My boogie woogie performances

[freed3]

Hi all,

I am a 17 year-old hungarian boy, who loves playing boogie woogie piano I just thought I share some of my performances with you. Please tell me what you think of my playing:

Cheers,
Freed3

[ryguillian]

GTFO.

[Petter]

Wow that was harsh. 
 Anyway, I liked it. I was thinking about the elements of improvisation in boogie woogie. Is it all licks?

[freed3]

Well, yes you just find out a great riff (or lick) while playing and you repeat it (or do some changes in it) over the twelve bars. What I like the most in boogie wooige is it's freedom Hope this helped...

[thalbergmad]

WOW, that is great. Reminded me of Winifred Atwell.

You will have to excuse one of the previous posters. To some people on this forum, music has to be 4 hours long and sound like a nuclear explosion at a Steinway factory.

To avoid being attacked by elitist beardism, i would be inclined to post your links in the audition room.

Thanks, and i hope to hear some more.

Thal

[pianowolfi]

Hi all,

I am a 17 year-old hungarian boy, who loves playing boogie woogie piano I just thought I share some of my performances with you. Please tell me what you think of my playing:

Cheers,
Freed3

so cool, I like 

[Derek]

I love boogie woogie! It's one of my favorite styles to play. My father is a fluent boogie woogie player also...I'm going to have to show him your videos! Thanks for posting those.  Are you a fan of Albert Ammons, Meade-Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson? 

[Etude]

Haha.  This is so awesome.   

[thierry13]

GTFO.

Haha one of the greatest posts ever, in context.

[freed3]

Derek,
I am glad you liked it. I am really interested in your father's opinion too. Of course, I am a big fan of the boogie woogie classics, but I like pianist in our time too.

[richard black]

Hi Daniel,

Nice playing. You can make the rhythm even more precise, though. Your left hand doesn't sound absolutely steady to me and it needs to be fractionally before the right hand to make it really 'drive'.

That's a nice old piano you're playing for 'Honky Tonk Train Blues' but I can't quite read the maker's name. What make is it?

[freed3]

Here is my latest performance:

The video was taken at the 18th International Bohém Ragtime & Jazz Festival in Kecskemét (Hungary). The festival was organised by Tamás Ittzés (www.bohemragtime.com). The conception of this year's festival was to invite solists, so this song was an improvisation, we met each other the first time here. It was a great honour for me that I could play with fantastic musicians like:
Jeff Hamilton (USA) - drums
Ad van Beerendonk (NL) - double bass
Herbert Christ (D) - trumpet
Matthias Seuffert (D) - saxophone
Attila Korb (H) - trombone

Hope you like it

[thierry13]

Didn't you get ryguillian's post?...


GTFO!

[giannalinda]

Haha one of the greatest posts ever, in context.

I agree

[giannalinda]

all I can say is...First of all...no offense to you...but i absolutely HATE boogoie woogie piano...It seems like why boogie woogie on piano? its just so wierd...and your playing is really boogie woogie if thats what your looking for... which i know u r

[thierry13]

but i absolutely HATE boogoie woogie

Who doesn't ... sounds like jazz.

[thalbergmad]

I liked the first lot of recordings and enjoyed the latest one as well.

It is refreshing to hear a wide variety of music on this forum and this is a nice light relief.

Even better, is the effect it has had on the jumped up pompous little teenage shits who occasionally inhabit this forum.

Thal

[pianowolfi]

I liked the first lot of recordings and enjoyed the latest one as well.

It is refreshing to hear a wide variety of music on this forum and this is a nice light relief.

Even better, is the effect it has had on the jumped up pompous little teenage shits who occasionally inhabit this forum.

Thal

True. Where boogie woogie if not on the piano? It's very well a specific piano style and I like it.

[Petter]

Well, yes you just find out a great riff (or lick) while playing and you repeat it (or do some changes in it) over the twelve bars. What I like the most in boogie wooige is it's freedom Hope this helped...

Have you transcribed and picked out different licks by ear? Or have you learned from teachers? Is there any books like "Boogie Woogie riffs for dummies" available that you recommend?

Oh yea Thierry please, plz.

[thalbergmad]

When i was messing with this style, i did use a book to learn the various left hand patterns mainly. Then, i simply listened to lots of recordings.

Improvisors like Wolfi would be good boogie players and i bet he probably is.

Might not be as good as his fellow Countryman Silvan Zingg.

Dig this

[pianowolfi]

True this guy is cool. But well, actually I have rather a hard time to follow a schedule or chord progression in my improvs, even if it's a simple one as in boogie woogie.

[thalbergmad]

Could be because you have not got a cool white suit like Silvan.

Wear one when you play boogie and everything will work out.

Thal

[pianowolfi]

Could be because you have not got a cool white suit like Silvan.

Wear one when you play boogie and everything will work out.

Thal

Eeek I would never wear white suits on stage . Am I now hopelessly lost for boogie?