Dizzy Fingers

Saxophone Journal
"Styliani is an impressive artist and an excellent saxophonist"

Product Description:
Works in the style of the virtuoso performers of the turn of the century. Playing works from that era from classical melodies to ragtime music.

Dizzy Fingers,Various,Styliani (Sax); Yannis Xylas (piano),Wisteria Records,Melodies and dazzlers in the virtuoso style that entertain and satisfy artistic levels.

Average customer rating:

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Tracks:

1. March: Hands Across The Sea
2. Dizzy Fingers
3. Mississippi Suite-I. Father Of Waters
4. Tournament Galop
5. From A Moonlit Ceremony-I. Evocatioin
6. Violin Concerto-I
7. Melody For Violin And Piano, Op.44
8. Al Fresco
9. The Breaking Heart
10. Andante Moderato
11. Camptown Races
12. Prelude For Meditation
13. I. Allegro Moderato Grazioso
14. Adagio For Strings
15. Love Duet
16. Hexentanz

Average customer rating: Oh, Kitten...it's a Must Have Almost , Nearly, perfect Much more than Kitten On the Keys Zany yet poetic! Brilliant!

Confrey: Piano Music Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Zez Confrey Piano Rolls and Scores Keyboard Wizards Of The Gershwin Era, Vol.4 James Scott: The Complete Works 1903-1922 Complete Stark Rags of Joseph F. Lamb The Original James P. Johnson 1942-1945 ASIN: B00000HZOE Release Date: 1999-01-19

Tracks:

1. Kitten On The Keys
2. Dizzy Fingers
3. Meandering
4. African Suite: I. High Hattin'
5. African Suite: II. Kinda Careless
6. African Suite: III. Mississippi Shivers
7. Jay Walk
8. Sparkling Waters
9. Wise Cracker Suite: I. Yokel Opus
10. Wise Cracker Suite: II. Mighty Lackawanna
11. Wise Cracker Suite: III. The Sheriff's Lament
12. Amazonia
13. Blue Tornado
14. Three Little Oddities: I. Impromptu
15. Three Little Oddities: II. Romanza
16. Three Little Oddities: III. Novelette
17. Coaxing The Piano
18. Stumbling (Paraphrase)
19. Moods Of A New Yorker: I. At Dusk
20. Moods Of A New Yorker: II. Movie Ballet
21. Moods Of A New Yorker: III. Relaxation
22. Moods Of A New Yorker: IV. After Theatre (Tango)
23. Rhythm Venture
24. Fourth Dimension

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Zez Confrey (1895-1971) may not be a household name, but his 1921 masterpiece "Kitten on the Keys" certainly is. The Illinois-born composer studied the classics growing up, but somehow the temptation of Vaudeville sneaked its way into his compositions and he found success writing catchy ragtime miniatures with goofy names ("Wise Cracker Suite," "Dizzy Fingers," "Blue Tornado"). Republic of Georgia pianist Eteri Andjaparidze performs 24 of Confrey's works with technical perfection and plenty of spirit--two requirements for these compositions--but sounds a tad robotic on some numbers. Between "Kitten" and 1959's "Fourth Dimension," Confrey explored blues, rags, Latin rhythms, and--of course--jazz, but the real highlight here is a slow number, the four-movement Moods of a New Yorker. In sum, this a great tribute featuring great music, perfect for fans of George Gershwin, Ferde Grofé, Jelly Roll Morton, and Joseph Lamb. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Oh, Kitten...it's a Must Have.......2004-12-29

Hats off to Naxos for releasing this absolutely perfect tribute to Zez Confrey - it was high time, someone had to do it, and Naxos has done Confrey real justice. One would expect caricature of his work, rather than the respectful, honest, accurate renditions of his work featured on this album.

I discovered my love for Confrey thanks to the Aeolian Hall Birth of Rhapsody in Blue album (another of my reviews covers that great one), which featured a small selection of his compositions. The distinct, unique sound of his work snagged me immediately, and so I was thrilled to come upon this little Naxos treat.

