Mimi Blais @ Blind Boone Ragtime & EJ Festival 06/08

http://www.mimiblais.com
http://www.blindboone.missouri.org
http://www.motheatre.org
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The incredibly talented MIMI BLAIS performs an hilarious and amazing medley of recognizable tunes.

Thanks to YouTube "Alexcortot" for the explaination he provided below about this musical fireworks show by Mimi.

Dizzy Fingers by Zez Confrey and classical desecrations containing citations from Chopin (funeral march), Beethoven (For Elise), Liszt (2nd Hungarian Rhapsody), Bizet (Carmen), Mozart (Little Night Music and Turkish March), Khatchaturian (Sabre Dance) and Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue. Mimi is wonderful! What an entertainer she is.

This was at a concert in the historic Missouri Theater Center for the Arts.

The concert was one of many during the annual BLIND BOONE RAGTIME & EARLY JAZZ FESTIVAL held in Columbia, Missouri.

Check Mimi's website for upcoming performances and CD's, and also check the Blind Boone Ragtime & Early Jazz Festival website for all kinds of information about the performers and their music.

The Festival was a blast!

I WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE! OH WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR.

_ 2008 June

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[Squarerig]

This is truly astonishing!She can play the notes faster than my old ears can process them!Or is this yet another case of the rapidity of the hand deceiving the eye/ear? I am more than impressed.Thanks to TW.Delightful Tom.

[tdub1941]

Howdy Squarerig!

Thanks again for watching.

Yep, that there Mimi gal is a fenominal female piano person!

Glad you enjoyed this one.

RagJazzMonkey Tom

[CFB5Cats2Harps]

Her talent is so amazing!! Thank you so much for making and posting all these videos, Tom! :-)

[tdub1941]

CFB5Cats2Harps,

Thanks for your nice comments and for watching!

Yep, she is a winner!

BEST!

RagJazzMonkey Tom

[homerboy488]

She's too much of a geek for me, but she's one hell of a pianist!

[tdub1941]

She is about as much of a "geek" as Einstein was stupid! You might ought to go back to "geek" recognition school so you won't make goofy mistakes like this one.

[spidermandel]

Thanks for introducing me to Mimi Blais. That's my kind of music; wish I could play like that.

[tdub1941]

Yep, this one is delicious!

Mimi is delightful!

Thanks for your nice comment.

RagJazzMonkey Tom

[cebperry]

That's one of the most amazing things I've seen on YouTube

[tdub1941]

Thanks 4 watching!

RagJazzMonkey Tom