Jovial Jasper - G.H. Green

Jovial Jasper
by George Hamilton Green
Performed by Morris Palter
at the University of Kentucky
Singletary Center for the Arts
April 11, 2007

These Novelty Ragtime Xylophone pieces you are about to hear were composed by George Hamilton Green in 1926. Green was a xylophone prodigy, and these works were specifically composed for the xylophone. They reflect a jubilant, upbeat post-World War I and pre-Depression era America. The syncopated sounds of these tunes were meant to accompany dances such as the foxtrot, the two-step and the turkey-trot. The accompanying marimba parts were composed in the 1970s by mallet virtuoso Bob Becker.

As a Novelty Jazz Xylophonist, Morris founded the Speak-Easy Duo (Colin McAllister, guitar) in 2003 and has appeared at the Rocky Mountain Ragtime Festival in Boulder, CO, the Bohem Festival in Hungary, the Rotterdam Conservatory, the Orange County RagFest, the Breda Jazz Festival, NL, the West Coast Ragtime Festival, the Ragtime Xylophone Institute in Delaware, the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, and the Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag.

Morris Palter has an album named, Novelty Ragtime Xylophone, and it is independently released. To order a copy, contact morrispalter@hotmail.com

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http://morrispalter.com/

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• Rag
• ragtime
• xylophone
• jazz
• 1920s
• music
• percussion
• kentucky
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• fairbanks
• improvisation

[SergioBizzle]

Amazing!!

[buffaloehair]

which one is the one where the guy plays the xylophone with his two dicks

[nevermind1534]

@MsRandomSunflower It's available from Steve Weiss Music

[nudracr]

cool

[PercTeacher]

Great job, Morris! Very nice playing.

[MsRandomSunflower]

where can i find the sheet music for this song?

[cajrobic]

I think you can do everything, but you have to more believe your own! :-)

[Chndlrz1337]

Nope chris sorry:)

[redthunderhammer]

brilliant, damn good proformance.

[DaBomb1713]

Man I need to learn the xylo part in three weeks and I'm fourteen. Think I can do it?