Every piece on the album is sheer delight, but several do stand out from the rest. "Kitten on the Keys" (Confrey's most famous composition, here done full justice), "Meandering" (which just glides and lilts along like feathers on a breeze), "Kinda Careless" (a sensuous, seductive little number), "Yokel Opus" (a snappy little foxtrot), "Coaxing the Piano" (which seems almost an homage to 'Twelfth Street Rag', in a skewed way), "Movie Ballet" (which sounds exactly like its title would suggest), and "Rhythm Venture" (so gracefully syncopated, it's practically a marvel).

Any and all Confrey and jazz fans should consider this album as required listening, and well worth owning. The price alone is reason enough - you cannot go wrong with Naxos' rates. But even if it were four times the price, it would still be a bargain.

Almost , Nearly, perfect.......2003-10-25

Wonderful selection of pieces, most of these are lesser-known Confrey and tend to represent his more "Serious" music. Perhaps because of that the pianist (a superb performer) tends to emphasize their concert qualities over their popular music aspects. This is only a tiny complaint. There's a lot of excellect music here, and at Naxos' low price it's a bargan.

Much more than Kitten On the Keys.......2002-05-16

If you thought an album of Zez Confrey music would be track after track like Dizzy Fingers or Kitten On the Keys, you are in a for a pleasant surprise with this superb CD.

The performances of the said party pieces are fast, furious and fun, but there are also some great blues renditions, and some lyrical, reflective pieces.

I would have preferred if the CD had included a few more of the well-known pieces like My Pet, Poor Buttermilk and You Tell 'Em, Ivories, but the many pieces I had never heard of are interesting, and are played beautifully.

Zany yet poetic!.......2000-09-04

Once again, in its "American Classics" series, Naxos has pulled a pleasant surprise rabbit out of the hat. Zez Confrey must be a new name for virtually everyone, unless they are well past my own age, and I don't go back quite that far. The name was certainly new for me, but a few of the pieces on this disc brought memories flooding back, most likely because my parents once had them coupled on an ancient 78 shellac.

Confrey (1895 - 1971) had been relegated pretty much to the dustbin of history before this release. But he did have his days in the sun between the two world wars. Undoubtedly his brightest moment was when he shared billing with George Gershwin and Paul Whiteman on the occasion of the premiere for Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, where Confrey had the stage in the first half of the concert and Gershwin in the second. For the most part, after that February, 1924 "An Experiment in Modern Music" concert of Whiteman's, the paths of Gershwin and Confrey began to diverge; Gershwin was, to put it simply, an overnight success.

All of the music on this album is fun, and virtually all of it demands virtuosic pianistic ability, which Confrey must certainly have possessed. Listening to it is like taking a trip down memory lane, back to the popular music in the first third of the previous century. There are pieces which have clear roots in ragtime, embellished upon and brought forward by a few decades, and at least a selection or two which sound very much like Gershwin preludes in their "bluesy" feel. It's also clear that Confrey was not unaware of the classical music of the period, because a few of the pieces capture the idioms of the piano music of Rachmaninoff and Ravel of that period (although they soon veer off into "Confrey territory"). If you listen carefully, you'll even hear a passing reference or two to Chopin. But, like the Rachmaninoff and Ravel musical allusions, these too are in fact just "passing references."

But most of the album is pure Confrey-style pianistic wizardry: Fleet fingers, crossing hands, syncopations and rhythmic "irregularities" with the colorfully descriptive titles of "Meandering", "Coaxing the Piano" and "Stumbling." And his two most famous pieces (which, probably, many of us have never heard), "Kitten on the Keys" and "Dizzy Fingers." (In fact, it was "Dizzy Fingers" and "Stumbling" which must have been the coupling on that ancient 78, because they were immediately recognizable.)

Eteri Andjaparidze is an excellent technician in this work, which can be very demanding of technique if it is to be pulled off properly. By and large, she does very well by it. In particular, she succeeds in capturing the passing allusions to the classical piano music of the time. If I had my druthers, I might ask for a little more panache, or insouciance, if you like, in the Confrey specialities noted in the previous paragraph. But who can quibble, especially at the Naxos price, without appearing to be a piker?

