tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post8063295137149872898..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: The Fat Man SwingsEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-23479892721272371852012-09-23T10:49:41.618-04:002012-09-23T10:49:41.618-04:00Another Luckey Roberts piece:
http://www.youtube....Another Luckey Roberts piece:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=h3uQL19AIgg<br /><br />There's a 50s LP of him and Willie "The Lion" Smith with about 5 cuts. I have it somewhere. It's a good representative of Smith, but Roberts by then had suffered a stroke and been in a car accident that had smashed his fingers. It's dazzling, but it's not his peak.Jeffrey Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966839006518642902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-43508763219825518822012-09-23T10:40:48.387-04:002012-09-23T10:40:48.387-04:00That's stride not ragtime. Although the differ...That's stride not ragtime. Although the difference is sketchy (and probably more a matter of date than music).<br /><br />If you're in the mood for INSANE piano technique, here's Luckey Roberts. (Roberts was one of Gershwin's piano teachers. And it shows.)<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8f9sQsPN8s<br /><br />Jeffrey Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966839006518642902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-15563423825354699492012-09-23T09:54:15.116-04:002012-09-23T09:54:15.116-04:00Thanks for this, Eli, since my grandmother used to...Thanks for this, Eli, since my grandmother used to play piano duets with Fats in the 30's. He would drive from New Orleans just to play with her on the roof of a hotel in San Antonio. <br /><br />If we ever get together I'll try to bring my old Fats collection, put together by a producer friend from LA. As mentioned earlier, I'll be in SF next month and want to see you. I'll bring a tape of my grandmother. <br /><br />My email to your old address seems to have not gotten through- please send me your new email address. I'm trying to start a climate media monitoring service.mike roddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530742071590158793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-61981005638977796692012-09-23T09:53:51.319-04:002012-09-23T09:53:51.319-04:00Thanks for this, Eli, since my grandmother used to...Thanks for this, Eli, since my grandmother used to play piano duets with Fats in the 30's. He would drive from New Orleans just to play with her on the roof of a hotel in San Antonio. <br /><br />If we ever get together I'll try to bring my old Fats collection, put together by a producer friend from LA. As mentioned earlier, I'll be in SF next month and want to see you. I'll bring a tape of my grandmother. <br /><br />My email to your old address seems to have not gotten through- please send me your new email address. I'm trying to start a climate media monitoring service.mike roddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13530742071590158793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-61072274096339296532012-09-22T22:01:56.678-04:002012-09-22T22:01:56.678-04:00That's a rag, not swing ... :)That's a rag, not swing ... :)<br />dhogazanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-33768050456723623062012-09-21T08:49:09.300-04:002012-09-21T08:49:09.300-04:00He's our Chopin, but with American exuberance ...He's our Chopin, but with American exuberance instead of European mopery. <br /><br />Try this:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Wwhe9Hx_w<br /><br />I love the variety and surprise in his embellishments. Liquid gold. Let me hear Waller, Armstrong, Django, Lester Young, and Ben Webster ... and I care not who writes the laws.Jeffrey Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966839006518642902noreply@blogger.com