| Boogie Woogie : Left Hand Pattern - 01 - 80 sec
This is a Boogie Woogie left hand pattern that I first saw played by a German Pianist called Jorg Hegemann at the UK Fomag Festival - at least I think this is what he plays during a song he performs called "Boogie Woogie Country Girl".
I like the feel of it - very rhythmical and just a little bit different from your 'typical' Boogie?!
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| Boogie Woogie : Jools Holland - "Bumble Boogie" - 177 sec
Track performed with his 18-Piece Rhythm and Blues Orchestra at Le Trebendo Club, Paris - March 2006.
These days, Jools Holland is perhaps best known as a TV/Radio Presenter, and Big Band Leader.
But as this video shows, he's also a superb pianist with a special talent for old style Boogie Woogie Piano Music.
The track shown, i.e. 'The Bumble Boogie', is often played at his concerts and is always a crowd-pleasing show-stopper!
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| Boogie Woogie : Jools Holland - "Bumble Boogie" - 184 sec
Track performed with his 18 Piece Rhythm and Blues Orchestra at the 'Cafe de Paris' in London, November 2006.
The venue was small and intimate, and I found myself a great viewing position where I could overlook the stage and have an excellent view of Jools hands hitting the piano keys.
I felt as if I was almost part of a special Boogie Woogie Masterclass!
The 'Bumble Boogie' is my favourite Jools Holland Track. Every time I hear it played he throws in lots of variations in both the right and left hand parts.
I would call this a 'medium-fast melodic version' - Top Draw!!
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| Boogie Woogie : Ben Waters Band - "Melting Pot" - 578 sec
Ben Waters Boogie Band, live at the Cork Jazz Festival - October 2006.
Track performed is an rip-roaring arrangement of several well known pieces of music, including {towards the end} the 'Bumble Boogie'.
Band line-up on the night featured Ben Waters {piano}, Derek Nash and Clive Ashley {saxes}, Chris Lonergan {bass} & Ady Milward {drums}.
Ben Waters : http://www.benwaters.com
Derek Nash : http://www.dereknash.com
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| Reggae Ska : Jimmy Cliff - "Many Rivers To Cross" - 309 sec
Grammy Award winning reggae singer song-writer Jimmy Cliff live at the Cardiff Festival, August 2007.
The song "Many Rivers To Cross" is a very powerful ballad, and has been covered by many Bands/Artistes including Van Morrison and UB40.
I think it's fair to say though, that having heard Jimmy's sensational verson at the Cardiff Festival, the original is nearly always the best!
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| Boogie Woogie : Left Hand Fingering Methods - 507 sec
This is a short video explaining some of the fingering I use for playing Boogie Woogie left hand riffs.
As you will see in the clip, I use an unusual 'transitional' finger method of moving about through some of the key changes.
I don't want to call this either a lesson or "instructional video" as I myself am not sure my it's the right way to play things.
To illustrate I have used some brief extracts from the 'Bumble Boogie', 'Swanee River' and some brief improvisations.
If anyone else plays this way please let me know - maybe we could form a club {lol}
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| Boogie Woogie : Jools Holland - "Sally Zuzas" - 428 sec
A medley of two different recordings of Jools Holland playing the Big Joe Turner classic "Sally Zuzas".
First one was made in Dublin in October 2005. Played with the full 18 Piece Band, this version has a great 'swing' feel to it, and really good sound.
Second one was made at The Paradiso Club in Amsterdam, March 2007. Played with a smaller touring 10 Piece Band, this version has more of a faster 'driving' rhythm, and a great view of Jools' hands at the piano from the seated balcony view.
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| Boogie Woogie : Jorg Hegemann - "Lady Be Good" - 368 sec
German Pianist Jorg Hegemann performing with his 3-Piece Band in the town of Bocham, Germany - March 2007.
Jorg is one of my favourite Boogie Pianists which is why I made a special trip to see him.
His driving left-hand powerhouse rhythms together with dazzling right-hand runs combine to make Boogie Woogie playing at it's absolute best!
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| Heavy Metal : Saxon - "Wheels Of Steel" - 437 sec
Movie recorded at The Paradiso Club, Amsterdam - March 2007.
Quick story - been a keen fan of Saxon for years and was abit disappointed when I realised a date in my home town of Cardiff on 8th March coincided with a time that I would be away in Holland.
Then they announced a gig two days later in Amsterdam where I would be - talk about fate lending a hand!
Anyway, superb concert and a great version of my all time favourite Saxon track "Wheels Of Steel" towards the end of the set rounded off a perfect night!
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| Boogie Woogie : Ben Waters Solo Piano - "The Melting Pot" - 492 sec
Ben Waters at the Bulls Head, Barnes in London - November 2006.
"The Melting Pot" is a superb arrangement of various bits of piano music, including {towards the end} the "Bumble Boogie".
Plus points and minus points of the video?! Well...on the one hand it is rather dark...but on the other this is Ben playing solo on a £27000 Concert Yamaha Grand - so the sound quality is really good!
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| Boogie Woogie : Jorg Hegemann - "Blues and Boogie" - 477 sec
German Pianist Jorg Hegemann performing with his 3-Piece Band in the town of Bocham, Germany - March 2007.
I am a very keen fan of Jorg's Boogie Woogie playing, but like most good pianists he can play other styles including The Blues.
I was quite keen to showcase something 'other than Boogie Woogie' so this movie is a medlay of two pieces {neither of which I know the name of?!}
The first piece is slow and bluesy with some lovely touches of 'light and shade' but Boogie Heads fear not - you'll love the second one!