Neat stuff for a refreshing change of pace, with an opportunity to hear an hour's worth of music by someone who had been ignored for too long. That's a "get it" recommendation!

Bob Zeidler

Brilliant!.......2000-03-22

I have no idea what Jason Verlinde meant by saying that Eteri Andjaparidze sounds "a tad robotic" on certain pieces on her new Zez Confrey album; indeed, the Republic of Georgia pianist sounds absolutely marvelously free in her interpretations. I cannot hear anything "robotic" at all in her playing. She approaches the intricate syncopations of Confrey's music with dazzling style. She is technically proficient enough to take Confrey's tempi at a furious pace, when necessary, in pieces such as "Kitten on the Keys" and "Dizzy Fingers," and to create a sustained, beautiful flow to the music in such "impressionistic" pieces as "Sparkling Waters" and "Mighty Lackawana." The selections which will remind the listener of Art Deco New York in the 1920's and 1930's, are taken at exactly the right tempo, and Ms. Andjaparidze syncopates the rhythms in a sparkling manner. I was utterly amazed at how a pianist, trained in the Republic of Georgia, could evoke the rhythms and style of American music of this type. But she does! In addition, the piano has been recorded beautifully, with sparkling tone at the treble end, and a rich, full bass. I purchased this CD a few hours after reading Frank Behrens' review. It is a wonderful addition to my collection of American music. I urge you to hear this excellent release. Naxos is to be commended for making it available.

Average customer rating: wonderful collection

World's Greatest Piano Rags Eubie Blake , William Bolcom , Zez Confrey , George Gershwin , Robert Hampton , Scott Joplin , Joseph Lamb , Artie Matthews , Joseph C. Northrup , Jay Roberts , James Scott , Richard Dowling , and Bruce Leek Manufacturer: Klavier ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bolcom, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sweet and Low-Down - Richard Dowling plays George Gershwin James Scott: The Complete Works 1903-1922 Memories of You Bolcom - Piano Rags Rhapsody in Ragtime ASIN: B0001JXOM6 Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

1. Cannon Ball
2. Pastime Rag No. 3
3. American Beauty Rag
4. Hilarity Rag
5. Ragtime Oriole
6. Ragtime Nightingale
7. Entertainer's Rag
8. Bethena: A Concert Waltz
9. Pastime Rag No. 4
10. Solace: A Mexican Serenade
11. Pastime Rag No. 2
12. Graceful Ghost Rag
13. Cataract Rag
14. Maple Leaf Rag
15. Poor Katie Redd
16. Coaxing the Piano
17. Baltimore Toledo
18. Rialto Ripples Rag
19. Merry Andrew
20. Dizzy Fingers
21. Kitten on the Keys
22. Brittwood Rag

Customer Reviews:

wonderful collection.......2005-08-24

This is a great collection of rags of various styles. The Graceful Ghost is just a wonderful flowing rag bordering on classical, and at the other end is the very fun Entertainer's Rag. Richard Bowling plays them all well. The three Zez Confrey cuts are not to my liking so much, but the rest is a set of play over and over things.

Average customer rating: remarkable evocation of a bygone style Wodehouse the magnificent The Rolls Royce of Zez Confrey recordings.

Zez Confrey Piano Rolls and Scores Manufacturer: Warner Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Confrey: Piano Music Keyboard Wizards Of The Gershwin Era, Vol.4 James Scott: The Complete Works 1903-1922 American Beauties: The Rags of Joseph Lamb Complete Stark Rags of Joseph F. Lamb ASIN: B00007KMNW Release Date: 2003-04-01

Tracks:

1. Dizzy Fingers
2. The Red Lantern
3. By The Waters Of The Minnetonka
4. Novelette
5. Waltz Mirage
6. Greenwich Witch
7. Afghanistan
8. Kitten On The Keys
9. Kinda Careless
10. The Sheik Of Araby
11. Heaven's Garden
12. Stumbling
13. Jaywalk
14. Tap Dance Of The Chimes
15. Humorestless
16. That Thing Called Love
17. Midsummer's Nightmare
18. Tricks
19. Coaxing The Piano
20. Concert Etude
21. My Pet
22. Relaxation
23. Fantasy Of Today

