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"The Facemelter" | composed by Max Keenlyside ragtimemax 442 views It was at the annual Scott Joplin Festival, one hot summer in Missouri, that I first applied the word "face-melting" to anything musical. I had picked up the 'term' from a...
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor | Mov't I: Andantino/Allegro con moto (PREVIEW ORCHESTRATION) ragtimemax 130 views Here is a sneak peek at the rough-draft orchestration of the first movement in my first symphony. I hope you enjoy! Copyright MMXII by Max Keenlyside.
"Ain't Misbehavin'" | Max Keenlyside, Piano ragtimemax 1,375 views As Dick Wellstood said, "it's about now that somebody usually shouts 'GEEZ can't ya just play a ballad already?', so here's a slow number." He couldn't have been more right...
"Crazy Legs" | MAX KEENLYSIDE, Piano ragtimemax 435 views "Crazy Legs" is a masterpiece by the great Canadian composer/pianist/recording artist Doug Riley. I play it here in my own arrangement as an homage. I hope you enjoy!
"Handful of Keys" | MAX KEENLYSIDE, Piano ragtimemax 1,637 views CD AVAILABLE: http://www.rivermontrecords.com/2213.html "Handful of Keys" is an old stride warhorse from the late 1920s by the great Thomas "Fats" Waller. This was record...
"Kansas City Stomps" | MAX KEENLYSIDE, Piano ragtimemax 713 views Vbczfhv
"King Porter Stomp" | MAX KEENLYSIDE, Piano ragtimemax 1,366 views "King Porter Stomp" was written in 1907 by Jelly Roll Morton . I think it's his greatest tune, and I recorded this at a house party I played recently. Playing the Jelly R...
"Chopin's Knocked Urn" | Max Keenlyside, piano ragtimemax 2,446 views
"Northern Lights Rag" (2010) | composed by Max Keenlyside ragtimemax 3,092 views Sorry for the poor lighting and camera angle. This is I piece I completed recently. I don't really have much to say about it - but check out the counterpoint in the third...
"O Canada" | Max Keenlyside, piano ragtimemax 3,115 views I just recently bought this 1898 Evans Brothers upright piano, and thought I'd put a video up of it. The tune played here is an improvised stride arrangement of the Canadi...

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Max Keenlyside is an 18-year-old pianist and composer from Canada. He first got involved in music at the age of 9, and since then has ammassed a formidable roster of over 60 original compositions. Max is also known for his stride and "Jelly Roll" Morton chops, as well as a firm grounding in the ragtime piano tradition. A favorite at jazz and ragtime festivals across North America, and a PEI representative in the Canadian National Artist's Program held in conjunction with the 2010 Olympics, pianist and composer Max Keenlyside is a "musician's musician" in the very best sense. Keenlyside plays with plenty of pep and energy (but never too fast!) and his performances are laced with humor, all the while remaining faithful to the spirit and intent of the original composers. He is known especially for his renditions of pieces by Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Eubie Blake, and other stride and early jazz composers. Max's first album, "KeenlyStride," was released in May of 2010. He currently resides in Charlottetown, pursuing various musical projects.

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