Stephanie Trick plays Liza by George Gershwin stride piano

[adaywayne]

Simply fantastic!

[aknabea]

One of my favorites that you play!!1

[beverleye]

Just fantastic wonderful playing . You are a very talened , gifted young lady

[brabazon10]

you're doing Art Tatum a disservice by calling him a stride pianist. He was plain n simple a pianist who just happened to be a genius, and didn't fit in to any particular genre. Stephanie Trick is one brilliant pianist who's carrying on the stride tradition.

[josiah566]

@brabazon10 the lines are kind of loose when we refer to pianists from the 30s. Fats Waller and James P. Johnson, although being stride pianists, also used some boogie piano in their songs, and Art Tatum (as well as Teddy Wilson) often play with a more lyrical style that most people like to call "swing piano". I think that calling Art Tatum a stride pianist is really the best we can do, since that was one thing he seemed to do consistently for his career.

[asstroman22]

Man, that's one lucky guy that gets her.

[nezkeys79]

1.17 onwards = !

I love this girl lol

[madisonhack]

I'm amazed that this young lady can play some of the left hand strides on these pieces - there are 10ths all through this arrangement. Her hands must be larger than they look.

[vimana19]

You're right, who said the black guys had all the big hands, and talent?! I knew a guy (hmmm, white sugar anyone) who could stretch 12ths, AND I knew a guy called Thumbs Mcheath who was so called because he originally had six fingers, and his thumbs were so long they reached down to the tip of his index fingers. It was considered an abomaly (cross between an anomaly and an abomination), his dad, I also met, had the same. Well it was ridiculous because neither of them played the piano.

[aknabea]

I would love to have a QRS piano roll cut by you on a piece like this one. It is fantastic!! You never cease to amaze me with your gifted playing!!

[jude4jazz]

I've never heard of this girl before - found this quite by chance - all I can say is that she's fantastic - so talented and so young! Now I'm going to listen to her other videos.

[likemyviolin]

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excellent stride already in her young age!

And the piano sounds amazing here! The tone is so warm.

[madisonhack]

@likemyviolin

That's why the Yamaha P22 is by far the best piano in it's price range - it's a great instrument and will take a real beating without losing tune.

[faalonglongwaytorun]

Oh wow...I absolutely love this arrangement!

[blackwingy]

Ummm....amazing! What else can one say? Wow.

[tophatandtails]

Clean!!

[PeterSchips]

A beautiful young woman with big talent !

[Italblessings]

Fantastic.

[BlackRoseStar333]

Wait I have a question, she improvised this? What do you mean by stride. this song doesn't sound like the other "Liza" videos played by other people

[CBasie2856]

she improvised yes

[rtpress]

You might want to google "Harlem Stride" to find out a little more about the music style. Other famous Stride piano players who have recorded the piece include James P Johnson, Art Tatum, and Donald Lambert.

[josiah566]

@rtpress Teddy Wilson also did an excellent version with his Orchestra which I found out about on the album Gentleman of the Keyboard. Just piping my know-it-all mouth in there. :D

[Huckabeezer]

Stephanie combines several playing styles in this piece....The stride part of her playing starts at 1:18. If you're familiar with James P. Johnson, the second half of this version should sound familiar to you from his late 1940's recordings. Steph is already one of the premier stride artists in the world....

[grandelfe]

I'm throwing away all of my recordings of players over 10 years old.Little kids play the best.You make up for the total lack of phrasing, by zillions of quick little notes.

[helmut4lyfe]

dude she's in her 20's..

[Huckabeezer]

@grandelfe I take it that you can't stand Luckey Roberts and his zillions of little stride notes?

[noinas01]

Good old Motus...whoever you are....a master of understatement!...."Very good playin ".....try: technically astounding with incredible accuracy, syncopation and timing!.....

[rovingeye5]

man, you really started to "swing" when you came in with the "stride" -I love this song-thanks for the post- good improv!

[motus]

very good playing, not my favorite arrangement, but it's a good tribute to the song

[NiceOldBoy]

Why didn't I practice, when I was young???

Thank you for the music!

;-)

[Lollyllio]

wow.. WOW i only can say wow... yes... wow.. O-O

[aknabea]

You are just great!!! Thanks so much for your music!!!!!!!!!!!

[likemyviolin]

Immediately goes into my favorites. --->

[paulallen34]

just love your piano playing.5 stars.

[bigstriderman]

I have nothing but praise for you, Stephanie Trick. Your playing is so clean! What a gift!

[inartsche]

Sehr eigenwilliger und origineller Umgang mit "Liza". Wunderbar!

martin