Thank you Adam nice time of the year for me as the summer begins to approach you go into hibernation and we get to enjoy your weekly concerts. And yes i do send tips when i am able i love being able to do that for the amount of enjoyment i get from your virtual concerts.
I've been familiar with the "Novelty" genre for many decades. Who hasn't heard Zez Confrey's "Kitten On The Keys". Although I've dabbled in piano performance over the same years I never considered that it might be possible to learn some of his compositions. While taking individual piano lessons at San Juan College, NM more than a decade ago I purchased the book of Confrey's complete scores. I also had purchased a fantastic compilation of Confrey's works on CD, "Piano Music by Zez Confrey" performed by Eteri Andjaparidze. There are a number of "suites" Composed by Confrey. In the "Moods of A New Yorker Suite" there is a charming piece "After Theater - Tango". I actually was able to learn that piece and play it for a class final before the jury of music department faculty. In particular, the "Trio" section is really nice.
Great show. Billy Mayerl's first major concert was at age nine, playing Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto. Incidentally, I'm given to understand that his surname was pronounced "Mail", but you might want to check that out..
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101 including me, several days later. Working on setting up PayPal. Been enjoying AS for a while.
What a show !!! thank you !!!
Great and unique concert! Thank you very much!
Thank you Adam nice time of the year for me as the summer begins to approach you go into hibernation and we get to enjoy your weekly concerts. And yes i do send tips when i am able i love being able to do that for the amount of enjoyment i get from your virtual concerts.
I've been familiar with the "Novelty" genre for many decades. Who hasn't heard Zez Confrey's "Kitten On The Keys". Although I've dabbled in piano performance over the same years I never considered that it might be possible to learn some of his compositions. While taking individual piano lessons at San Juan College, NM more than a decade ago I purchased the book of Confrey's complete scores. I also had purchased a fantastic compilation of Confrey's works on CD, "Piano Music by Zez Confrey" performed by Eteri Andjaparidze. There are a number of "suites" Composed by Confrey. In the "Moods of A New Yorker Suite" there is a charming piece "After Theater - Tango". I actually was able to learn that piece and play it for a class final before the jury of music department faculty. In particular, the "Trio" section is really nice.
Live performance 11/3/2024
Timestamps:
0:00:59 - 0:01:30 Rufenreddy (Charlie Straight 1922) [sometimes incorrectly attributed to Roy Bargy]
0:05:50 - 0:06:42 Jim Jams (Roy Bargy 1922)
0:10:38 - 0:11:20 Polly (John S Zamecnik 1926)
0:16:27 - 0:17:06 Kitten on the Keys (Zez Confrey 1921)
0:20:56 - 0:21:50 Meditation (Lee Sims 1927)
0:26:59 - 0:26:41 Hum All Your Troubles Away (Glenn Rowell & Ford Rush 1928)
0:30:47 - 0:31:46 Marigold (Billy Joseph Mayerl 1927)
0:35:19 - 0:35:47 Railroad Rhythm (Billy Mayerl 1938)
0:42:13 - 0:42:27 Smart Alec Zez Confrey
0:46:14 - 0:47:16 Audacity (Zez Confrey 1936)
0:51:07 - 0:51:33 Bird's Carnival the (Zez Confrey 1935)
0:56:02 - 0:57:44 The New Russian Rag (George L Cobb 1923) [novelty version] piano roll pb Buck Johnson
1:01:00 - 1:01:55 Sweet and Tender (Roy Bargy 1923) piano roll pb Roy Bargy
*****************Durango Rag Festival starts April 3, 2025
1:09:08 - 1:09:24 Bohemia Rag (Joseph F Lamb 1919)
1:14:33 - 1:15:21 Dream of a Doll (Pauline Alpert 1934)
1:18:40 - 1:18:57 Piano Poker (Pauline Alpert 1935)
1:23:06 - 1:24:30 Serenade to a Snake (Sefton Daly 1941)
1:27:25 - 1:27:46 Color Scheme [Colour Scheme] (Sefton Daly 1943)
1:31:08 - 1:31:50 Brief Candles (Sefton Daly 1943)
1:35:16 - 1:36:37 Slightly Fantastic [aka Puppet's Holiday] (Irving Fields 1947)
1:39:54 - 1:41:02 Bluin' the Black Keys (Arthur Schutt 1926)
Billy Mayerl: now I know why I couldn't initially find him through Google. I'd gotten the spelling all wrong.
Great show. Billy Mayerl's first major concert was at age nine, playing Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto. Incidentally, I'm given to understand that his surname was pronounced "Mail", but you might want to check that out..
Nice to see you in a jacket. I assume it was much cooler in your house than the past couple of concerts.