"I Wanna Be Like You" (Jungle Book) played stride piano style by Andrew Barrett

It's 1:30 a.m. early Monday. The 2008 West Coast Ragtime Festival ended more than seven hours ago, but even as the stages are torn down, the pianos continue to be played...

After witnessing Frederick Hodges and Martin Spitznagel doing stride piano versions of the themes from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Sesame Street (see my Favorites for a video posted by tdub1941 called "Frivolous Fun"), Andrew Barrett began playing this tune from Disney's "The Jungle Book".

He had been playing for a few minutes when he started motioning at me with his head as if to say, "Dude, record this!"

So I did! And here it is at last. I wish I had been recording from the beginning, but I didn't record much at the 2008 festival.

The West Coast Ragtime Festival is held every November in Sacramento, California. See http://www.westcoastragtime.com

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• stride
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• andrew barrett

[PureAwesomenessful]

brilliant performance!

out of curiosity what key are you playing in?

[Keeper1st]

@PureAwesomenessful I do believe he's playing in C. That's certainly where the left hand always ends up.

[MochiMochable]

this is tiiiiiiiight. did you play this by the ear or do you have music sheets? cause if you do can you send me the link please. thank you. [p.s. can you also make a tutorial for this?]

[Keeper1st]

A "tutorial" is not possible. He was just making up the arrangement as he went along. That's kind of the essence of this type of music.

[KawhackitaRag]

OK, this is just bad playing. I can't understand why so many people like this. There is a good moment every once in a while, but most of what I'm playing is just so much crap. I think that unless I get offered enough money to do an exact transcription of this, I'll do a somewhat different arrangement of the tune which I would consider much better. I am almost ashamed of this, but since so many people apparently like it, you can leave it up, Ron.

[Keeper1st]

You'd been playing this for so long before I started recording that at this point you were really going wild with it. Of course, you're your worst critic, naturally. It's not so bad, especially as you're making up the arrangement on the spot! But hey, work up a new version and we'll make a new video, with the better camera. That old camera did a lot to ruin good playing with its gain control making everything sound fortissimo.

[Keeper1st]

Such ignorance still exists in the 21st century? Amazing.

[danohrly]

Music doesn't have a race!

[calafornia5]

@danohrly but it has a pulse my friend and this pulse it beating FAST!!!!!!

[mdidion777]

@Keeper1st i love your sarcasm haha

[lholspearson]

your really skilled.... :)

[SportsVill94]

Incredible!

[FistVugel]

nice, dudelido, nice!!!!!!!!

[sandrovaro]

COOL!!!

[halo2pc]

@danohrly

That was one of the best comment I have ever read here on YouTube.

Thanks for that !

[RhotenXxX]

@NatKingCole46 what's wrong with Classical music? Don't be hater!