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Multichannel Super Audio CD
Hybrid Disc


ROCKIN' THE SPIRIT
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



[SACD296]

  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.
    This disc contains three separate versions of the same musical program:
    • Direct Stream Digital™ Multi-Channel Suround Sound
    • Direct Stream Digital™ 2-Channel Stereo
    • CD Standard Stereo


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