Piano Blues, Boogie and Spirituals
LIVE IN NEW YORK
Bob Seely, piano - Eric Reed, piano
Johnny O'Neal, piano - Mark Braun, piano
Monty Alexander, piano
[JD294]
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1. St. Louis Blues Bob Seeley 2. Happy Days Are Here Again / Jitter Bug Waltz Johnny O'Neal 3. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Mark Braun 4. Amazing Grace Bob Seeley 5. My Sunday Best Mark Braun 6. You Took Advantage of Me Eric Reed 7. Glory, Glory Hallelujah Johnny O'Neal 8. Boogie Woogie Keys Monty Alexander 9. Fourplay Boogie Woogie Mark Braun / Bob Seeley 10. Three Hymns Eric Reed 11. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen / No Woman, No Cry Monty Alexander |
- Five exceptional pianists join forces for an unforgettable evening of stomping boogie-woogie and soulful gospel music. An evening of gospel and blues piano, where the music is always joyous.
- Like the film “Ray” - where Johnny O'Neal portrays Art Tatum - this project explores the similarities of church and secular music.
- “This stuff is not some repertory music, this music is vibrant, and these guys are rockin' and burning,” says Monty Alexander. “Boogie-woogie is no museum piece. It's alive and well in the hands of the current masters.”
- Recorded December 11, 2004 at A.C. Pianocraft Recital Hall, NYC
Pianos provided and restored by A.C. Pianocraft.
- This album was recorded in the presence of a live audience. Positioned on the left is a restored 1927 Steinway model D 9-foot concert grand. On the right, you hear a restored 1936 Baldwin model D 9-foot concert grand. This album was recorded with a single point microphone, placed approximately ten feet away in a center position between the pianos and the audience.