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1 week ago
James P. Johnson (1894-1955): The Dream (1945)
James P. Johnson, master and virtual inventor of Stride piano, playing The Dream, a Spanish-tinge piece after the fashion of Jelly Roll Morton. The...
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1 week ago
Jack Hylton and his Orchestra - On Your Toes - 1937
I uploaded the "mystery" Hylton recording previously, and that reminded me of this absolutely fantastic Jack Hylton swing record made in January of...
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1 week ago
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra - hifi recording 1933 - Let's Begin
This may come as a little bit of a surprise to some listeners - hifi disc recording had been well developed by Bell labs around 1931, was implement...
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2 weeks ago
Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp
Jelly Roll Morton's King Porter Stomp.
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Thanks, you are the fiorst one (except myself) who I have seen doing the connection between ragtime and banjo picking. Seems as if eearly åpiano ragtime had a lot of chords on top, thumb melody right hand playing...
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3 weeks ago
Henry Cowell: Aeolian Harp (1923)
Henry Cowell (1897-1965): Aeolian Harp, per pianoforte (1923).
Daniele Lombardi, pianoforte.
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3 weeks ago
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2 months ago
Black hole sun - TOO HARD2FIND - Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke
Giovanni Gilioli - piano
Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke - voice
TOO HARD2FIND is the name of our duet.
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2 months ago
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod - Cold Mornin' Shout - Porto Franco Files
This Craig and Meredith episode of PFF was one of the very first we recorded when we decided to start this series in May, and I'm happy to finally ...
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Great performace. Their concentration is captivating as always.
This a multi camera work? Has the looks of it. Good to se a video with some ambition...
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5 months ago
JELLY ROLL MORTON: DEAD MAN BLUES (piano solo)
Dead Man Blues a true classic by Jelly Roll Morton. Maybe the orchestra version is more famous, but Im quite fond of his piano roll recording made ...
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The recording has been transcribed in the book of Morton tranbscribed originals, together, with several other piano rolls by him.They have all been doctored afterwards - as most hand played rolls were - but it is a really fine arrangement: the left hand downward slurs, for example.
The recording ...
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5 months ago
South African Business Woza Online Compilation videos
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5 months ago
Kevin Volans: Kneeling Dance
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5 months ago
Benjamin Frankel, Symphony No.1 (2/2)
Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973): Sinfonia n.1 op.33 (1958) - Queensland Symphony Orchestra diretta da Werner Andreas Albert
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photo by Allar Joandi
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5 months ago
Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (6a scena) (1934)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963): Mathis der Maler, conclusione della scena sesta dell'opera (1934) -- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritono (Antonius/Mathi...
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6 months ago
George Lewis Band - Rose Leaf Rag
This recording of a Scott Joplin rag by the Lewis band in 1950 is a bit scratchy, but is a fine example of authentic N.O. jazz played with great fe...
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It's not the Joplin ROSE LEAF, but anotrher title to an old routine. Great music!
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6 months ago
Charleston Rag - Martin Spitznagel
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Martin Spitznagel performs Eubie Blake's "Charlesto...
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There is the perennial problem with recreating ancient music: should we aim at the "authentic" performance or should we try to create the same kind of excitment? Whatever way you choose, you have to believe in it, and I think you do come over very good.
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8 months ago
"Eucalyptus Dreams" ~ Larisa Migachyov ~ Mimi Blais & Friends Concerts @ Versailles, MO ~ 2011
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The title for this piece is "Eucalyptus Dreams," an...
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The basic published rags fitted into the slot for home consumption together with walzes, marches, descriptive pieces, played mostly by women who seemed to be the ones who had piano lessons. The ragtime played at bars probably differed: more improvisations, sometimes faster tempi. If you work in...
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9 months ago
Alaskan Rag played by Sue Keller - Ragtime Piano
Recorded Sunday, November 18, 2007 at Pearson Piano in Crete, IL by Sue Keller playing a Steingraeber 205 Conservatory Grand. Sue had the honor of ...
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Appreciate the comment on my comment. I still detest rubato in most rags, even the salon rags of Joseph lamb, but as you suggest, it's up to everyone to have their vision. I did not ask Sue to emulate somebody else's playing , though. Guess there is a fine line between appreciating differences an...
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9 months ago
"Rainbow" ~ The Rhythmia @ Turkey Creek Festival in Merriam, KS ~ 5/21/11
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Great, as expected. And somebody's using a tripod, too!
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11 months ago
"Jazzin' Babies Blues" ~ Peter Lundberg @ The BBR&EJF ~ 2010
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Song Title: "Jazzin' Babies Blues" by Richard M Jones, where Peter tries to keep much ...
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Have to do something about my playing posture. Okay with a grand piano but the player should be upright!
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11 months ago
"Temptation Rag" ~ Stephanie Trick & Paolo Alderighi in Leawood, Kansas ~ 1/28/2012
Stephanie Trick & Paolo Alderighi at a house concert in Leawood, Kansas
(a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri).
Song Title: "Temptation Rag" Compose...
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1 year ago
Beautiful Dreamer - Faithful Ragtimer
Originally composed by Stephen C. Foster - arranged in Ragtime style by Ragtime Passion in 2011. Respectfully I've been tried to make this tune sha...
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1 year ago
Daria Rabotkina - Pork and Beans by "Luckey" Roberts
Ragtime 'Pork and Beans' by Charles Luckeyeth "Luckey" Roberts.
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Good example of contemporary (2010)Concert Grand Post Modern Novelty piano.
Clever arrangement (but where is the snapping rubberband?) and fine technique.
Posture may cause back and shoulder trouble later on.
And now for some ragtime!
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1 year ago
"Today In America We Have The Most Unequal Distribution Of Wealth Since The Great Depression!"
December 04, 2010 C-SPAN
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1 year ago
Black and White Rag by Albert Benzler (June 1911)
Black & White Rag by Albert Benzler, on Lakeside Indestructible cylinder #380, (June 1911). Played on a 1911 Edison Standard Model D phonograph....
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Very nice version of a rag that was played to death in the 40's and 50's. Clipped and precise attack, no smoothing out of syncopations: the old clear, pushy ragtime. This is why I prefer an old, well kept upright to a modern grand with its
equalized sound.
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1 year ago
Mamie Smith "Harlem Blues" 1935
Blues singer Mamie Smith, who recorded the first vocal blues records for OKeh in 1921, sings "Harlem Blues" (actually a re-worked version of her fi...
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Intriguing! of course it's the CRAZY BLUES all over again, only changed to "Harlem Blues" and interpreted by the originator in a newer fashion...
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Interesting example of oral tradition. If you compare thios with Blake's and Waller's versions there are certain themes and devices that are similar and, presumably, the original...