Ragtime Party -- The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)

Piano 1: Tom Brier.
Piano 2: Larisa Migachyov.
Piano 3: Monty Suffern.
Piano 4: Jack & Chris Bradshaw.
Flute: Julia Riley.
Tuba: Robyn Drivon.
Percussion: Steve Drivon.

This impromptu performance was one of many during a ragtime party that took place at Chip Lusby's home (affectionately known as "Skunk Hollow") in Sutter Creek, California, on May 1 & 2, 2010.

Scott Joplin was described as "the entertainer" on the business card for the Maple Leaf Club in Sedalia, Missouri. That may be the reason behind the title of this rag from 1902.

You can watch a different video of this same performance here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc3LLZ5tH8g

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ragtime
• piano
• rag
• flute
• tuba
• drums
• pianos
• duet
• fourhand
• four-hand
• joplin
• 1902
• the sting

[lidiyakit69]

wow this is great! do you happen to have the sheet music for 2 pianos together??

[Keeper1st]

@lidiyakit69 I'm not aware of any. Certainly there are four-hand (one piano) arrangements out there.

[westcanada12]

This is great! Is there anyway Tom Brier could play a versioin of The Entertainer in D minor? It would make my day!

[Keeper1st]

@westcanada12 If you look up "Entertainer Martin Spitznagel" you can find a couple videos in which Martin plays a bit of the tune in minor key (and other styles).

[UberPhantom]

I really want to hear the entertainer in D Minor now.

[Keeper1st]

@UberPhantom Enter "spitznagel entertainer" into the search box and watch the duet of Martin Spitznagel and Frederick Hodges. After they do it in 6/8 time, they do a bit in minor key. Also look at the one that comes up (a bit lower down) that has "as a slow jazz stomp" in the title -- not minor, but also a very cool, improvised take on this tune.

[F0nkyNinja]

Ha ha, if I lived anywhere near you I would so visit you.

[JamesPriceJohnson]

where in the hell did all those pianos come from!

[btbuster1]

This is just TOO cool!!!

[AnotherSchmoe]

Daaaang your house is a hoppin' place! LOL.  Thanks for sharing, that was fun.

[fitzyuc]

Sounds so sexy in D minor.

[schymbros]

Great party

[pianoguta]

an absolute joy to watch.

[gmmix]

Dynamite! 

[thirty6chambers]

bunch of hipsters

[nokodtunifDF]

oh my frickin' gosh... that's so amazing... dude i wish my family was like this LOL. or at least my friends so we could have crazy jam sessions like these :D