Olivera Tico Tico Flight of Bumble Bee Paramount Oct97

I discovered an old VHS of Hector Olivera playing his famous "Flight of the Bumble Bee" on the Cedar Rapids Paramount Theatre's 3/12 Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. October 1997. This recording was done before any major tonal work had occurred on the Wurlitzer. Enjoy.

[@mariblacklidge17]

I watched and listened to Hector Olivera play in Wilmington De when I was a child. Loved his Flight of the Bumblebee. This brought back fond memories of my going to Organ concerts with mt Dad Thank you for sharing this with the public.

[@DaveBassTrekker]

I was in my late teens and early 20s when I saw Hector in Wilmington on several occasions. That man designed and built his own digital "organs" and at a time where synthesizers were still pretty much producing one tone at a time, he played the 1812 Overture like he had a 75 piece orchestra at is finger tips. This has become nearly the norm, now but was novel at the time.
Hector!

[@johnnyjames7139]

Hector used to do lots of theatre organ concerts. He is one of the most brilliant players alive.

[@dookoonu2741]

This guy deserves a medal!

[@crazyhawaiian7570]

Holy chit! Woooooooo!

[@sandrawhite502]

Absolutely awesome!

[@Marshall7302]

i may have to request this song... this November 18th at the Senate Theater in Detroit on our 4/34 Wurlitzer from the Fisher. ... wow... ive known him to be a stellar classical organist and all the digital stuff thats a different breed of stuff but this is AWESOME.