Stephanie Trick plays Handful Of Keys by Fats Waller stride piano

[PreservingMemories2]

Love it.

[Schillingsanders]

HOOPLAH !!!

[cicciodinonnapapera5]

davvero bravisima!

[pauldquam1]

She is why Stride music will live on for many future generations. Thank You!

[TrancerB7]

I could tell she didn't like how those chords were going at that one strain, so she went back to make it sound good :D Awesome Job. Gonna buy her album "Something More"

[SegelfliegerFan]

Toll gespieli,gefält mir .

[SuburbanDon]

Fantastic ! I'd give up a lot to be able to play like that.

[timtales99ts]

What a talent. Listen people! You can listen just for the pure enjoyment of it. If you feel you have to be critical .... keep it to yourself! This is happy music and this girl is GREAT!

[worknman2k]

Somebody should introduce her to Tom Brier... they could have a ragtime orgy together :)

[charger19691]

Fabulous!!!!

[stuarth43]

Fats well he never lookedsat the keys,

The diiference, IMO one was the master and this is a student and I like it very much

All she needs is a cigar and hat

[teknon112]

phantastic! nice to know that there are interpreters of this wonderful music also in future!

[963821]

BRAVO!!!!

[55DepotStreet]

Oh the kid has talent! Wow. How wonderful to hear stride played by someone under 60. This music will never, ever die, because it's as if the piano were made for it. The golden era of music really was the first half of the 20th century. Way to go, Stephanie!

[taylor61160]

I wish I was rich. I would buy her the grand piano of her choice.

This kid is great. Even by adult standards.

Bright future should she choose to go pro.

Great job kid!

[trudbol]

Wonderful. ;-)

[caladbolge]

omg...

[puddinfacekiki]

she's so cute ^^

[NorkelFjols]

Now she needs to grow those hands a little, so she can play the tenths in the bass :p

[timtales99ts]

@NorkelFjols Are you trying to impress us? The girls is great. Period.

[ojtbs93]

yawn



[GreenLeaf5656]

SHE MEMORIZED IT? Wow that's good.

[DrewKF]

amaaaaazing :D

[stackingkid675]

she improved the ending by so much!!!!!!!

[ZingZee123456789]

omg....I love the ending!...

[zviato]

She plays classical music ...

[zviato]

She sounds like a kid when you compare her playing to other stride players ... listen to the Basie's version ... or Garner's Honeysuckle Rose and you'll hear what stride means ...

[fingerscarr]

@zviato .... nonsense , very litle stylistic difference in this piece from any number of other stride ers , inc fats h'self , if you listen . the version of this which i saw on the tube was too fast jumbled and past it ! !

[fingerscarr]

@zviato .... nonsense , very litle stylistic difference in this piece from any number of other stride ers , inc fats himself , if you listen . and , the basie version of this which i saw on the tube was too fast jumbled and past it ! ! the garner version of honeysuckle rose is predominantly in his own style , with some fast stride sections thrown in .... or ?

[jd7x7jd]

@zviato i agree with fingerscarr - i bet if you had heard this on a sound recording with no idea who was playing you would have been wowed.

[crab5mt]

@zviato Yeah, but that's because she wasn't much more than a kid at the time. Even Fats, Basie and Tatum had to start somewhere. Just wait....

[superjam18]

i'd probably confuse this with ragtime piano

[jasonbaxterpiano]

fantastic....most stride players r 6'6'' and full of muscle .....how do u do it....? J.

[clementwarrior]

Stephanie this is beautiful, you rock big time!!!!

[dggd]

Bravo Stephanie! I working on that piece!

[jd7x7jd]

wooo go stepahnie!!! :-) 

[floralparkkid]

Great job!

[fingerscarr]

listened many times , marvel at the fluency and light sophisticated touch

[jmkeller]

Hands down, the best rendition I've seen on YouTube. It takes a great talent to pull off a piece like this so effortlessly! Thanks for posting!

[vimana19]

I love how she makes it so easy. Very relaxed.

[fdannen]

Brilliant!

[Nosstradamusa]

amazing !! :)))

where can I found the notes of this?

[TylerFishback]

i just fall in love when i hear you play:) i really wish i could play like you! Good job and keep up the good work

[minnescanada]

Wow!

[bobeunie]

very nice, good listening-thanks

[vimana19]

God she is gorgeous.

[scotchrks]

AMAZING!! Truly captured Thomas Waller's style

[bloodofbambi]

This is amazing! Good job!

[Chaosga]

People are going to hate me for saying this, but...its too perfect. Where's the soul? You can play anything key for key, note for note...but Jazz players infused part of their own soul to the piece. That's where I think she's lacking. No offense. She's got talent. I just don't feel it. Might as well listened to a piano roll.

[pearsnockie]

@Chaosga firstly shes very young, its pretty normal and senseful to imitate and learn stuff carefully before developing your own style. and no, a player piano never could play like this..

[fingerscarr]

@pearsnockie ... i'm really only an amateur critic with a bit of an ear but find this as clean and crisp an effortless a version as any on this site ! ! ! ps she maintains the 'cadence' better than most

[stackingkid675]

I sat and listened to her playing different songs for an hour after hearing this!!! And also where can you get the piano sheet music for this song...I have looked everywhere and cannot find it?!?!