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| Boogie Woogie : Bob Seeley - "Stride and Boogie" Medley - 473 sec
Legendary pianist Bob Seeley at the International Boogie Woogie Festival in Ermelo, Holland - March 2007.
Both pieces played at the lively informal 'Pre-show' party, which offered up a great opportunity to watch this fantastic pianist close up.
Not sure what the two pieces are called - but ones mainly 'Stride' and the other an out and out 'Boogie Woogie' piece {and for all I know they were improvised anyway?!}
For those people who don't know, I hope Bob won't mind me saying he's now 79 years of age - truely an inspiration for those of us who think there's not enough time to learn to play the piano well.
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| Boogie Woogie : Jorg Hegemann - "Shim Sham Shimmey" - 204 sec
Superb Boogie Woogie playing by German pianist Jorg Hegemann at the UK Fomag Festival in July 2006.
As can be seen, this is Boogie Woogie piano in a traditional Bar Room setting {best place for it?!}.
Jorg has a quite distinctive 'high fingers' style to his playing - it seems to give him both tremendous rhythmic power in the left hand, and often a very subtle touch in the right.
Quite simply, one of the best Boogie pianists I have seen playing today!!
Website:http://www.joerghegemann.info
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| Boogie Woogie : Jools Holland - "Bumble Boogie" - 246 sec
Track recorded with his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra at the Paradiso Club in Amsterdam, March 2007.
Great venue for watching pianists as it has a seated balcony where you can get a good view of their hands hitting the piano keys.
This 'Bumble Boogie' was memorable in that prior to playing it, Jools had had a few 'gremlins' with the piano. Two technicians had just spent a few minutes fixing it, hence the banter at the start with Jools saying he now wanted to test-drive it.
Que the first minute of the video with Jools practising some of his scales and arpeggios! {I always suspected that to be *that good*, he could do them, lol}
The "Bumble Boogie" that followed - brilliant and inspirational as always!
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| Piano Blues : Julian Phillips - "Just A Dream" - 251 sec
Julian Phillips at home playing an old Big Bill Broonzy inspired piano piece : "Just A Dream "
Julian is one of the main organisers of the UK's Fomag International Boogie Woogie Festival, held annually each year in rural Dorset.
He is also an accomplished Boogie Woogie Pianist and, aside from playing in the UK with his Band "The Stuff", he often performs at Festivals in Europe and the US.
Fomag Website : http://www.fomag.co.uk
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| Boogie Woogie : 2007 UK Festival - 'The Piano Brothers' Duet - 164 sec
Boogie Woogie Piano Duets are always great crowd-pleasers at the UK Festival, and they don't come much better than when played by The Piano Brothers, Marcel and Heinz Brunner, who made the trip over from Switzerland.
The chemistry between the two brothers on stage is terriffic to watch - making the duets they play great fun! {In this video, Heinz is closest to the camera}.
The UK International Boogie Woogie Festival takes place every year over a long weekend {Fri/Sat/Sun} in June/July, based in Dorset, Southern England.
For more details, click on the link below :
http://www.ukboogiewoogiefestival.co.uk
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| Swing Jazz : Jools Holland - "Tuxedo Junction" - 220 sec
Jools Holland and his 18-Piece Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, on the official opening night of the new Indigo O2 Arena, in the Docklands Area of London.
"Tuxedo Junction" is the old Erskine Hawkins standard - it's often said if you can't play this piece without swinging it, you're playing it wrong?!
No worries on that front with Jools and the Band. Great 'Big Band' performance with solos from {1st} Derek Nash on Alto Sax, then Jason McDermid on Trumpet, and finally Nick Lunt on the Baritone Sax.
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| Rock Music : Joe Satriani, Guitar - "Out of the Sunrise" - 366 sec
Track recorded live at a concert in Cardiff, May 2008.
Joseph "Satch" Satriani is an American guitarist and former guitar instructor.
He is widely recognized as a technically highly advanced rock guitarist and has often been described as a virtuoso.
The track shown on this Movie, "Out Of The Sunrise", is from Joe Satriani's latest 2008 CD/Album : "Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock"
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| Boogie Woogie : Ben Waters Band - "Broken Piano Blues" - 193 sec
Ben Waters Boogie Band, live at the Cork Jazz Festival - October 2006.
During one of the songs, Ben's digital piano suddenly lost all sound. A couple of technicians were dispatched to the stage to fix the problem, whilst Derek Nash on Saxophone entertained the audience with some impressive improvised solo playing.
After a minute or so, the Piano was duly fixed and Ben resumed playing with some great fast Boogie Woogie playing {watch out for a few bars of the classic 'Nutrocker' added into the track!}
Ben Waters Website : http://www.benwaters.com
Derek Nash Website : http://www.dereknash.com
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| Progressive Rock : Fish - "Sugar Mice" - 426 sec
Song recorded at a concert in Cardiff, September 2007, during one of a series of gigs in the "Clutching At Stars" Tour, promoting his new CD/Album '13th Star'.
"Sugar Mice {In The Rain}" is one of my favourite older songs from the Fish's Marillion days, and I was really pleased when it was performed on the night.
It features some stunning guitar playing from long time Band member Frank Usher.
Fish's music defies trends and fashion, it's a brave statement in these days of banal musical small talk. His career, spanning over 25 years of the entertainment industry, is notable for his charismatic stage performances and uncompromising lyrics.
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