Jim Hession / Jingles / James P. Johnson / stride master

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Back in the studio it was time to lay down some two-handed,stride piano solos. There are two basic goals in learning to play good stride piano: learning the mechanics of the style with particular attention to accuracy and developing the ability to improvise within the style and make it swing. After the initial statement of the trio theme in this cut, the rest is improvised. Several of you have contacted me about how to learn this style- first and foremost dig out recordings of the great stride players and listen with a critical ear. It also helps if you are well versed in music theory and harmony and have some classical training. Best of luck to all you aspiring stridists.....ROCK ON!

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[joeymanko]

Hey Jim: Why don't you consider entering the "Old Fashioned Piano Contest" in Peoria. It happens every Memorial Day weekend.  I have competed for the last two years. I think you would do really well. Perhaps you could bring home the BIG prize!!

Check it out, just search for "old time piano contest". Joe Mankowski

[jazznbear]

Thank you Joe for the encouragement. I personally feel that full time professional musicians should leave the contests to talented and ambitious amateurs...more power to them.

I reached this conclusion many years ago when George Liberace asked me to enter his nationwide piano contest. After playing Waller and Morton I won special achievement but the winner was a guy who played Tiger Rag on a Hammond B3 with a brown bag over his head. That did it for me.

Best of luck to you!!!!!!!!!!!

[HEADBANGING69]

I just listened to this for the tenth time and I am still blown away by Jim. Like I said in previous statements I got a Masters Degree In music education. While in college I used to play Jelly Roll Morton and Especially James P Johnsons Caprice Rag all the time in the practice rooms. THe other students were like"What the heck are you playing?" THey were into classical why I was jamming out on Caprice Rag. LOL

I am a OFFICIALY A JIM HESSION FAN!

[jazznbear]

I spent many hours myself in the practice rooms at both UCSB and UCLA working out stride and Jelly Roll solos when I was suppose to be working on Beethoven's Pathetique and Appassionata Son of A Natas!

[gadzooks63]

did art tatum ever get into stride?

[jazznbear]

YES! Check out Tatum's recording of "Get Happy" and "Elegy". There is enough stride in there to last you for a while. Tatum's idol was Fats Waller, even though he was only 6 years younger than Fats'. Tatum: "Fats, man,that's where I come from." Waller on Tatum: "God Is In The House."

[Tatukulele]

Absolutely Wonderful!  Thanks!

[mands999]

wow!! my breath is taken away!! :D

[crankbv1]

Oh well...that's it then...Having listened to Jim,my piano is straight into the Leeds-Liverpool canal first thing tomorrow morning. Never mind...lt only took me forty years to learn the damned thing....Wonder if my mate's still got his trailer!

[Squarerig]

Yet another outstanding performance by our eight-handed master of the keyboard!If only my brain would function at this speed and with your accuracy.Thank you for this really sparkling piece!

[Squarerig]

Yet another outstanding performance by our eight-handed master of the keyboard!If only my brain would work at the speed of your fingers-all forty of them!-Thank you so much for this sparkling piece.

[tdub1941]

Fabulous - Fabulous and more fabulous!

RagJazzMonkey Tom

[theelder987]

This G13 chord in the left hand at 2:56 is out of the style.. still a great job!

[Charlierosea]

Where? You can ask the guy what he's playin, sound like old rag time music, era about second world war time.

[BrasilianMusician]

Where can I find the music sheets of this music?

[HEADBANGING69]

I absolutely love this guy. Jim Hession needs to tour the world and play this for the world to hear. Please Jim go on tour you would moslt likely fill Madison Square garden!