Kay McAbee playing "Tea for Two" on Theater Organ at Maloof Home
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- Kay McAbee playing "Tea for Two" on a theater organ at Phil Maloof's home, recorded by Patchin Pictures in Las Vegas, Nevada, July, 2010. This is for a documentary we are making in conjunction with Phil Maloof about the history of theater organs.
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Instead of a thumb down, just put a comment like not my kind of music but well played? This man played awesomely 👌
I just arrived home from a memorial service held today for Kay. It closed with this song -- "Tea for Two" -- recorded by Kay. How nice to be able to remember him by watching and listening to this!
He was a magnificent and talented music maker!
Back in the mid-60s, I attended many a Kay McAbee concert at the Rialto Theatre, Joliet, IL. His performances always combined great showmanship with gentle....and often humorous....commentary. My organ teacher at the time, Faye Wheeler, often sang his praises. We miss you, Mr. McAbee.
Magnificent. Rest in peace Kay McAbee.
Is he no longer with us?.... So sad
Listened this for years once in a while, bringing me really in this bright, swingy mood... To me Theater Organ means Kay McAbee... Rest in Peace...
Kay was his own show! Having met him many times is the Chicago area. No one could match him for showmanship. Great person!
As a Las Vegan as well as a organist, what a thrill to hear this very talented man before his passing. A special thanks to Phil Maloof for arranging for this man to play his great Kimball organ.
Jerry
The sound of a theatre Organ is always something else. Thanks for sharing.
It was wonderful to meet Kay when he was up here in Wisconsin several years back. He was another one of the few "greats" who will never be replaced. I play Tea For Two but to be sure- nothing like Kay played it. There are musicians like me who can do OK and get by. A musician like Kay was is someone who is endowed with that special sparkle that sets them far-far above the so-so players. I sure wish I had it but then again I so enjoy listening to those who can play like Kay did.
Absolute Bravo! So wonderful ! Reminds me of the old days when we as kids would go roller skating to this kind of fun organ music! Kay McAbee was one of the greats and thank God for this technology that allows us to enjoy his talent even today! RIP Kay
Always some magic about a theatre organ. Played properly as here even more magical.
What a cool guy. This is going into my favourites.
I think I watch this more than any other video on TH-cam. Simply fantastic to watch this man conjuring another time in history through his knowledge of this instrument. RIP
This man truly knew his way around a theatre organ. He's one of the old-time and all-time greats. What a treasure to have this video of him before his passing. Thanks!
You are sorely missed Kay. Between this, Cherokee and Ol' Man River, I'm about blown away. You were fabulous. My wish is that you rest easy.
This video reminds me of my dad... I still have my fathers 1960 Hammond B-3 organ, although he's gone in 2004. No one famous, but in my mind,he was!!! I'm a HVAC mechanic, not an organist... I miss him, and the joy of that sound he produced!
Well, This is music that makes me feel good..
I could listen to this all day! Amazing performance by the amazing and talented Kay McAbee, R.I.P.
I think that this theater organ was the ancestor of the synthesizer used now. The human being who created that was a genius and also the player we see now. Thank you for the beautiful music you offer.
I had the good fortune to spend an evening with Kay after a concert in Kansas City. This man was full of music and full of stories. He played with "both sets." He is missed by all of us in the theatre organ world--in fact, the music world in general.
After the intro, and you know it's coming, the first few notes always blow me away.
I wish my Granddad was still alive, he was a not thaught but very good piano and church organ player... I'm sure watching something like this would thrill him as I do (or make him jealous maybe, cause he also had that piece of character I believe). Anyway, Kay McAbee does remind me of my granddad sitting at his piano and playing. He couldn't read sheet music, he'd just walk through a place, hear a piece of music if he liked it and played it on his piano without even practising, he must have already figured it out in his mind. Now I can play music but not like that..... And this video of Kay McAbee is one of my TH-cam's very favourites. Rest in Peace, hope you'll meet my granddad somewhere up there. :)
A heartwarming performance by a golden musician on a golden instrument - all from a golden age. Rest in Peace Kay
Awesome, Great, Fantastic ! It opens my Heart !!
considering most people would not even know how to turn this thing on...I think he is a "rock god".....sent chills sooo good!
