Willie was considered one of the greatest ragtime pianists of all time. His recording of Maple Leaf was not only the first solo piano recording of the piece,...
To be really precise, Willie Eckstein in 1923 was the first to record a piano solo of Maple Leaf Rag that was issued, but he was not the first to record a...
Has anyone heard this earlier recording? I would love to know what it sounded like. Did Leo Belasco record anything else? As for Mr. Eckstein, I have posted...
Thank you for the recordings. Really I had all of them with the exception of I'm in the market for you and I like this recording very much. Thank you. Belasco...
And you will want to take in this youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t59IxBWYemk ... only ... the ... for ... all ... The ... are!) ... of ... ...
While I cannot remember the method, there is a way to open a second files section by creating an associated group so that those interested sign onto the other...
Lionel Belasco recorded quite a lot, actually; mostly either in Port- of-Spain in his home country of Trinidad, or in New York. Here's a bit more about him: ...
It turns out that I have a recording of Belasco. It is from the That Devlin's Tune CD set. I will post this in the files section. As for the original...
Not sure where to put this one but I guess I'll put in here since Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour and their ragtime playing player pianos had an influence on me...
I'm very glad to hear that Farrell's may be opening up again. I've heard that plans are to go ahead even in these economicly challenged times. I've also heard...
I am actually a veteran of Farrells (but not of Shakeys), having played for a time at the Van Nuys Blvd. location in the San Fernando Valley in my late teens....
It's the same trick, unless?Horowiz had three hands (I saw him a few times, and if he did, he was exceptionally successful at hiding the third one).? One (now...
To add to Lionel's discography, a rollography: QRS #2543 (March 1924) Tay Lay Lay (Old Lady, Lay) - West Indies Series Played by Lionel Belasco QRS #2544...
... Establishing him as a real person was not easy through Census records, as he seems to have been skipped in 1910 and 1930. He was in the 1920 Census in...
The "three-handed" trick of playing melodies with alternating thumbs surrounded by swirls of arpeggios was "invented" by the harpist Parish-Alvars and, as...
Those curious to check out how this looks on the page, see: http://imslp.org/wiki/R%C3%A9miniscences_de_Norma_de_Bellini%2C_S.394_(Liszt%2C_Franz) Regards ...
If they're using instruments from Ragtime Automated Music (RAM) they've wasted their investment. RAM has a horrific reputation among rebuilders, for shoddily...
The one in California is in the "tweaking" phase and I believe the people are quite amenable on listening to suggestions from us fans of Farrell's. I've read...
You're not the first person that has told me that. I've heard that RAM's instruments are cheaply made, unreliable and difficult to maintain & work on. The...
... I've listened to Eckstein's recording a number of times now. Todd is correct - the melody (plus offbeat accompanying chords) is played entirely by the left...
... From: Adam Swanson <ragtime_adam@...> To: EliteSyncopations@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 6:23 pm Subject: [EliteSyncopations] Demise of QRS...
I'm not entirely sure we've seen the last of QRS Piano Rolls.... QRS ran at full capacity over the past year. This is, in part, because they wanted to build...
I'm very sorry to read this, but frankly it doesn't surprise me. I'm sure someone will resume making QRS rolls albiet in a most likely much smaller quantites....
Bryan, I made another stab at locating some of the names in your list, but most are too common. However, the David Reichstein published by Mellinger and...
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