"Fumble Fingers" by Tom Brier

Tom Brier plays his own novelty piano composition, "Fumble Fingers", composed in 2001.

Recorded on Saturday 11 August 2007 at the American Exchange Hotel in Sutter Creek, California, during the 9th annual Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival.

http://www.suttercreekragtime.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/EliteSyncopations

Category:

Music

Tags:

• novelty
• piano
• ragtime
• tom
• brier
• sutter
• creek
• 2001
• festival

[KawhackitaRag]

This is my personal favorite of all of Tom's novelties. Thanks for uploading this. I like how he takes what is basically a Duke Ellington riff, and turns it into a theme, novelty-style. The B section, a major 3rd higher (in A major versus F major, if I remember right) is just pure genius, but then, so is the whole piece. I've been leaning on Tom to put this in one of his new folios; if it's not in no. 2, then it should be in no. 3.

[Keeper1st]

Yeah it's still handwritten here. BTW, Andrew, Chip was asking about you and wants you to know that you have a standing invitation to stay at Skunk Hollow during the festival any year, so consider your lodging taken care of in future.

[musicmonsterdan]

i wish my fingers fumbled that well!!

[Squarerig]

"Fumble" Fingers?Seldom have I heard anyone play with more precision than Mr.Briers.Excellent!

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

I LOVED EVERY SINGLE SECOND!

[Squarerig]

JC and General Jackson this man is incredible!How can human hands move at this speed and play coherently?Wonderful performance-again,as usual!

[aknabea]

Very nice, and the old piano sounds wonderful!!

Thanks!!

[lmayliffe]

nice!

[thebluebunny1]

love it

[idasynco]

Thanks for pointing out the B section key change, I like it! IT is very clever to build on the Duke Ellington riff..AH, to have the technical ability to play like that!!  sigh!!