[eldude555]

@stackingkid675 try paul marcorelles at google.. he made transcriptions of this and many other tunes by fats waller

[stackingkid675]

@eldude555 thanks!!!! big help!!!

[stackingkid675]

@eldude555 Thanks!!! That was a big help!!!! :D

[ugottheblues]

your supposed to do tenths with the left hand not octaves

[Usylys]

@ugottheblues You do realise a portion of the people in the world can't reach a tenth in their hand right? :P

[madisonhack]

One of the best new talents in stride piano in a long, long time. I'll be looking for more of Ms. Trick.

[nezkeys79]

what is this piano. it sounds ace

[madisonhack]

@nezkeys79

It's a Yamaha P22....it's a workhorse....and you can get one pretty reasonable, like I did, after recitals like this one. "Only played once" is how they're usually advertised.

[nezkeys79]

hahamy main achilles heel is fast left hand stride and it makes me laugh to see where she is looking 90% of the time....at her left hand....there is hope for me yet!!!!

[ChrisDawsonMusic]

Stephanie - you've got a new fan. Great work and I look forward to heaing more.

[Wintendows]

wow <3

[MauricioJePalma]

if only she looked happy as she played it :/ Sounds awesome though!

[chkjns]

WoW. DOUBLE-WoW & TRIPLE-WoW ! ! ! ! !

I put you on my Fats Waller playlist!!!!!!

My channel is an archive of a century of pop music. 500 playlists covering 360 artists & every year since 1900, so this version is on my 1929 lists as well, the year Fats first recorded this himself!

[Usylys]

nice crisp melody absolutely great!

[horstb29]

Wow!

[aknabea]

Awesome!!!!

[jampro2002]

One of the finest pieces of stride piano played beautifully. Green with envy of this ability.

[CadillacL]

Totally love it. She's feeling the music for sure :)

[faalonglongwaytorun]

Handful of Keys is one of my all time favorite songs...and I hate to admit that I'm a bit picky when it comes to hearing others outside of Waller. What a great version this is though! Very nicely done..Thanks so much for sharing!

[KIMHUYNGUYEN]

Wow, excellent interpretation

I found that this version is more interesting than Paul Posnak's transcription.

Please, where can I find the sheets corresponding to your interpretation.

Thanks

[Bill25cycle]

Stephanie, you've got a great EAR for this, nice clean rythym, almost sounds like FATS himself.

[guweck]

I was just about to say the same thing. With those delicate fingers and hands she get clear and intense sounds. And the intensity of both hands is perfect. Just like Fats. Awesome. I can´t believe what im hearing.

I wish I could play like this. Dream on.

[Albertalice1]

Excellent! 5 stars! Hope you'll make more videos. Congratulations!

[occiloscope]

First Class! A pleasure to listen to.

[NigoNI60]

congrats  ;)

[aknabea]

She needs to be cutting player piano rolls!!! She is just awesome!! What a pianist!!!

[Squarerig]

Zuerst ein Minarettverbot-grossartig!und dann stolpere ich ueber diese junge Dame,Verzeihung,junge Genie.Was fuer einen Tag habe ich gehabt.Ausgezeichnete Musik gespielt mit der richtigen Feeling!

[mikefitzgerald33]

You truly do 'tickle' the keys just as Mr. Thomas Fats Waller did!

[Lingerick]

that is really great art! Mr. Waller would surely be very proud of this excellent interpretation of his piece!!

[Factnotfictionpeople]

If you need a definition for talent - here it is! Has this young lady got any CD's out? If not - why not! If so, how does an old fool like me go about getting copies? Keep playing young lady - you're the, er, man? :-)

[drpmp]

You can carry the show yourself, but maybe an occasional group piece with drums, bass, cornet, clarinet?

[organistedejazz]

outstanding peformance

[Striding888]

Well done. I posted myself playing Handful of Keys a while ago and I am thrilled that someone your age has got the spirit and rhythm of this music. Great

[guweck]

I´m out of words, but I´m not out of tears...

Outstanding and flawless playing.

You made me cry like a fool.

Thank you very much for this.

[aknabea]

AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sailin1934]

not only is she a fantasti player, when she smiles she lights up he room!

[johntbelias]

You're amazing!!!

[schrpnss]

Grace and Beauty tickles the ivories!

[MrPisster]

Now all I need is a barrel house to put her in!

[jsteeber]

ST plays this beautifully, but with a more antique ragtime rhythm, in places. That wasn't the point of the piece. Wish they had masterclasses on this material.

[bigstriderman]

Aw c'mon. Give the kid a break. With such clean execution and even rhythm I think we can forgive any "antique" rhythms...

[unkr01]

I agree. One of the things I love about her style is how she adds her own little twists to most of the tunes she plays to make them NOT just like the original. If she played note for note from the sheet music, someone would complain about that.

[madisonhack]

That's why Louis Armstrong once said "jazz is music that's not played the same way once".

[madisonhack]

@unkr01

It's jazz!.....not supposed to be played the same way ONCE (to quote Louie Armstrong).

[UBeportfolio]

My wife and I are great fans of ST and were delighted to find her new postings this month. Keep it up, kid!