The Music of Al Jolson played by Robert Wolfe - A must see!
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- An outstanding performance of music made famous by Al Jolson, played by Robert Wolfe (Organist Goes Crazy!) on the Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ of the Thursford Collection, Norfolk UK. The music includes:- "Ma He's Making Eyes at Me", "Is it True What They Say About Dixie", "April Showers", "My Mammy", "Pasedena", "Sonny Boy" and "Toot Toot Tootsie"
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Unbelievable performance, Thank you.. No doubt about it, as good as or better than Virgil Fox.
Yes hes Utterly Gifted. Bit younger than Virgil Fox though. No probs with stiffening fingers yet. I used to take my now deceased parents to Norfolk on their annual holiday and we ALWAYS went to Thursford. We all loved it. Easier when he came north to The Penistone Paramount or M Ranch in Nottingham. We were regular visitors there. I no longer go now as i was VERY close to my folks and id find it too upsetting. My eyes prick whenever i see Robert on TH-cam
Its like comparing oranges to apples. Virgil Fox wasnt a theater organist. His favorite specialty was playing Bach. For years he was the organist at Riverside Church in New York City, not Radio City Musical Hall.
At the age of 80 - I’ve listened to organists for most of my life . I think Robert Wolfe beats them all !
What did we see in the world of great pipe organs and organists before YOU TUBE? I live in America and for some time the only way you could hear the great musicians on pipe organs (and many other instruments) was via recordings. TH-cam has
opened the door for anyone with an internet to search and find! Robert Wolfe is right there with other famous organists
giving the world the very best at the consoles! This offering also features an excellent video and audio recording. Thanks, Paul
Amen! I'd never even heard of a Wurlitzer before YT!
That was master talent! Tapdancing while also playing. Bravo Sir!
There are much things you could say about this performance, but for myself i'd just like to stay with the following words: "The BEST performance, the BEST employing of the rich sounds of a Wurlitzer i'f ever heard in my life." Just absolutely GREAT!!!
THANK YOU..
Just Brilliant
As a keyboard musician this has given me ideas to doing an Al Johnson melody so thank you fpr the tips up 👍👍
So beautiful.Cant forget that music
fabulous
Beautyfull ,thankyou.
Many thanks
Fantastic performance Rob
Bravo! Wonderful performance! :)
The Happy Wanderer j
love it so much, I don!t know what to say!,,!!
Hi hello hello
the organist is very good. His attention.
To the keys and feet are tremendous.. thank you.
He must have more than one brain. Absolutely wonderful music.
Just one brain with 10 connected fingers not only the right touch but
second touch as well all at what must be UK's finest organ proving organs can be installed elsewhere from.the original home
Gordon Exmouth
You are just amazing I've never played an organ with a predalboard (just very badly and only two manuals) and I'm frankly amazed by your footwork- its so fast. I didn't realize human being's feet could do that -lol.
Lessons and lots of practice is the best method. If you can play two manuals, you can play 20. The more you have, the easier it becomes as you have somewhere to go for different sounds.
@@OrganMusicYT Well, you see the trouble is (and you weren'i to know this is that no amount of pracctice would help much now, because some years ago I went down with multiple sclerosis - and even my very limited skill on the manuals has gone away for good now. You were not to know.
@@john3775 I'm very sorry to hear that. It must be very frustrating. That said, I've had plenty of practice and I'm still no good haha
@@OrganMusicYT like I say mate YOU WEREN'T TO KNOW, so don't feel bad about it , eh. OK (it is bloody frustrating- like you I practiced a LOT (about an hour a day back in the early seventies) (I learned to read music (least I can still do that!) and spent ages on fingering , and I guess I wasn't TOO bad on the manuals- but I had all ten fingers giving of their all back then. Multiple Sclerosis happened- I still have ball ten fingers but they just don't give of their all any more. Nowadays I have to play a qwerty keyboard synthesizer on a keyboard fitted with a keygaurd (a sheet of metal over the keys, having one hole per key - and I have to play only monophonically (that's not the instrument at fault, my coordination is only up to one note at a time but at least I can still just about play a melody learned from sheet music- and I still very much enjoy listening to truly great players like Mr Wolfe- so although things could obviously be a bloody sight better, they could also be a bloody sight worse.
Also notice.....no sheets of paper the man plays it all from the dome. Insanely impressive.
Michel Linschoten the dome is our best source of music, after all, it doesn't stop at the last page. It can just keep coming, until exhaustion and unconsciousness of course.
Superhuman.
Please help me I'm trying to find a special organ that one guy made, and I know its a great part I made another 2 ranks myself have to keep it alive, it will never die.
Other wise he IS very GOOD.
Otherwise what?
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I do not understand what I consider to be the over use of the 4 beat left hand.
As has been explained to you previously, the style is based around the dance bands of the 20s and 30s. As for the pedal work, a good quality pair of headphones or speakers and you can hear it perfectly well. I can also hear the note accentuation using the crescendo pedal. Out of nearly 200,000 people, you appear to be the first to complain.
