IN A MIST by Bix Beiderbecke - Bryan Wright, piano

[tdub1941]

Fabulous performance Mr. Wright!

Love it!

RagJazzMonkey Tom

[DialecticEclectic]

And this only has 647 views why? Love this song, and you play it so well.

[rivermontrecords]

@DialecticEclectic Thank you! It really is a gorgeous piece -- one of my all-time favorites to play. I never tire of it.

[ddanze]

This is simply Fa bu lous ! So many thankx. Now gotta try doing it on my humble guitar... Do you know anything about Bix's "modern piano suite"? or is that a meld of Mist/Flashes/etc ???  thnx again!

[rivermontrecords]

@ddanze Thanks for the kind words! Bix wrote his four piano pieces ("In a Mist," "Candlelights," "Flashes," and "In the Dark") as standalone compositions. Within a few years of his death, though, they were being referred to collectively as the Beiderbecke "Modern Piano Suite." So unfortunately it's nothing new -- just a name to refer to those four pieces. Good luck with your guitar arrangement!

[magicreader1]

Hey, Bryan! It's Jeremy (Andrew's friend). I wasn't even looking for this and I found it. You sound good! Way to make the top 5 hits!!

[LedDaveZeppelin]

And when I thought you were done uploading videos this popped up. Beautiful playing as always... Keep them coming.

[ThePeaceableKingdom]

Slower, but so much more expressive than Bix's (then again, he was up against a 3 minute deadline given the recording practice at the time).

Very nice work! You should be proud, Bix would have been, to hear you play his tune some 80 odd years later...

[bixvenuti]

@ThePeaceableKingdom Thanks for the kind words! I've heard that Bix tended to play all of his compositions fairly briskly, even when not recording. I've experimented with different tempos. Too slow and they lose their rhythmic "drive." Too fast and the beautiful harmonies get lost. I try to take a middle ground: fast enough to feel the "pulse," but slow enough to really savor some of the gorgeous chords and rhythmic subtleties. His piano pieces don't get the credit they really deserve.

[johngotting]

I was touched.

[JCJasion]

HI Bryan. I remember meeting you from the "Party Like It's 1918 Party" this past year. Glad you got this out on YouTube.

[Atticus70]

Bravo, well done!

[ragtimemax]

Beautiful as always, Bryan!

[cjhwth81]

Great Job Bryan!

[cruddiestcrudever]

Haha good to see you again Bryan! Very nice playing too, I tried learning this once but just couldn't get my head around most of it :S