Bluin' The Black Keys by Arthur Schutt

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Uploaded by on Dec 25, 2008

I tried to preserve the original score as much as possible. There are some minor mistakes, particularly in the B section, but nothing I felt was too detrimental to the performance. Comment and enjoy!

Keywords: bluin' Bluin' black Black keys Keys piano Piano novelty Novelty ragtime Ragtime schutt Schutt arthur Arthur early Early jazz Jazz 1926

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  • Haha, I love the outtakes. This is exactly how this piece makes all of us feel :D Great job with a devil of a tune.

  • Dear spitzfire1138, I have watched and admired your performances here on You Tube for some time. I'm glad you enjoyed my performance. I hope to put up more videos soon. I'm currently finishing up Arthur Schutt's "Piano Puzzle" (which I deem to be exponentially more difficult in technique and in rhythmic complexity) and of course "Hobson Street Blues" is in progress as well. "Pianoflage" is on the way... yes sir there is much work to be done. Thanks again!!! Cheers

  • Nice job!

    I tried learning this piece myself and pretty much gave up because it is so difficult.

  • I think the main difficulty in the piece above all, is the physical endurance required to play it! The repeat of the A section numbs your fingers and forearms, which makes it astronomically more difficult to accurately execute the intricate melodic passages in the following C section. Thank you for your compliments! Never "give up", this video was recorded 'only' 1.5 years of practicing almost every day over and over again, and it's still not perfect. So no worries and thanks for watching!

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  • This guy is fantastic! I wish I could have been around when this was new. The jazz age! Now it's the rap age. Boy, do I feel lucky.

  • This guy is fantastic!

  • Wow, great, fantastic.

  • This is seriously impressive piano playing!! Really thrilling to listen to and to watch. Amazing feat BlueNoteJazzSessions!!!!!

  • Only 1,300 views fo a so amazing and impressive recording! Wonderful video! I so adore Novelty, it's certainly the best recordind of this piece! Thank you so Much!

  • Shutt was a Jazz interpreter but definitely came from the "Novelty" rag school!! Thanks for posting this!

  • @BlueNoteJazzSessions Those are some great tunes! Can't wait to see what you come up with. Thanks again for posting.

  • It's included in 100 Authentic Rags (David Jasen). Try Amazon,com or eBay. The book may not be easy to get.

  • Fantastic! An incredibly difficult piece. I've searched for the sheet music for years, do you mind me asking where you got your's from?

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