@@OrganMusicYT I have been playing theatre organ and overhauling and installing such instruments for 55 years. My preferences are just that: mine.
@@johnnyjames7139 you will understand then, why Robert has played for concerts worldwide since he was a teenager, and why he still remains popular today after over 50 years of touring, and holding residence as organist at the Thursford Collection for over 40 years.
Of course, if you don't like it, you don't have to listen, nobody is forcing you to.
This fellow is an unbelievably talented organist!
I'm out of this world when I listen to such talent playing the Theatre Organ - the chord expansion - counter melodies - the bass footwork - the rythmic changes and tempo. WOW!
LOVE THE WAY HE MAKES 'EYE CONTACT' WITH THE AUDIENCE, A REAL SHOW BIZ PERSON. I ADORE THE MUSIC, BRAVO. INSPIRING, REFRESHING.
Good stuff! Just amazes me how one can move their feet fingers and all the stops and accesories on this and multi task like this!!!!
Robert Wolfe is one of the most amazing organists this country has ever produced.
I think the world has ever produced would not be an unfair assumption
And the most amazing thing is that he can't read music manuscript at all - truly fantastic.
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Yes I am at home waiting to see you play at your. Concert, Joan.
Not only talented but "great looking". What more do you want?
Fantastic video - thoroughly enjoyed it - we play the organ but only dream of playing like this - we wish.
Is there any doubt that Robert Wolfe is one of Britain's top organists? He generates a tremendous joy when he plays. A great showman and a great organist!
Charles Jenkins more like the one of the worlds
Great! Could listen to Theatre Organ music all day, especially when played by the artists in the play list.
I remember see Robert at Thursford when I was 11. I remember telling my Mam and Dad that's what I want to play some day. At the time I couldn't play a note of music.. Now at 43 I can say I have played the Theatre organ at many venues across the British Isle. Even the top of the shop the famous Wurlitzer of the Tower Ballroom Blackpool. So what ever your dream, work hard and you can achieve it. So thanks Robert Wolfe. You have been my inspiration.
Craig Smit
Yes
Craig Smith Hi Craig it was inspiring to read your post. I'm a similar age group to you. I was taken to Southampton Guildhall to hear Phil Kelsall and was affected in the same way. I found it very hard to get help to play. So Robert Wolf has inspired me like Phil, but also to go down the self taught road. I think it's great that you have played so many instruments. Have you ever posted yourself playing on TH-cam or SoundCloud? I hope you enjoy many more happy hours of playing and listening to the king of instrument. Best wishes Pete
If he was just doing the foot work it would impress me, but he's fairly dancing with both hands and both feet here.
Merci Robert pour ce moment musical d'exception !! Très bon organiste et très bon Wurlitzer ! Merci encore!
magnificent! What an artist! And I love Jolson. Robert, you are GREAT!
Robert Wolfe gehört wohl zu einem der weltbesten Organisten der großen Wurlitzer- Theaterorgel! Besonders große Bewunderung gilt seinem Pedalspiel sowie der unglaublichen Geschwindigkeit seiner Spieltechnik auf den Manualen und der
Registrierung. Ein Alleskönner auf dieser Orgel,- der sogar auf alle Noten verzichten kann. Er hat alles im "Griff!"
WHY ON EARTH are home organs in decline? This is beautiful music, played with skill, passion and immense style. You are the master of the organ Robert, and it's a pleasure and a privilege to watch and listen to you. You kids..... Watch, learn and become amazing. Playing the organ like this should be your achievable goal!
Hello, I lov your music very much much, thank you,
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Keith Simpson yessir, it's on the ol' bucket list.
I think it all comes down to maintenance cost, and demand from the new generation.
Knap gedaan. Dat is een andere mannier van orgel spelen.
That pedal work is BEYOND amazing!!
I wish I lived in England. If only to hear Robert Wolfe!!!!
Robert must have learnt it since childhood.
You have a truly AMAZING talent Mr Wolfe, sir!
Robert is the best! I have same pair shoes myself. ! Will look at this video again and again!
As a musician that look tell you something !! That something it all comes from the HEAD !! LOLOLOLOLOL Special Humans ;) !!
Beautiful. Hope you stay on here forever. This is therapy for me.
The man sure gets busy sometimes!
You are a great talent and treasure, sir.
Best regards!
Gene Kinnick qq
What a wonderful performance! Theater organs are a special breed of pipe organ.
I wonder where the next generation of theatre organ players are going to come from? I put Robert up there with Dixon and Phil Kelsall although Phil has a slightly different style and I enjoy his playing the most.
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Count me in, I wanna make these beautiful noises, if it's the last thing I do!
So yes they're not going extinct, there's a bunch of young people my age that play. I have yet to make a coherent tune on my virtual theatre organ, but someday I will pump them out on a real instrument. I can feel it in my fingers. I have tunes in my head, I just need to learn how to get them out.
It seems like they are slowly fading away unfortunately. I'm slowly seeing them disappear all over due to the costs of maintenance and restoration and not much popular interest in keeping them running.
