Robbie Rhodes-Triangle Jazz Blues@Old Town Music Hall 2007

[theorganguy]

his brother up in Victoria, BC, is a regular at Hermann's Jazz Club; not playing Piano, tho :-)

[idasynco]

@theorganguy Wow, what a talented family then. What instrument does he play? I love Victoria BC...I remember playing piccolo there with my 100 member marching band from Medford,OR. We were in a huge parade. I love the Buchart Gardens.

[theorganguy]

@idasynco it's been a while, but various wind-instruments (trombone, sax, trumpet?) if I had remembered for sure, I would have mentioned it already :-P

[rchandos]

Robbie played on our living room piano while he was in high school (Garden Grove), inspired me to take up the instrument.

[idasynco]

WOW, I wish I had a mentor so early!! Lucky!!!!

[karlpetersen]

Save this one. It doesn't get any better.

[idasynco]

I see the Triangle Theater on Canal Street on the New Orleans grid, just south of the French Quarter. Thanks for your comment!

[pianiplunker]

This is one of my favorite rags. It has some very jarring harmonies for a piece composed about 1916 or so. The piece was named after the triangle theater in New Orleans where Irwin P. LeClere was employed as a silent movie accompanist. I believe this is the only instrumental piece he wrote.

[chloelovescats]

it seems to be a 'ragtime' of John Scott.

[idasynco]

"Triangle Jazz Blues" was written by Irwin P. Leslere and can be found in the "Ragtime and Early Blues Piano" book which has over 300 pages of delightful rags and blues...check it out!!

[Swtadline]

Yup, that's my pop all right! And yes, he does love to joke around, that's for sure!-Stephanie

[idasynco]

Glad you found this vid of your dad playing the Triangle!

Karen

[tdub1941]

Still good 2 months later.

TW

[idasynco]

Thanks Tom, RR is quite a player indeed!

[tdub1941]

Delightful music! Thanks, Ida!

Tom Warner