Fats
While Santa put a Fats Domino record on the phonograph, Angelo, sniffling and looking a little confused, sat down on the kitchen chair across from Mrs. Reilly and Mr. Robichaux. boogie woogieConfederacy of DuncesFats Dominonew orleanspiano
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Bowie’s Piano Man and Guitar Man
I had the pleasure of seeing maestros Mike Garson and Earl Slick in a relatively intimate hall (less than a thousand capacity) from two yards away. What a treat to see up close the skill of the original musicians of two of the most challenging and memorable of instrumental pieces. Needless to say, one of…
Prime Argerich: Liszt, Ravel & Schumann
Argerich in her prime playing Schumann’s Piano Concerto, Ravel’s Jeux d’Eau, and Liszt’s Les Funerailles. Franz-Paul Decker conducts the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Symphony (July 31, 1977). Classical musicLisztMartha ArgerichpianoRavelSchumann
Martha Argerich – Liszt/Mozart Reminiscences de Don Joan S.656
Classical musicLisztMartha ArgerichMozartpiano
Fats
A year has already flown by since Fats’ departure. boogie woogieFats Dominonew orleanspiano
Fess Up: Professor Longhair
Still in NOLA here is a newly curated anthology of the life and works of Professor Longhair (this year marks the centenary of his birth), originally documented by the late Stevenson J. Palfi. That “Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together” is quite true, but we are lucky to have had the Fats-Ray-Jerry summit from thirty years…
Fats Domino: A Quintessential New Orleanian
Yes, Indeed. boogie woogieFats Dominomusicnew orleanspiano