As one other organist observed, "Seventeen separate simultaneous brain functions are required to play a theater organ successfully". Theater organists must be benevolent aliens from outer space ! Or Gods (take your pick). You are all awesome !!!
Most enjoyable. Thank you.
This is terrific memories, as a kid of five years old , my mother and father use to sing these great Al Jolson songs. The organist is wonderful. Thank you
This is magnificent - heard Reg Dixon at Blackpool when I was very young. The technique and sound are up there with the old maestro, especially the beat behind the tune of "Mammy"
A wonderful post.
5:24 wonderful melodie - Sonny Boy - thanks for playing this :)
Robert is one of the finest organists of this generation in direct line of the masters of the past. His choice of registrations is superb and keyboard technique is quite outstanding! Bravo Robert!
In a class of his own !
A very talented player many thanks.
Amazing Robert ! Great stage presence, big smile and some serious foot work with hands flying all over the manuals ! Wow...what a show and wonderful sounds !
Wonderful
Saw him first time ar thursford what a man totally fascinating playerlong may he continue
Did Robert ever play the Capri theatre organ in Adelaide South Australia
That's really lovely music
Great music Robert Kind Regards James O
I never tire of watching and hearing this piece - I listen to it every night before I go to sleep !
Nicely played in the Blackpool style.
would he play Bells of St. Mary? Or Laura plespade, tha
The greatest.
I am watching this in 2024. Is this fine organist still performing?
Yes, you can still catch him in concert twice a day at the Thursford collection and at various venues around the UK.
At times he varies the loud peddle too much. It tends to unstable the music to an extent, that is not the best.
I think you mean the crescendo pedal - he uses it to accent specific notes. It does not unstable the music at all. It's a form of expression and he is using it for exactly what it was intended for.
A nice organ and I really like his style. Is this Blackpool style? Very different from what a lot of theatre organists do. I love it!
Yes, it's Blackpool style, though each "Blackpool style" organist has their own take on the style.
@@OrganMusicYT He's very good. extrodenary.
I miss my theatre organ. I was, when i was young a very good performer too. I changed it for the church organ. When I hear it now.. I miss it.
Personally I think the bloke is overrated.
Out of the thousands of comments and millions of views, and countless conversations with some of the finest organists in the world over the years, you are the first to say anything like that to me. You must be very difficult to please.
My wife and I had our honeymoon in Norfolk, and Robert played a dedication for my wife!
I have 5 pipe organs in my barn come take a look at the pipes. Evan Chase what here and bought one of my grandpas collection.
great organist, wonderful.
I absolutely love this!!! ❤Just another reminder of something beautiful we’ve lost in this modern world of today! Thank goodness for these talented and gifted players who continue to keep these incredible tunes and organs playing as in their original era!!
Gosh bring back wonderful memories. Thankyou Dee . PS. Lovely hair 😊😊😊😊😊
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i call you mr. Wolfe,, mr.wonderful,you are the bests since I have been listening to all the organists. thank you.
I just discovered Robert and I love the music. So fascinated by his flying feet. Such happy music, I’m hooked. Love when he looks at the camera and smiles.
If you don't know who Evan Chase was only man in T town with an organ in his house. If anyone that owns that house see this my initials are one the relay boxes.
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Nice shoes and the tux pants look nice... amazing how he glides on organ pedels.
i played organ on my 21ft birthday as i birthday gift with robert him self it was awesome morning i remember that day so well i still listen to robert must sundays
Love this very talented man
Love Jolson songs but never heard them played on a organ fantasic i wish i could hear him play.
I ltsteen to you most every day! You are A wonderful organist., I love to listen to you.As ever joan Erhard,.
Greatly enjoy now in 2022, thank you so much!
Without doubt one of the finest exponents of the theatre organ today. My old organ teacher would to go beserk when he heard theatre organs. Said they could not play two notes without sliding between them.
Absolutely wonderful A1!!
Felt very privileged to see him perform live must be one of the best living ………!
Wonderful Robert Just wonderful 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹😊😊😊😊😊
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merry Christmas and the best for the up coming new Year, The best to you.
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I have seen Robert many times at Thursford fantastic , and the Christmas shows are brilliant
beautiful, love the organ very much. The. Organist is trenendous,
Robert has a complete understanding of the Wurlitzer and a wonderful exponent of its many features + magic fingers !
Robert and this Wurlitzer have become one, hes the sound it makes and its the sound he makes. It's magic when someone knows an instrument to this level.
Sorry, I will not be abletomKe it, thanltou for plYinf,keep it up
xstill lisonjibgbto your toga night plaryjing,
Good to see you are still listening and watching, Joan. Hope you are doing well.
WOW thank you you tube and my sound system
Most importantly, Robert Wolfe and the recording engineers! Pleased you enjoyed it, hope you'll come back for more :)
I think theater organ should fil the theater again. Fill to the theater again. Thanks.
Magnificent thank you from Australia
Magnificent!!