thats what im talking about! You have master technik. You play without big presure of hand, you have that feeling that used Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson,Fats Waler, and today all great pianist.
@IamsGamer I haven't written this out at all. There is an ordinary song sheet for "Tea for Two" (in A flat), but my version (in E flat, like Fats Waller's) has simply been worked out by ear based on some recordings, and I've never felt the need to write it out. It's my favourite encore piece (when I get an encore, that is!).
Bravo! A very nice touch.... I love Fats but I was curious as a couple of his tunes sound like 4 hands on the keyboard, I know Tatum is like that (actually sounds like 10 hands) but as a pro pianist, I can't see how Fats was doing this and the technology back then wouldn't allow it. Any ideas? Did Fats do some 4 hands stuff that wasn't credited on the records?
@loocee95 Thank you! There's some amazing stuff on Fats' recordings, but to my ears nothing that can't be attributed to exceptional hands, coordination and musicianship. Have you any particular recordings in mind? Fats' piano rolls do have sounds that would need extra hands, often because the upper note of the left-hand tenth is artificially lengthened. Many of the Waller piano rolls were actually recorded by someone else - Lawrence J Cook, I think it was.
You may not equal Fats but out of anybody living I've seen you've come the closest, except for maybe Patrick Moraz... most people can't keep steady when they play something that difficult... you missed a couple notes here and there but kept the beat going..... that's commendable...
Fats definitely hits the tenths no problem all over his recordings, he jumped it when he WANTED to for effect... I also can barely reach a tenth with my left hand.
El jazzista-pianista Fats Waller se luce verdaderamente tocando a su estilo esta maravillosa melodia de Te para dos. Quienes tenemos el privilegio de escucharlo no podemos menos de sumergirnos en la fantaseosa oleada jazzistica de la edad de oro de este estilo musical inolvidable.
Yes, indeed! I'm sure that was the one I first tried to copy, and then I got his 1929 (?) recording on an old 78 record as well. Of course, when I listen to Fats now, Ican only be disheartened that I still fall so far short of his performances. C'est la vie, eh? Cheers, Mike
Esta versión al piano del famoso Tea for two al estilo de Fats Waller es extraordinaria. En Colombia pudimos escuchársela al gran pianista Alfonso Alvarez Corradine natural de Zipaquirá hace un buen "puñado" de años.. Felicitaciones a Honkiytonkpiano por habernos facilitado este video.
Oh, and another thing. Waller could stretch a tenth with ease (Luckey Roberts could handle an interval of fourteen notes), and also often put his middle finger in the proper place to make the tenth into a three-note CHORD. Marvelous. A pianist I saw who had very small fingers was the late Johnny Guarnieri. He always jumped the interval, and I think (from recordings only; I never saw him), so did Donald Lambert.
I just moved over to hear "Toast of the Town", and my comment rattled off into space. What I had said was that I could never figure out, in my piano playing days, what Fats was doing that this video shows being done beginning at about 0:42, and I STILL can't figure out the waterfall effects begun at about 1:36 and again at 1:46. I'm about to subscribe!!
Wonderful. Exuberant, rhapsodic: how tea for two should be played!! I can hear the Conway and Liberace as well as Waller. I hope you get lots of work!!
My right hand is even smaller! I can only just catch white-note tenths by the edges of the keys, so a bit more of a stretch would certainly have been useful. Having watched Fats at close quarters, the famous journalist Alistair Cooke concluded that Waller must have been unable to stretch a tenth because he kept jumping the interval. My ears tell me different! Many thanks for your kind remarks. Cheers, Mike
@Allotmenteer2 Can't say about Fats but I attended an Oscar Peterson master class and when he shook my hand, his hand went clear up my wrist. HUGE hands... I sat 5 ft from him watching him play Ain't Misbehavin and filling in all the notes between the 10ths. Amazing. Check out Marion McPartland if you want to learn some tricks for doing 10ths with small hands. She is a master (ess?) at it.
I'm sure there was some of RC's 'Sidesaddle' in there , great work Sir Mike!
oilburner75 2 months ago
Gracias Maestro!!!
TheHelioschampionpit 4 months ago
Excellent pianiste, merveilleuse musique...
:-)
Chantal
(lepianoarcenciel)
TalPlayPiano 4 months ago
I love this performance, since I found it, I play it nearly even evening......