Customer Reviews:

remarkable evocation of a bygone style.......2003-07-25

In some ways, Artis Wodehouse's Disklavier realization of Zez Confrey's lighter-than-air pianistic joyrides is an even more impressive accomplishment than her previous restorations of Gershwin and Jelly Roll Morton piano rolls. Confrey's novelty style seems the truest musical embodiment of F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is fascinating to hear the spirit of the 20s come to life in such a nerve titillating way. Especially remarkable are the selections hand played by Ms. Wodehouse into the Disklavier. Though they are designated on the jacket liner notes, by ear it is impossible to tell the difference-- a tribute to the complete success and seamless integrity of her stylistic resurrection.

Wodehouse the magnificent.......2003-04-25

I've heard Artis Wodehouse play in other venues and she is an artist of the most amazing versatility and profound knowledge, not to mention astounding energy. This CD is exciting to listen to, friends play in their workplaces to add zip to life there. It will bring you tremendous enjoyment.

The Rolls Royce of Zez Confrey recordings........2003-04-10

If you already know and enjoy Zez Confrey's music, this disc belongs in your collection. If Confrey is unknown to you, this disc still belongs in your collection, unless of course you find joyful, exuberant piano music to be repugnant.

For those new to Confrey, here's a brief description:

Edward Elzear Confrey (known to all as Zez) was a self-described composer of novelty piano music, his way of trying to describe music that was at once influenced by ragtime, early jazz, popular songs, and classical composers, particularly Debussy and MacDowell. His music rarely if ever aspires to emotional profundity, but its sheer joy, bounce, and tunefulness make it hard to put down once you've started, whether as listener or pianist. As an amateur pianist, I've been playing Zez Confrey's music for 20 years. The reactions I have gotten from people over the years have been consistently the same; "Wow! Who wrote that?", and "Are there recordings of this music I can buy?". Now, this disc gives me an easy answer to the second question.

This disc is Artis Wodehouse's fourth disc devoted to her amazing humanized piano rolls. The first two covered a good cross-section of George Gershwin's piano rolls, while a third was a collection of piano rolls by Jelly Roll Morton. This is easily her finest work since the first "Gershwin plays Gershwin" disc in 1993.

Zez Confrey, like his contemporaries George Gershwin and Jelly Roll Morton, left behind a well-rounded collection of acoustic gramophone recordings as well as paper piano rolls. The least sophisticated of these paper rolls merely captured the notes that the pianist played and nothing more. Once the roll was published and sold, it was the job of the consumer, operating his or her own reproducing piano, to mechanically add pedaling, rubato, and dynamics as he or she saw fit. However, the most sophisticated reproducing rolls captured not only the notes but the pedaling, rubato, and dynamics used by the pianist, often with uncanny accuracy. All paper rolls allowed the pianist the option of post-production editing, e.g., removing wrong notes, and in popular music such as this, adding dazzling "third hand" counterpoint effects that made the end result unplayable by a human pianist. Confrey was one the best at this, and he uses this technique liberally throughout the rolls on this disc. (For those of you familiar with Confrey's "Kitten on the Keys" or "Dizzy Fingers" in their standard published versions, you're in for a treat once you hear Confrey's souped up three-handed versions presented here.) Still, even the best of these paper rolls played back on the best reproducing pianos could never be mistaken by an astute listener for a human being (two-handed or otherwise). There was always a discernible gap between playing produced in the human realm and that of the mechanical realm, that is until relatively recently. The explosion of digital technology has allowed such things as computerized reproducing pianos like the Yamaha Disklavier to become a readily available reality. Recordings made and played back on such pianos are virtually indistinguishable from live human performances. It wasn't long before people like Artis Wodehouse starting exploring ways to apply this technology to the old paper rolls, finally enabling listeners to experience what it might have been like to hear pianists like Gershwin, Morton, and Confrey recorded in the flesh, and in modern sound. By taking the information encoded on these old paper rolls and feeding it into a Yamaha Disklavier system, she has been able narrow the gap between human playing and mechanical playing to the point of near nonexistence. Through careful study of Confrey's actual playing from acoustic recordings, Wodehouse has softened the mechanical edges, painstakingly adding those qualities that distinguished Confrey's playing in the flesh, effectively making each roll indistinguishable from an actual human performance.

