I never imagined that drums would have made it better, but the drums are extremely well done and fit with the spastic theme of the piece which I think is the reason it works so well. Fantastic performance.
Just remember that Tom was by this phase modeling some of his playing after top 1920s pianists and roll artists like Max Kortlander, Roy Bargy, Charley Straight and doubtless many others. If you look at the voicings in the transcriptions of their rolls, you'll readily see the influence. Some of these folks were documented as having massive hands (like Roy Bargy who could stretch a 13th, ans plays 11ths straight on in some of his audio recordings and rolls), while others had much smaller hands but were still virtuosi (like Willie Eckstein and Donald Lambert). The more you listen to the original artists, the more you may hear the influences.
I like to think of this as music for a silent movie that was never filmed. Whatever..."
- Tom Brier, 2016
My favorite of his songs. Beautiful piece, nice drums as well
I never imagined that drums would have made it better, but the drums are extremely well done and fit with the spastic theme of the piece which I think is the reason it works so well. Fantastic performance.
In this case Danny Coots nailed it!
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Danny is an exceptional drummer! One of his recordings even won a Grammy in 2005!
@@bencarter8324 And he's from the same area that I live in in the US :D
This duo is just epic. Danny does an incredible accompanying Tom.
Duuuuuude. I feel like people are sleepin on the drummer. That dude is killin it!
Perfect.
amazing
im learning this rn
10ths are so hard on this song
Yeah they seem almost impossible...Tom is a virtuoso
Only the tenths?! 👀
@@gustavobraga582 Of course not! The entire piece is insanity! I'm still learning the last section and it's a pain😅😅.
@@jollylawyer9999 What sheet music are you reading from?
Just remember that Tom was by this phase modeling some of his playing after top 1920s pianists and roll artists like Max Kortlander, Roy Bargy, Charley Straight and doubtless many others. If you look at the voicings in the transcriptions of their rolls, you'll readily see the influence. Some of these folks were documented as having massive hands (like Roy Bargy who could stretch a 13th, ans plays 11ths straight on in some of his audio recordings and rolls), while others had much smaller hands but were still virtuosi (like Willie Eckstein and Donald Lambert). The more you listen to the original artists, the more you may hear the influences.
This must be one of his last public performances. 😔
Did he ever publish the sheet music to this?
Impressive but uncomfortable. Can't imagine what chords he's playing.
I tried sight reading this piece. Man first this is so hard second the chords are weird af
@@Chaosmod_PvP Almost as something by Kurt Weill
@@sablatnic8030 yeah
Did you read the original sheets? or a musescore transcription
@@Chaosmod_PvP , hey, I'm interested in the sheet music for this, perhaps you still have it to hand or know where I could find/purchase it?