Topclass!
00maiden 5 months ago in playlist Liked
wonderful
PaulWilliems 5 months ago
thats what im talking about! You have master technik. You play without big presure of hand, you have that feeling that used Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson,Fats Waler, and today all great pianist.
predoje 6 months ago
@predoje Thank you!
honkytonkpiano 6 months ago
fantastic!
everythingtolove 9 months ago
Wow!
gerardbedecarter 10 months ago
@honkytonkpiano O.K then. Thanks anyway for the performance!
IamsGamer 1 year ago
Do you have the sheet music for this, or anything similar, and if so, please can you post it somehow?
IamsGamer 1 year ago
@IamsGamer I haven't written this out at all. There is an ordinary song sheet for "Tea for Two" (in A flat), but my version (in E flat, like Fats Waller's) has simply been worked out by ear based on some recordings, and I've never felt the need to write it out. It's my favourite encore piece (when I get an encore, that is!).
Cheers, Mike
honkytonkpiano 1 year ago
i realy like this version of this song, i play guitar and i realy want to keep some ideas from this to play when im going to play this song.
sorry my english
HerraRokkAri 1 year ago
It is a rare bread that speak the language of the world and bring joy to all that listen. Thank You for sharing.
OldGringo38 1 year ago
My father played this in the same style. I lost him when I was 21. Hearing this brings back countless memories, like I am sitting right beside him.
Pattifish 1 year ago
I'm glad to see 0 thumbs down for this performance. That was great
cisco1225 1 year ago
Love your playing!!!
Bravo! A very nice touch.... I love Fats but I was curious as a couple of his tunes sound like 4 hands on the keyboard, I know Tatum is like that (actually sounds like 10 hands) but as a pro pianist, I can't see how Fats was doing this and the technology back then wouldn't allow it. Any ideas? Did Fats do some 4 hands stuff that wasn't credited on the records?
loocee95 1 year ago
@loocee95 Thank you! There's some amazing stuff on Fats' recordings, but to my ears nothing that can't be attributed to exceptional hands, coordination and musicianship. Have you any particular recordings in mind? Fats' piano rolls do have sounds that would need extra hands, often because the upper note of the left-hand tenth is artificially lengthened. Many of the Waller piano rolls were actually recorded by someone else - Lawrence J Cook, I think it was.
All the best, Mike
honkytonkpiano 1 year ago
You may not equal Fats but out of anybody living I've seen you've come the closest, except for maybe Patrick Moraz... most people can't keep steady when they play something that difficult... you missed a couple notes here and there but kept the beat going..... that's commendable...
Fats definitely hits the tenths no problem all over his recordings, he jumped it when he WANTED to for effect... I also can barely reach a tenth with my left hand.
rubio93 1 year ago
It's a beautiful arrangement!
But I'm not too impressed by your timing.
Superphilipp 1 year ago
yea! can't get enough of those rolled tenths! :) nice work!
LudwigVonKoopa64 1 year ago
Love it!!
aknabea 1 year ago
Very nice rendition. Nice touch.
dontheshark 1 year ago
Man!! That was good!!
Allotmenteer2 1 year ago
I love this!
liligr21 2 years ago
El jazzista-pianista Fats Waller se luce verdaderamente tocando a su estilo esta maravillosa melodia de Te para dos. Quienes tenemos el privilegio de escucharlo no podemos menos de sumergirnos en la fantaseosa oleada jazzistica de la edad de oro de este estilo musical inolvidable.
MrBermusic 2 years ago
Glorious! He has a medley of this with Im' crazy bout my baby. Are you familar with it?
mianno58 2 years ago
Yes, indeed! I'm sure that was the one I first tried to copy, and then I got his 1929 (?) recording on an old 78 record as well. Of course, when I listen to Fats now, Ican only be disheartened that I still fall so far short of his performances. C'est la vie, eh? Cheers, Mike
honkytonkpiano 2 years ago
@mianno58 listen often but not for a while ! ! absolute top phraseing , virtusity and swing !
fingerscarr 1 year ago
gorgeous ! Congratulations on a wonderful performance !
robertmazzo 2 years ago
This is the most authentic version of this tune I've heard of all those that have tried to imitate Fats.