On the first Gershwin disc from 1993, several of the rolls she chose had been previously recorded in their original paper roll form. Having heard these original paper roll recordings, listening to Artis Wodehouse's humanized versions of these same rolls was like seeing an old film before and then after restoration. In short, it was a revelation.

This new Zez Confrey disc easily lives up to these high standards Wodehouse set for herself, indeed this disc may even set the bar higher. This time around, not only is Wodehouse working from two different types of paper rolls, she is actually playing some of the pieces herself, works that Confrey did not record, but that deserve a place on any disc of Confrey's music. The joyful bounce and rhythmic snap of her playing so perfectly matches Confrey's own playing that it becomes impossible to tell which tracks are hers and which are Confrey's. The result is an amazingly seamless and unified blend of musicianship, scholarship, technological know-how, with an astute understanding of the individual elements that made Confrey's playing unique. Whether as pianist or digital editor, with this CD, Wodehouse has done more for Confrey's music than has anyone before her. The results are well worth hearing.

Average customer rating: A gem from a bygone era!

Salon to Swing Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Joyce, Archibald | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ketèlbey, Albert William | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Grand Passions of Albert W. Ketèlbey Down Peacock Alley Puttin' on the Ritz ASIN: B000000AKX Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

1. Songe d' Automne
2. The Dancing Dustman
3. Roses Of Picardy
4. The Whistler & His Dog
5. Fragrance
6. Tiszian Chikosh
7. In A Monastery Garden
8. Russian Rag
9. Clarinet Marmalade
10. Stardust
11. Who
12. Dizzy Fingers
13. Cherokee
14. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
15. Special Delivery Stomp

Customer Reviews:

A gem from a bygone era!.......2007-03-15

As far as I can research the orchestra as formed in 1978 by Mr. Anthony Godwin, bass clarinettist with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He had inherited a complete library of theatre music dating from 1880 to 1930 and it's from this that their repetoire is mainly drawn. They try and re-create the sound and atmostphere of those early days by using instruments of that era. For instance on the song "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" the soprano Linda Murray is accompanied by David Norton on the musical saw.

A most excellent CD recreating the 20' and 30's Golden Age. Highly recommended!

Average customer rating: A Guilty Pleasure and Sheer Delight

Accordiorama: Hohner Accordion Symphony Orchestra, Vol.2 Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Johann Strauss Sr. | Strauss Sr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Masters of the Accordion ASIN: B00000J823 Release Date: 1999-05-18

Tracks:

1. My Fair Lady: My Fair Lady (Medley)
2. Annen Polka - Johann Strauss
3. Bel Viso
4. Entry Of The Gladiators
5. Der Ziegenbock (The Ram)
6. The Skaters' Waltz, Op. 138
7. Hoch Heidecksburg
8. Schwarzwalder Polka
9. Hejre Kati
10. Colonel Bogey March
11. Tales From Munich
12. Dizzy Fingers
13. Lustige Polka
14. Waltzes From 'Faust' - Charles Gounod
15. Bavarian Woodpecker
16. Landler In Thirds
17. Champagne Galop

Customer Reviews:

A Guilty Pleasure and Sheer Delight.......2000-10-19

the absolute sound, a premier stereo magazine, has loosened up its musical tastes in issues 125-6, and allowed its eminent reviewers to pass along music that meets the pleasure test. This particular recording does just that for me, it pleasures me, and makes me feel guilt for enjoying My Fair Lady as it was meant to be heard, via the Hohner Accordian Symphony Orchestra. The polkas and waltzes bring back memories of driving to Clear Lake, Iowa, to dance to the Six Fat Dutchmen, and the River Kwai "Colonel Bogey" March alone would make this CD resonate in my heart. It matches, in its joy, "Karussells of Europe", another recent purchase. Both recordings are 24 bit, and make my car and home speakers peal with joy. Both recordings are non medical antidepressants for the young at heart. And if you truly feel guilty about enjoying them as much as I did, say one Our Father and two Hail Marys, and all will be forgiven.

