Fast Boogie Woogie, Solo Piano : Andrew Elias - "Cold Hands Boogie"

Movie recorded both before {practice} and during {performance} the Dutch Boogie Woogie Festival, Ermelo in March 2009.

Two slightly different versions of the same solo piano piece, each one shot from a different side so anyone who's perhaps interested can get a view of both the left and right hand parts.

This is a self composition {in so much as anything riff based like this can be?!}. The first movie clip clearly shows a very unusual fingering technique I use with the left hand, i.e. often I don't use my *Little* {5th} Finger when playing fast Boogie Woogie - I substitute the 4th and 3rd {together!} instead.

Watch closely at the 1.31, 2.34 and 2.55 minute timings for some quite adept finger 'switching' - I call it moving in and out of my special Boogie Woogie Turbo-Drive Mode, lol! {as there seems no doubt to me that playing *without* the little finger I can generate a more powerful rhythm and sound}.

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[STANLIZ4]

Never heard you play in Sturminster! like it a lot!

Good to see your vid of Stephanie Trick. You havent "clocked" Matthew Ball yet have you?

Appreciate your vids, had a lot of enjoyment from watching them

[Devtron]

Is there a sheet for this piece ?

[Eifelbboggie]

Hi, Andrew. It´s fine to meet you again via Youtube!.

See me on Youtube by "boogiebrauer"!

Greetings to old England

Rafael

[Pianotec]

excellent left hand but the right hand is poor in harmony and swing, to me.

[underthespell13]

nice



[MrJr01]

Heey! I think I saw you at boogie woogie fest 2011 it was afternoon in that bar where there were 2 pianos! First I played a little and then you jumped in with your great boogie!

[Mynelka]

@dakotaridge You list this on your channel as your favorite. Here`s my take on it.

He plays the easiest left hand pattern ( fast or not does not matter ) , when he makes it a little more complex he stops using his right hand for a few choruses. That`s funny. His right hand ,if isolated ,would sound like a third grader piano exercise. He`s nowhere near the level of Johan Blohm, Teemac ( Red Peach Boogie ) or many others.

[AuverAskerud]

@dakotaridge

Most likely because Johan Blohm's boogie is 100x better than this (no offence)

This dude plays fast, but it doesn't make it nice to hear - Johan Blohms boogie is pure joy to listen to. And the base on this move is too high as well as it's a really boring boogie, sorry

[dakotaridge]

Makes one wonder why Johann Blohm's video averages 1686 views per day and this one averages less than 7.

[el000range]

you are the man