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Topic: Interested in transcriptions of stride piano numbers  (Read 2079 times)

Offline iratehamster

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Interested in transcriptions of stride piano numbers
on: February 10, 2006, 09:19:32 AM
I'm particularly interested in stride numbers by James P. Johnson and Willie "the Lion" Smith.  The pieces by those two that I currently have are the ones in the Harlem Stride Piano Solos folio by Riccardo Scivales (which includes the Carolina Shout and Mule Walk by James P. Johnson).  Thanks!