Average customer rating: A devoted Fan of Mimi's

Taxi Manufacturer: Port Royal Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Old Rags New Rags Once Upon a Rag Time Sunday Morning ASIN: B00001SVR5 Release Date: 2004-09-07

Tracks:

1. Taxi Rag
2. Remember 'The Sting'
3. The Music Box Rag
4. Memories Of You
5. Kitchen Tom
6. Ma Douce Amie
7. Valse Miroir
8. Paraphrase Sur - On Black & White Rag
9. On My Way Back To Montreal - I Got The Blues For Memphis Blues
10. Dizzy Fingers
11. A Musical Massacre
12. Mimi - Ma Biche
13. The Cats - The Black Cat Blues
14. The Baltimore Todolo
15. Piaf (To Her Memory)
16. Maple Leaf 'Ragadeus'

Customer Reviews:

A devoted Fan of Mimi's.......2000-09-28

I have heard Mimi in person (a real treat) many times at the Sedalia, MO Joplin Festival and already own many of her recordings including this one which is even better than her others. I can't say too much in praise of her talent, her creativity and her absolute skill and ability to throughly entertain with anything or any type of music she plays. She is fantastically clever at sneaking in bits of "classical" themes right in the middle of something Ragtime. She has a wonderful sense of humor and a caring personality that will let her make time to answer kids' questions about how she can "remember so many notes to play". I can't imagine ANYONE who would not THOROUGHLY ENJOY this recording.

Average customer rating: Great fun EXCEPT FOR ONE THING!

The Golden Age of the Saxophone Manufacturer: Musica Viva ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Granados, Enrique | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Saxophone | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Wedding Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005NBVK Release Date: 2001-07-01

Tracks:

1. La Cinquantaine
2. Ser Badine
3. Miniature Viennese March
4. Liebesfreud
5. L'Arlesienne: Minuet
6. Piece En Forme De Habanera
7. The Piggle-Wiggle
8. Ambassador - Valse Intermezzo
9. Jack And Jill
10. Karussell
11. Vocalise
12. Souvenir
13. Tango
14. Playera
15. Salut D'Amour
16. Prelude No.2
17. Valse Marilyn
18. Valse Vanite
19. Sax-A-Doodle
20. Sax-O-Phun
21. Largo
22. Dizzy Fingers

Customer Reviews:

Great fun EXCEPT FOR ONE THING!.......2002-07-05

What a shame! Lots of great fun pieces (mix of classical, with a few pop rag types) played very well by both saxophone and piano perfs, BUT almost all bands have CLAPPING AT END (obviously live performance)which really ruins flow of music. If they had taken the time to cut the clapping, would have rated close to 5, so, if you don't mind the short audience ends on each, you'll enjoy this cd.

Average customer rating:

Dizzy Fingers Manufacturer: Wisteria Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0008JFMOC Release Date: 2004-06-30

Tracks:

1. Preludium (In the Style of Pugnani) (Kreisler)
2. Meditation from "Thais" (Massenet)
3. Ballet Des Petits Reins (Mozart)
4. Hora Staccato (Dinicu-Heifetz)
5. Csardas (Monti)
6. Air Varie (Handel)
7. Variations on a Gavotte by Corelli (Arr. By Glaser Rascher)
8. La Malinconia (Badings)
9. - 10. Two Pieces en Style Grec (Astrinidis)
10. Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin)
11. The Frisco Rag (Armstrong)
12. Temptation Rag (Lodge)
13. Dizzy Fingers (Confrey)

Product Description

Works in the style of the virtuoso performers of the turn of the century. Playing works from that era from classical melodies to ragtime music.

