Boogie Woogie : Ben Waters Band - "Broken Piano Blues"

Ben Waters Boogie Band, live at the Cork Jazz Festival - October 2006.

During one of the songs, Ben's digital piano suddenly lost all sound. A couple of technicians were dispatched to the stage to fix the problem, whilst Derek Nash on Saxophone entertained the audience with some impressive improvised solo playing.

After a minute or so, the Piano was duly fixed and Ben resumed playing with some great fast Boogie Woogie playing {watch out for a few bars of the classic 'Nutrocker' added into the track!}

Ben Waters Website : http://www.benwaters.com
Derek Nash Website : http://www.dereknash.com

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Music

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• Boogie
• Woogie
• Ben
• Waters
• Piano
• Derek
• Nash
• Saxophone
• Nutrocker
• Cork
• Jazz
• Festival
• travelchampion

[ybgireille]

whats the song they break into at around one minute i recognize it but cant put a name to it??

[TravelChampion]

I'm pretty sure the whole thing is 'improvised', but I think the part you're referring to are a few bars of "Nutrocker" {Original version by B.Bumble and the Stingers}

[STANLIZ4]

broken piano set up or not, its added entertainment, because we dont know, and you cant say he short changed you after fixing it!!

[bchunkyw]

i can assure you that having seeing him LIVE LOCALLY He is one hell of a player and entertainer.

[PeterStorm81]

Ben Waters is very good on the piano, absolutely brilliant. :), though i wonder if it's not being set-up as an act, a "broken" piano :D

Never the less he played wonderfull after it worked again.

[giosyttt]

ahaha! what a shame! play acoustic pianos not that digital crap.

[CestPasMoi]

Never heard about Ben Waters, but it sound's like he's a really good piano player.

Anyway, I don't like the idea of a "broken" piano.

A music instrument is a bit sacred for me, so I can't imagine it to be broken 'I mean, if it worth it.....)

[n1cyagto]

Eso es hermoso que bien tocan estos señores felidades, lo tocan muy bien....

[bevster1]

i saw ben waters band live at mary hare school a few months go and this has just reminded me of the reason why i brought his cd :D amazing

[steveinamerica]

man he's cookin!

[Z3OX]

Hmm... funny how it's called Broken Piano Blues when the piano happens to break at the start xD .