Always wonderful to hear and see musicians who have been 'in the business' for years and whose communication skills are as vital as ever!
Bravo, and play on at the great organs in Heaven!
Thank you for such a wonderful rendition of a long time favorite song. Furthermore, thank you for showing how to play a theatre organ. That is a dying talent.
One of the most beautiful renditions....serious....!! Chapeau...!!
Absolutely awesome, like a one man band, i remember as a boy the organists at the cinemas in the 60s.
That's essentially what a theatre organ is, bmwnasher - a one-man band / orchestra! :-) They do NOT make 'em like THIS anymore!!
Beautiful! Rip Kay McAbee; keep playing that heavenly music for God and His heavenly hosts! :-)
Great player , Great music , from a great time , gone forever !
Vincent Jones But not forgotten which is a great thing for us 👍
I have really enjoyed listening to this delightful musical presentation, from a very accomplished and fine musician that really knows how to play the theater organ.
I really love the sound of this fantastic organ, and Kay McAbee's performance is fabulous.
How can you thumb down this guy. What a great sound. Very Dixon like
Shout out to Kay McAbee, he truly is a master of the theatre organ.
I miss the days of hearing these great organists at Kitts music stores in malls across the DC MD VA area
Oh so do I! A sad shame that malls don’t have organ and piano stores in them much anymore. If ever.
Wow!!!! That’s amazing! I love this music and the organ!!!
A wonderfully creative heart wrenching performance - thank you Kay !
I still get chills & excited every time I see & hear these magnificent instrumental beasts! I feel like a little kid again, sitting in the front row in the theater right next to the.console, just so I could watch the organists work their musical magic.
Absolutely wonderful. What a man!
Without a question very well played and a great instrument.
What’s not to love about this performance and theatre organs? GREAT!!!
Absolutely fantastic!!! Damn, wish I could play like that!! I could sit and watch this guy ALL DAY LONG NON STOP!!!!!! Unbelievable talent!!!! God bless you!!!
You and me both, Shawn! :-) This is pricless!!
I love it when he goes "psycho crazy" in the last part of the song. The most deluxe organ version of "tea for two" I've ever heard!!
Wonderful! What a talent!!!
A truly amazing music man!
You are such a talented organist! Very much my new role model!
Authentic sounds that are the real thing, amazing and beautiful.
I could listen to this forever
What a beautiful organ. Great player as well. Thanks for sharing.
Bravo Bravo Bravo !!!! Where has the magnificence of this beautiful instrument gone ? ...I could listen all day .Thank you so much Mr McAbee
People have made some really amazing things...this is definitely one of them.
Hearing the grand sound of this organ helps us to remember him. Some theatre organ videos shows how the organist would raise and lower the console. As the way KETC movie narrator Jim Kurtcher would put it, Kay McAbee really hasn't gone away. Not for those who loved him.
Simply lovely!
Nothing like old music I love it this performance was Brilliantly performed by this young man.! I hope he is still going. Brilliant performance. Greetings from Canada! Patrick. a tyros 3 player and singer.
A fitting tribute to an Amazing Artist.....RIP !!
Never heard of Kay McAbee before. Now off to search through youtube for more. Nicely played in a traditional style.
Amazing organ and organist. Thank you for posting..
This extraordinarily talented gentleman sadly passed away 8th January 2012, aged 81. Requiescat in pacem aeternam...
love it!
This Organ is a real art... and the music is great! thanks!
Always make me feel like I'm watching a funny cartoon on a cozy couch..
Sad to hear of his passing but I am, indeed, envious of his playing; an unfulfilled dream.
WOW, I could listen to him play all day fantastic, its a shame to loose someone with that much talent. Mr. McAbee RIP. Love you music. Bernie
Great to hear these sounds again. You don't hear much like this these days, unfortunately. the sound is so much more human than the electronic organs of today. I like the old numbers too!
Absolutely wonderful! Great arrangement and performance. Thank you for posting!
Just right acoustics to house this wonderful sounding organ. Great playing as well.
Just amazing!
AMAZING you sir are the organ god keep it up !!