Average customer rating: "early beginnings from the vaults ~ Percy Faith"

Delicado Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wilder | Wilder, Alec | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Koga Melodies/Ryoichi Hatori Melodies ASIN: B0001EMM2Y Release Date: 2004-06-29

Tracks:

1. Amor [From Broadway Rhythm]
2. Negra Consentida
3. Embraceable You
4. Baia (Ne Baixe de Sapateiro) [from The Three Caballeros)
5. If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You
6. Tico-Tico [From Bathing Beauty]
7. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year [From Christmas Holiday]
8. Bem Te VI Atrevido
9. I Love You
10. Capullito de Aleli
11. Long Ago (And Far Away) [From Cover Girl]
12. Cumparsita
13. Stardust
14. Stars in Your Eyes
15. Bim Bam Boom
16. I'll Close My Eyes - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Hildegarde
17. There's No Holding Me - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Hildegarde
18. Dancing in the Dark
19. That Old Black Magic [from Star-Spangled Rhythm)
20. All Through the Night
21. Begin the Beguine
22. Touch of Your Hand
23. Tia Juana
24. Temptation [From Going Hollywood]
25. Noche Caribe (Caribbean Night) [From Starlift]

Tracks:

1. Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19: Midsummer Vigil
2. Body and Soul
3. Du - Ray Charles Singers, Percy Faith & His Orchestra
4. Deep Purple
5. Fiddle Derby
6. My Dream Concerto - Ray Charles, , Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Chorus
7. Dizzy Fingers - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Magic Voices
8. I Got Rhythm
9. Flight 33 1/3
10. Solitude
11. Nervous Gavotte - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Lou Stein
12. Mosquitoes' Parade - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Chorus
13. Mer (Beyond the Sea)
14. Kitten on the Keys - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Stan Freeman, Bernie Leighton, Chorus
15. Whirlwind
16. Cumbanchero [From Cuban Pete]
17. Goodbye John - Ray Charles Singers, Percy Faith & His Orchestra
18. Perpetual Notion
19. They Can't Take That Away from Me [From Shall We Dance?] - Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Chorus
20. Soft Lights and Sweet Music
21. Oodles of Noodles
22. Would You?
23. Cumana
24. Delicado
25. Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?)

Customer Reviews:

"early beginnings from the vaults ~ Percy Faith".......2005-02-15

Living Era presents "Delicado", fifty original mono recordings from 1944 to 1955 featuring Maestro Percy Faith who was churning out some of the best releases with top notch arrangements...each song had an upbeat and faraway tone to it...beautiful ballads from composers Harold Arlen, Waldir Azevedo, Irving Berlin, Nacio Herb Brown, Hoagy Carmichael, Zez Confrey, Peter De Rose, Jimmy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Rafael Hernandez, Johnny Green, Jerome Kern, Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Arthur Schwartz ...beautifully recorded representing Faith's limitless talent at crafting musical arrangements to fit an evolving music scene.

Now for the real treat...songs composed by Percy Faith with his unmistakable arranging "NOCHE CARIBE " (Caribbean Night), recorded in New York 1947..."DA DU", with Ray Charles Singers recorded 3/04/1952..."FIDDLE DERBY", recorded in New York 1951..."FLIGHT 33 1/3", after Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble-Bee, recorded New York 5/11/1950..."NERVOUS GAVOTTE", with Lou Stein on piano recorded New York 5/22/1951..."PERPETUAL NOTION", recorded New York 6/02/1949...Percy's arrangements comes from the heart and weaving a magic spell over the listener...compilation goodies on two compact discs for all the Faith Fans!

Sweeping and gliding strings, beautiful renditions of all time favorite Faith arrangements, such a statement of string counter melodies within the orchestration...many were favorites of my parents when they were dating...these songs represent some of the best arrangements in my Faith collection...when you put this collection on, you're in for a magic carpet ride sprinkled with the "Percy Faith Touch"...every arrangement has the signature of his pen and baton, two totally different tempos and rhythms surface within the boundaries of his genius...no doubt he was a master at his craft, they'll never be another like 'em, they only pass this way once...thank you Living Era for sharing these rare gems with the fans that encountered Maestro Percy Faith!

Total Time: 2-CD-Set ~ Living Era 278 ~ (6/29/2004)

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