Richard Dowling playing Nola

[volvo650daniel]

from 1:46 it's nice - it's a nice performance anyway! :-D great!

[MRudy555]

Ma fille s appelle Nola....elle a 8ans,je lui ai fait écouter... très chouette,bravo

Rudy

[RhapsodyEternal]

Absolutely beautiful.

[speedyoncp]

O ___________ O Amazing

[MrTantalust]

Dowling plays it better on the piano than the crow played it on the sax in "I love to singa".

[weightfeather1]

Does anyone remember Father Mulcahey from M.A.S.H. trying to play this in Rosie's bar?

[thebluebunny1]

hey that good this is my favorite tune my mother use to play on the old piano

[vazmo14850]

richard i have an original copy of the sheet music from when the song was popular. my aunt played it beautifully...also, rock a bye baby when played in sync is a perfect match.

my music is musty and tattered by i so love th8is song

[gertrudesbiz]

This was my father's "signature song" when I was a kid. He'd play it whenever he sat down to play the piano for me (1960), and I was always thrilled by it. Brings back wonderful memories. Thanks so much, Richard!

[ishouldplayzelda]

this song ftw

[jbdmb41]

i'm not that good of a player but richard was my teacher at lamar university, by far the best and most respected teacher's i've ever had!!! simply amazing

[Cillitpeng]

this piece is easy to learn but hard to master...

well done!!

[langliszt]

AWESOME!!!

[QBCNetwork]

The only other time I heard of this song was from an old 1950's Paramount cartoon short called "Forest Fantasy".  The animal band plays "Nola" followed by a sing along "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon".

[heine71]

@QBCNetwork Is the Forest Fantasy cartoon on YouTube?

[QBCNetwork]

@heine71 Not available.

[heine71]

@QBCNetwork Oh well...

[misharyutubbee]

@heine71 If I remember right, a spider that looked like Harpo Marx (playing the harp) was one of the characters in the cartoon. I could be wrong; haven't seen that cartoon in 40 years.

[QBCNetwork]

@misharyutubbee  You are correct!

[senseistacey]

SIMPLY AMAZING!

[Wollimatz]

Wenn ich diesen Mann mit dieser Fingerakrobatik sehe, möchte ich selbst nie mehr klimpern und würde am liebsten mein Klavier in Brand setzen !

[sosome57]

Lordy, he has monstrous hands! I've never heard played on the piano. Is this the original rag? Great performance, good sound. Thanks for posting.

[ItsNolaaa]

my names nola :D

[arcturian627]

Delightful interpretation!

[universityofwtmp]

I haven't been able to find much of anything in searches of this tune. I am surprised to have found this today. I actually was looking for the George Shearing version. Anyone else familiar with that one?

[Tweaker1963]

its called 'Nola', composed by Felix Arndt a deceased relative of mine.

[steinwaygrande1]

Been playing this for the past 45 years. Still enjoy messing around with the tempo ( purely for my own imagination ) and to the amusement of my piainst friends

[wouldbebaritone]

I knew someone whose mother played it as a foxtrot, at breakneck speed. It's a silly tune as it is, but the way she did it, it was hilarious, even in unintentionally.

[assenthia]

This brings back alot of memories.

My aunt Mary used to play this song.

It was my favorite. During the depression

in the 30's she worked for a music

store playing songs from sheet

music. She and my dad were the

only ones in our family that had a job.

[spykeong]

Wow! Impressive!!! Can I know what song is this and composed by who?

=P He's great and amazing!!!

I wish I could have this music score or sheet music!!! XD

[pooley72]

its called 'Nola', composed by felix arndt. There should be loads of arrangements available if you search yahoo / google etc

[spykeong]

Can I know what song is this?

=) It's so great and amazing!!!

[mickerin64]

Great  job--haven't heard this for years.

[LuvableXoX]

Nola is my NAME !!!

:)

i play the piano, IM SO GOIN TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THIS SONG

[AlexLieb2802]

wonderful I hope I gonna play it like this :'-)

[MandoIsland]

Great! Thanks!

[chompnofx]

nice!!this was amazing my classmate used to play tis in sax and i was so impressd with tis video!it so cool..hahah!MERRY XMAS EVRYONE!!!

[rhubarb4292]

A lotlike my Grandmother used to play it when I was a little boy a long time ago. You nailed it! Thank you!

[ashepp3679]

Aw Richard, you make Ms. Tomfohrde's class proud! Great expansion on a great old song. And thanks for not being stuffy.

[dgoodlaxson]

Fantastic! Clear, clean, precise..a great interpretation!

[tpmm1]

He makes it seem so easy...! Great performance!

[PhilippeLernould]

Excellent

Very impressive

[tdub1941]

Richard is a national treasure!

Thanks for posting this one.

[idasynco]

WOW, I'm sorry I didn't get tickets to the 2pm concert and missed this live performance. I loved the bass accompaniment at the 2:50 mark, then sweetness, before the roaring finale!  What crispness of articulation!! thanx for the video!!