"I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY" ~ Adam Swanson @ The Annual Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival 2007

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Adam Swanson on piano performing a HOT Stride version of Eubie Blake's "I'M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY." Would you believe that young Adam has only been playing the piano for about 5 years! Good looking, smart, and talented! This happened at the after hours at the Annual Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival June 1st 2007. This festival is held in early June every year. Check out the festival website above for information about performances and to purchase CD's. The website is a wonderful resource for information about the festival and all of the wonderful performers that contribute to its success every year.

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[74lou]

ADAM SWANSON is my favorite pianist for ragtime but he can also play awesome the CHARLESTON and he is CHAMPION this year for the old-time piano.

74LOU

[tdub1941]

Hi AURORA!

Thanks for your nice comment and for watching this video.

Happy Holidays!

RagJazzMonkey Tom

[RCA630TS]

What is that piece called? Is that "Hold Everything"?

[tdub1941]

The title is, "I'm Just Wild About Harry."

[rubytarbox1]

great once you got going. Judy Garland also sings this on you tube if you want to search for it

[bimbo4746]

im just wild about adam he keeps me young from toe tappin 80 year fan go go go go

[chevychase]

HOLY JESUS!!!  That is just jaw-droppingly wonderful! How could those people be talking while he was playing??????!!!!!

[Huckabeezer]

Nothing short of unbelievable. The spirit needed to play like this, not to mention the talent, is something I have never witnessed anywhere else.

[tdub1941]

I don't know, but you can ask him here on YouTube. adamgswanson

[Yoshi5020]

Really? What's he like? He's like a prodigy. What made him get into this stuff?

[tenor175]

WOW!! What a treat from my hometown!! I miss Sedalia and recall these festivals.....what fun they were!!! I'm heading home in August for the State Fair,and to visit family......thank you for posting this......The Spirit of Sedalia lives.....I also like this young man's playing!!

[Gianluke01]

wow, no l' avevo mai sentito

[saintmart]

genious!!!

[adaywayne]

Not to mention the technical abilities which Adam obviously has (as do several other young "wizards"), his instant improvisational skills and ideas approach those of many older (past and present) jazz pianists. If he stays with this style, he could well be another Ralph Sutton or Dick Wellstood. Amazing!!