I wonder how many people watching this video realize that they are looking at two of the world's best stride piano players, ever. And I am not making this up. It's especially astounding given their, then, young age. Though Rilhac, sadly, succumbed to severe depression and took his own life 5 years after this concert, he was already considered a phenomenon then, virtually unmatched in his talent and versatility. Today, almost 40 years later, Mazetier still sits at the very top of the stride piano pyramid - and is a practicing radiologist at the same time. Thanks so much for posting this fantastic video, as well as all of the others from the same concert. True treasures, each one of them.
J'ai eu l'occasion de voir François Rilhac jouer de près : le choc ! Un pianiste peut apprécier ce qu'il faisait. Il reproduisait certes des runs de Tatum mais en y ajoutant une créativité toute personnelle (en particulier la soirée dont je me souviens, des runs interminables, extraordinairement surprenants, créatifs, vifs comme des fusées...). un pianiste merveilleux et un musicien d'exception. Quelle tristesse !
Je ne me lasse pas d’écouter ce morceau de bravoure et les autres. C’est un enchantement à chaque fois, espérant capturer certains traits des chorus de l’un et l’autre mais à vitesse lente tant l’exercice est difficile. 😅
What an incredible Concert, thank you cher Bernard for capturing it, i hope so much that you are able to listen in the great Pantheon of music to the great pianists which passed away as you did much too soon...
Ce fut pour moi un de mes plus beaux concerts, et je suis heureux d'en faire profiter tous les passionnés de piano et de stride. Quel dommage que François ait choisi de nous quitter si vite!
I wonder how many people watching this video realize that they are looking at two of the world's best stride piano players, ever. And I am not making this up. It's especially astounding given their, then, young age. Though Rilhac, sadly, succumbed to severe depression and took his own life 5 years after this concert, he was already considered a phenomenon then, virtually unmatched in his talent and versatility. Today, almost 40 years later, Mazetier still sits at the very top of the stride piano pyramid - and is a practicing radiologist at the same time.
Thanks so much for posting this fantastic video, as well as all of the others from the same concert. True treasures, each one of them.
Was Rilhac upset by a lack of an audience or recognition? Is anything known about the nature of his depression?
J'ai eu l'occasion de voir François Rilhac jouer de près : le choc ! Un pianiste peut apprécier ce qu'il faisait. Il reproduisait certes des runs de Tatum mais en y ajoutant une créativité toute personnelle (en particulier la soirée dont je me souviens, des runs interminables, extraordinairement surprenants, créatifs, vifs comme des fusées...). un pianiste merveilleux et un musicien d'exception. Quelle tristesse !
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Je ne me lasse pas d’écouter ce morceau de bravoure et les autres. C’est un enchantement à chaque fois, espérant capturer certains traits des chorus de l’un et l’autre mais à vitesse lente tant l’exercice est difficile. 😅
What an incredible Concert, thank you cher Bernard for capturing it, i hope so much that you are able to listen in the great Pantheon of music to the great pianists which passed away as you did much too soon...
Quelle incroyable complicité! Fantastique!
Quel plaisir de retrouver François Rilhac !!
Ce sont de merveilleux moments que vous nous faites revivre.
Bravo !
Ce fut pour moi un de mes plus beaux concerts, et je suis heureux d'en faire profiter tous les passionnés de piano et de stride. Quel dommage que François
ait choisi de nous quitter si vite!
Glad that this was captured!!!
C'est juste magique ! Merci Bernard C !
This one stole the show!
WOW!
la aussi on voit que c'est François Rilhac qui mène le bal! Louis Mazetier est très bon aussi
At 9:28 Rilhac is like, dude, you got this, I'm smoking my dig. lol! Love this so much, thank you, boys!
la facon de guider louis de la part de francois vers 1.00 est remarquable.
It's like, one day you'll be looking in the mirror, and your reflection will be doing something else . . . - j q t -
That's just not right!!!!! ...