading these videos

[Spectraman3849]

Phil Kelsall has graced the bench of the worlds finest Wurlitzer now for over 30 years. I have met him a number of times. He alaways remember's me. I was invited to play the Tower Wurlitzer last October and i re created some of the sounds in this video. It looks so easy when you watch him play untill you try it. I thankfully diddnt make a fool of myself in the company of my mate David Lobban.

[antonio23jan]

it must be a fantastic experience sat there a the console spectraman ... i have sat and played the ex ritz ballroom wurlitzer which is now about a minutes walk from me in saltaire.. like you say it looks so easy when yr watching but a different ball game when your sat there.. and definatley nothing like playing electronic organ thats for sure !! hope you ejoyed yr time on there..imsure you will have done

Tony

[Spectraman3849]

Hi Tony. It was a fantastic day. I played a lot of dance tunes but I also explored the more sensitve side of the Tower Wurlitzer with a Phantom number."All I Ask Of You" which David Lobban realy enjoyed. May I ask how did you get the crash Symble to work of a seprate button on your Yamaha?

[antonio23jan]

Hi again... yeah the crash symbol yr hearing on the video clip i did was assigned to the lowest C on the lower manual .its on one of the presets on the theare organ in a box.. its prob the closest i`ll ever get to the real thing. ! cheers