Lew White plays In a Persian Market

[tregnier279]

DO you know what roll number this recording is?

[ampicoab]

@tregnier279 The roll is 3607

[LewWhite10]

It really carries you away to a soft, yet haunting place. The textures are wonderful, the selection is dynamic, and the range of sound is surprising. It is a composition that really tells a story. My name is also "Lew White", and I teach Torah, but I'm also a musician. I hope Lew visits with one of my "compositions" on youtube also.

Lew, keep up the great work!

[DonaldFranklin67]

@ampicoab I noticed in the videos of the player pipe organ, wooden pipes with what look like handles on them, I gather that these are bombarde pipes, bombarde , meaning that they bombard the listener with sound.

Am I correct? I heard of them,(bombarde pipes) being that I was an ATOS member.

[Satchmoeddie]

Organ Stop Pizza had two theater organs, but some guy in Las Vegas has the old Phoenix 7th Ave organ in his house now. There is one in Mesa Az. I have not been out to see it. These were a royal pain to keep running. We had to fly people in that could fix certain items them. I believe the Phoenix organ was a more elaborate set up with percussion and other neat stuff. It was dismantled some time ago. Recording a player roll has got to be a very pure analog form of recording, perhaps the purest.

[anglerfly]

whos lew white?

[kdegru]

Very well done capturing the sight and sound of this instrument. It brought tears to my eyes as often happens when incredible beauty or artistry is acknowleged by my senses.

[62748152]

With section 2 of the song, you could have added more sounds and effects, with the theatre bass pounding away. Sec 2 was too simple but an excellent performance.

[ampicoab]

This is a Lew White recording on the roll. It is a little late to offer a suggestion to him. He recorded the roll in November, 1929. Perhaps you didn't understand the source of the music. Like you said, it is an excellent performance. You must realize that Lew was a pioneer in the field of Theatre Organ music. His work was heard by millions as he continued with organ music in American radio broadcasts. 

Thanks for the comment.

[Yaledmot]

62748152: Never a shortage of "experts."

Ampicoab, you have no need to defend anything to this idiot. This is a wonderful and historic presentation. Keep it going!

[Satchmoeddie]

My neighbor plays "The King of Instruments". Arizona is a cultural vacuum pretty much. Case in point: Hoss, my neighbor was speaking to another guy, and made some reference to his being a musician. The guy ask Hoss, "What do you play?" Hoss replied, "The KING OF INSTRUMENTS" proudly. This guy looked a bit lost and confused, then his eyes lit up and he says. "OH The pedal steel guitar". Yep! Oh well this is Arizona. I still get a laugh from that, as I play pedal steel myself.

[clydesight]

Such a fine instrument! Thanks for the video. I have a recording of Kettleby music played by orchestra. He wasn't that well known, but had influence.

[acoustics101]

Great video! It reminds me of my years between 1974-1982 as part of the Saturday organ crew restoring the former RKO Albee WurliTzer in Cincinnati's Emery Theatre. I understand the Emery has been converted to Emery Apartments and the organ is now or soon will be in the ballroom at Music Hall.

[starfragments]

lovely.

[nicolaj0154]

where is that place?....

[m4dan]

Phenominal. I have a recording of this played by Dick Liebert on the Radio City Music Hall Wurlitzer 4/58.

[boonspoh]

wow, fantastic, wish someone can play with the same manner of understanding and appreciation for music these days. bravo

[KawhackitaRag]

Excellent! Wonderful composition, wonderful playing, wonderful instrument, wonderful recording!

[Observing87]

Wow.  where is this instrument?

[diaphone32]

This is such a great thrill to listen to an classic Aeolian organ being played by Lew White.I am my self a big fan of both theater and symphonic organs.Show some more.

[Kenlist]

One other little "technical" observation - you will notice that the tremolo

is often late in starting - for example at the begining of Vox Humana solo.

I think that is because the Aeolian tremulant does not start as fast as the TO trems that Lew White would have been more accustomed to. He doubtless turned on the tremolo without a little "lead time" - hence. . .

[ampicoab]

The trem "on" event occurs just after the third chord sounds on the Vox solo. In other words, it is intentional. That technique is heard (and seen) throughout the roll. It is easy for me to research as the rolls are all on computer files. I rather like the sound as the Vox just "Blossoms" as the trem comes on. You have keen ears! Thanks for the comment.

[ludwig123456789]

Superb video for someone who as far as I know is not a professional tv camera man or director. Anyway hats off because most professional TV folks in this area would not have not done such a good job. Smooth panning etc. Oh Michael ---Lew can be recorded again without pops and scratches on a cd.

[ampicoab]

The pictures are stills and the panning is through the "Ken Burns effect". The smoothness is at the hands of the computer, not me.

[ludwig123456789]

oh you are too modest. You did a great job so own up to it. I use to work in tv and know good work when I see it.

[Kenlist]

What a treasure this video is - lovely playing by Mr. White - and the

opportunity to hear an Aeolian in good tune, operating so well! I could kill to have the wonderful bell-clarinet! I hope eveyone appreciated the superb mitering of those wood 16' Bourdons - that is fine work! Ken List

[ampicoab]

Thanks for the comments. The Aeolian free reed clarinet is legendary. Those wonderful miters are from the factory. Beside the two bourdons, the CC of the tapered diapason is also mitered and off-set. (Swell chest)

[benelli7]

Really great, in fact super!

[michaelsmusicservice]

Wow! Hearing Lew White without the pops, ticks, and scratches. Watching great photos of the player organ and pipes and chambers and room. Lew could never have imagined that his music would be presented as a music video in the 2000s. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS! This can be a link to a time to which most of us have no other connection. Cheers! Michael