Huckabeezer 2 years ago
Totally amazing!! 5 stars!!
mikewoollett 2 years ago
bravo !
vanpo06 2 years ago
This is absolutely delightful and how I would like to play....Wish I had practised more!
MrArtisticsound 2 years ago
Absolutely beautiful.
jampro2002 2 years ago
Excellent! Nicely done splicing an excerpt of Side Saddle seamlessly into this.
TheArtster 2 years ago
Fine playing...very well done!!!.
RonnieBeal 2 years ago
Esta versión al piano del famoso Tea for two al estilo de Fats Waller es extraordinaria. En Colombia pudimos escuchársela al gran pianista Alfonso Alvarez Corradine natural de Zipaquirá hace un buen "puñado" de años.. Felicitaciones a Honkiytonkpiano por habernos facilitado este video.
MrBermusic 2 years ago
Beautiful! The chord changes, the "groove," the easy style: just fantastic.
mathom31 2 years ago
good work
TheDolorousSpirit 2 years ago
awesome. that is so awesome.
vikingswinsuperbowl 2 years ago
Holy mackerel! That looks like fun!
ddanze 2 years ago
Oh my god! What the hell is this?!! This is the best version of "Tea for Two" I've ever heard in my whole life. Amazing.
zeetek007 2 years ago
that was beautiful thank you.
Brandon6542 2 years ago
This is very good.
A really nice rhythmic rendition. I am a real fan of "Fats" and this is superb. I particularly like your "easy" playing style.
The quality of the recording, both audio and visual, greatly adds to the enjoyment of the superb playing.
Many thanks.
kiwibobe 2 years ago 3
This is so good!
smooth
ReturnOfTheStienway 2 years ago
Oh, and another thing. Waller could stretch a tenth with ease (Luckey Roberts could handle an interval of fourteen notes), and also often put his middle finger in the proper place to make the tenth into a three-note CHORD. Marvelous. A pianist I saw who had very small fingers was the late Johnny Guarnieri. He always jumped the interval, and I think (from recordings only; I never saw him), so did Donald Lambert.
Wallerfan 2 years ago
I just moved over to hear "Toast of the Town", and my comment rattled off into space. What I had said was that I could never figure out, in my piano playing days, what Fats was doing that this video shows being done beginning at about 0:42, and I STILL can't figure out the waterfall effects begun at about 1:36 and again at 1:46. I'm about to subscribe!!
Wallerfan 2 years ago
Wonderful. Exuberant, rhapsodic: how tea for two should be played!! I can hear the Conway and Liberace as well as Waller. I hope you get lots of work!!
drwinkle101 3 years ago
i listen regularly to this . you describe his playing well . some fantastic chord work as well
fingerscarr 3 years ago
it is really brilliant.
szolnicska 3 years ago
Wonderful!!
Sabine0707 3 years ago
Damn! Dat wuz good. Did I see a small lef´hand? Dat will sholy hinder y'all whit otha Walla numbuhs whit dem tenfs.
bigstriderman 3 years ago
My right hand is even smaller! I can only just catch white-note tenths by the edges of the keys, so a bit more of a stretch would certainly have been useful. Having watched Fats at close quarters, the famous journalist Alistair Cooke concluded that Waller must have been unable to stretch a tenth because he kept jumping the interval. My ears tell me different! Many thanks for your kind remarks. Cheers, Mike
honkytonkpiano 3 years ago
@honkytonkpiano I heard Waller could reach 13 with one hand!!
Allotmenteer2 1 year ago
@Allotmenteer2 Can't say about Fats but I attended an Oscar Peterson master class and when he shook my hand, his hand went clear up my wrist. HUGE hands... I sat 5 ft from him watching him play Ain't Misbehavin and filling in all the notes between the 10ths. Amazing. Check out Marion McPartland if you want to learn some tricks for doing 10ths with small hands. She is a master (ess?) at it.
loocee95 1 year ago
just listened again , brilliant actually ! right up with the best ! inc fats h'self ! ! ! on this one at least ! ! !
fingerscarr 3 years ago
terrific ! smooth racy fluent . swings
fingerscarr 3 years ago
Thank you so much for sharing this. It's a joy to see and hear someone playing so beautifully. What a wonderful technique he possesses!
JamesMorganLondon 3 years ago