Half Stride Part Church New Orleans Blues.

[danny13234]

Where can I learn the patterns for left and right hand from? I would like to learn this but I'm not a very good piano player just know abit of blues.

[dominickearney]

I've just realised that you're Seamus Beaghen. You crafty old sod!

[HammondDomein]

I always listen to this piece when I finished polishing the Rolls....did you know how much work that is:D Very good....even better than your Hammond playing!!

[SidneyBishop]

Glad you like it "@HammondDomein" and cheers for saying so. A Merry Christmas to you and yours. SB.

[renata610]

really impressive how you stay off the pedal!

[SidneyBishop]

@renata610 - Many thanks for saying so. I am impressed with your version of Dr John's "Dorothy" it sounds great. Best wishes from here in London to you in N.Y.

[nseston]

Far more enjoyable than polishing the Rolls!

[LardavSes]

You dig through enough crap online you occasionally find a nugget of gold! 14 CARAT LAD!!!! Well done! Keep em coming. Great feel!

[SidneyBishop]

Hello "LardavSes" what a lovely compliment - I'm flattered! Thank you very much for your kind words and all the best to you from here in London.

[MrNuttylee7]

Hi there Sir Sidders Bishopus!!!, this is just fantastic. I think stride piano is the hardest style to play,but youve got it licked. Brilliant composition too. Never mind Jools Holland,people should be made aware of you. Bloomin marvelous sir!!

[SidneyBishop]

@MrNuttylee7 - That's extremely nice of you to say. Thank you very much.

[Mortifrog]

Yaaaaaaaaaay!

[SidneyBishop]

Thaaaaaanks

[danalan666]

Precision without being mechanical; Oscar himself would have approved

[SidneyBishop]

Blimey "danalan666" thanks! 

[JWallWill]

I enjoyed that. Thankyou.

[SidneyBishop]

Well thank you for saying so "JWallWill" and I'm glad you liked it.

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[MrNuttylee7]

Bloomin fantastic!! More!!

[idamay1]

That is some FINE piano playing!! Keep them coming...I enjoyed this so much,,will no doubt listen to it a lot!!

[danielfelixson]

im so glad this style is still alive

[HMJohnson1]

You got it bro! Screw what anyone else says. I can smell the read beans from here in Texas.

[chrismarx85]

Love the left hand accompaniment pattern in the beginning with the tritones :)

I'm going to have to try that!

[larrybob]

Very nice! Great playing, good swing.

[BoogieWoogieDuffBeer]

Love the left hand.....Tri tones like Dr Jhone......Cool man! Thanks!

[pianoguy234]

Visit New Orleans.. Anytime.... Anytime... She ain't wash-n away.. Visit New Orleans she here ta stay.....

[candcparkymon]

i feel a real dr. john influence in this. its nice, dont care about your rolls or your pool though.

[lavender880]

Sidney...great feel. You really captured that New Orleans sound. Nice composition and the cadence was really cool! :)

[davidjoanne98]

What a brilliant sound..........if only I could play this

[n14e5o15]

fake 1/5

[lavender880]

n14e5o15--Wrong, not fake. I am a piano player..Sid is really playing and is very talented by the way!

[n14e5o15]

I am also a pianist, lavender880. This is fake and even if it weren't I wouldn't call the playing talented!!1

[mikeplix21]

He IS playing it, what level are you? Absolute amateur or a know-what-a-piano-is amateur?

[n14e5o15]

YOu don't know who i am

[mikeplix21]

Yes, you`re right-I don`t know whou you are, but I know you are NOT a pianist if you can`t see he IS playing it. This is the type of piano of which the clavier can`t be pressed as much as in the case of a digital piano, for instance (as you know, of course)

[n14e5o15]

I think you mean 'keyboard,' not 'clavier.' Are you from Germany?

[mikeplix21]

I messed it up, but you know what I mean, don`t you?

[n14e5o15]

STFU

[mikeplix21]

Intelligent, that`s what I thought about you. I`m not gonna write to such a dunce any more

[n14e5o15]

Thank you.

[lavender880]

Yni4e5o15,

You must not be a very good piano player if you think this is fake!! I am from New Orleans and play this style. Trust me, he is not a fake...why do you want to discredit someone you do not know? Give it a rest, and just appreciate it.

[n14e5o15]

Why should I?

It's not a hard piece to play, but he still faked it LMAO

[lavender880]

ni4=jealous.

[n14e5o15]

lav=retarded

[123BubberMiley]

i love this kind of gospel blues. this reminds me of oscar peterson's "hymn to freedom". same great style.

[bunglesid]

you are a flat cap wearing musical monster and one day ill be able to play this and be proud because this is what music is al about....cheers

[joeswanky]

Great tune, Sid. A quick professional question: I've been list'nin to Prof Longhair and Dr. John as a primer on New Orleans blues and stride. Also have absorbed a little Johnny Johnson, Thelonius, Ray...would you mind sharing who some of your influences are?

[11thedogfather]

nice one s,excellent playing, what about a bit of gorgia on organ.winwoods version always gets me

[StubbyPecker]

You've got the gig.

[mocmac]

Thanks Sidney, nice to hear that little New Orleans 'kick', so many players just dont have the feel for it, some just show off - post us some more!

[HarrysBar]

Nice one Lord Sydney, my dad Ken Rogers who played piano, accordion, cordavox and organ at the Bricklayers Arms for 22 years would love this if he were still here. As it happens I'm still here and I think it's great.

[Schumava]

this is the original new orleans blues fromm 1922, recorded on the evergreen recordings stations chikago.

i have the original shellack in my house.

the ragtime player was named leander crush, who played later with jabbo smith some gigs.

greetings schumava

[BoogieAndBluesPiano]

Er, "Schumava" - I've never heard of that but it sounds interesting. So does the fact that you have an original old shellack at home. They must be quite a valuable bit of musical history.

This is definitely a tune of my own though. Honest. I remember sitting at the piano and writing it. Straight up. It was quite a long time ago (but not in the 1920's).

Cheers though, hope you liked it.

[ragtimemax]

VERY well played and composed. I like the tone of older piano as well. But are you aware there is a 'Jelly Roll' Morton standard with the same title from 1923? Nevertheless, this is very enjoyable, 4 stars all the way!

[SidneyBishop]

Thanks "ragtimemax" I'm glad you liked it. I'm sure that there isn't a tune with the same title though. Hardly surprising - it's not a very good name really. It was just the first thing I could think of that stuck.

Toodle pip, The Bishop.

[ragtimemax]

The song I refer to is "New Orleans Blues", from 1923. But only now do I realize that the "half Stride, half Church" is actually part of the title. Sorry, that's cranial flatulence on my part. Thanks for posting, it's a great piece.

[ragtimemax]

@SidneyBishop

Man I just listened to this recording 3 years later and it still sounds as smokin' as the first time!

[SidneyBishop]

Thanks a lot "ragtimemax" and how good of you to say so! Appreciate your return visit for another listen. Cheers and best wishes to you from the UK.

[SkinnerBlues]

I meant, "Love the style." That is a enjoyable tune to listen to.

[SkinnerBlues]

Love his style. Thanks so much for posting Sidney!