He passed away some time ago :(
This was the main 5 manual console of the former Roxy Theater in New York. It was flanked on both sides by two 3 manual consoles. All 3 could be played at the same time and were drawing from the same organ pipes. The Roxy also had another Kimball pipe organ in a seperate studio for radio broadcasting as well as a Kimball player pipe organ in the mezzanine. Those were the days.
An interesting side note was the fact that this organ never really sounded as good as it should have in the main theater auditorium because the pipes were under the stage so that when the orchestra pit was raised it ended up muffling all lot of the sound.
Whatever became of that interesting creation?
Everything went down with the building except this console and, supposedly, a few ranks of pipes. The auditorium organ had 34 ranks. The lobby organ was a 3/14 with Artiste player, and the radio studio had a 2/8.
Another interesting fact was that the organ's chimes (its only set) were massive (probably J. C. Deagan) tower chimes, with two sets of shutters: one into the auditorium and another leading outside! I don't know if they were ever played outside, but supposedly they could be. There was also a Fanfare or Echo above the proscenium with a few high-pressure reed ranks (and a band fife, though this was registered as "fanfare" it was in one of the under-stage chambers).
Phil Maloof has both the NYC Roxy console and the Chicago Stadium's six-manual Barton console in his hope, playing pipes, though I don't know how many ranks.
Years ago I read a claim that the Roxy was supposed to have FIVE consoles on the main organ: 5/3/3/2/2. But now I can neither find that reference, nor has anyone I've located heard it. Have you? Is my mind playing tricks on me?
It seems I can't edit my comment, but I just remembered: the "Artiste" was Moller's roll-player. The Kimball system was the "Soloist."
The 8’ Fanfare Trumpet voiced on 25” survived.
Great playing, fun arrangement and amazing instrument. Thank you so much for sharing this!
I love this music !!!
It's indescribably beautiful, it's like the fourth of July
Hermoso organo...veo la pantalla atras que te indica los acoles de intrumentos..genial .saludos desde argentina!!!
wonderful maestro !!
Amazing organ and arrangement! OH listen to those tibias and brasses, the glockenspiel and xylophone or vibes,
LOVE THEM
Thank you for sharing this beautiful video
Unbelievable that was incredible
great sound...no more to be found...thanks for sharing this.
Świetny. Chyba całe życie spędził przy klawiszach! Deformacja zawodowa!
I think a 41-year old mystery has been solved. In 1971, a speech prof and professional recordist gave me a rell tape of an unknown organist playing a Wurlitzer in a home in San Francisco. The homeowner had a basement that extended into the side of a hill, and in the "cave" he had the organ. The organist did "Tea-for-Two," just about exactly as this youtube video. I now believe Kay McAbee is the mystery organist on the tape. The music on the tape is superb.
If I had a place for this, I'd have one, too. Love the pipe organ.
Just beautiful!
superb, could listen to you playing all day. Well done!!!! magnificent instrument......
killer diller man, just great
Go Kay!! So cool. Thanks Guy!
Té para dos, genial tema y bien interpretado -Congratulaciones y aplausos por ésta hermosa presentación
Absolutely great
LOVE IT!
A Kimball - a very rare organ. Aside from the quality of their pipes, the chest action was about the fastest and most efficient of any ever built. I wonder if they use the original switching system or the replaced it with electronics. These theater organists have a great mastery of registration and dexterity in handling the organ
Superb! Thanks for the video!
Terry in Alexis, NC, USA
A Yay for Kay! Great! Well played.
Completely Outstanding!
Hello Dear Sir! I have not before seen something like that. Never known that such organ is existing... I am speechless and I am very excited to your playing of all the manuals. Great and you are obviosly the proof, that music keeps young! Thanks a lot for sharing! Dirk from Germany!
Wow!! Perfectly played. I really enjoyed that!! You are very talented. Thank you for sharing.
Amazing! God bless you!!!!!!!
Awesome, lots of respect to you!
What a marvelous instrument and what a marvelous artist! This made my day. :-)
just great. this music has something to do with my love of music through my life of fifty years, since when i was very little.
That final resolve @ 0.20 made the hairs on my arms stand up. Wonderful.