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A Jimmy Yancey piano composition from 1939 first recorded in Chicago. Jimmy died in 1951. This version recorded 20th July 2006 - just piano and bass -
A stepping stone to rock'n'roll. [ Key Eb ]
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Is this &mdash 02/04/08 - 07:13:46 PM
a midi file or are you playing it? The timing is so consistent I tend to think it's a midi file. Anyhow its great either way, I love the old boogie woogie
piano which was a big part of the New Orleans sound and the beginning of rock and roll.

thanks for posting

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hand played. &mdash 02/04/08 - 07:27:33 PM
No this is not a midi file, it is all hand played, but I was using an electric metronome monitored via headphones to keep me on course as this particular style of boogie has an inconsistant left hand pattern as opposed to the more common eight to the bar. Sometimes Yancey would just play three notes to the bar with his lft hand. The problem with this piece is that if this speeds up at all, it gets too fast to play the final choruses. At least for me anyway! Thanks for listening.

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Well I'm &mdash 02/04/08 - 07:39:58 PM
even more impressed then, Excellent playing a great job!

thanks again

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nice.... &mdash 02/04/08 - 08:33:43 PM
boogie woogie baby!.....enjoyed this a lot.
As a kid I would sit for hours and play similar things. I still love this sound. Well played!

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Heard you winning boy blues &mdash 02/04/08 - 08:49:32 PM
so I had to go hear more.
wow again. Great pic and great tune. Lots of rhythmic bluesy flow, very entertaining. Love how the bass lines sound and keeping the melody in line sooooo nice!

Again, way to go. What a great addition to MJ your are!!!!

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wow &mdash 02/05/08 - 07:27:21 PM
u had me from jump street..... roll on brother.... real and cool x2 hat's off!!

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rollin' &mdash 02/06/08 - 09:35:39 AM
this is one of my favourite Yancey pieces.

Thanks.

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Good playing &mdash 02/05/08 - 09:12:09 PM
There are a couple of digital hits (overs) in the song and I am wondering if that was because it was recorded with a mic off a real piano or because there was some overload on the mixdown. "A minor point at such a time" however.

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no idea &mdash 02/06/08 - 08:37:06 AM
I have absolutely no idea whatsoever, to be honest I'm only interested in the music it's self. All I know is it was played on a digital piano, which was, and still is a Korg SP200.

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did you hear them? &mdash 02/06/08 - 11:30:38 AM
maybe I can help a little bit anyway. Do you hear what I am talking about with the slight crackles in a couple of places?

Did you record the piano directly into the computer or did you use a microphone. What was your input to the computer if you went directly? It might be that the minor distortion was not created during the recording process, but happened later and can be remedied.

I am just the opposite of you ... I don't play the music, I just mix it and record it.

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thanks &mdash 02/07/08 - 10:12:18 AM
Thank you for your help, it was recorded direct with no microphone, and to be honest I hadn't noticed any clicks but there again my hearing is not that good after years of being bombarded by loud sounds in Led Zeppelin type groups and so forth. There is a bass on the record as well which may have been responsible. I really don't know.
Thanks for your response anyway, I'm afraid you're dealing with a very untechnical person here. Most of my favourite old records are littered with snaps and crackles and pops anyway and so I suppose I've just got used to them. Appreciate your comments though.

John.


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Really busy &mdash 02/07/08 - 07:33:56 PM
right now but perhaps over this weekend I'll have a chance to put together some thoughts and perhaps some musical samples of various types of recording errors and the resulting artifacts.

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I'm always &mdash 02/05/08 - 11:00:08 PM
glad to see people keeping this kind of music alive.Most of the pop star piano singer-songwriters couldn't touch this stuff.You probably won't get rich playing it-but keep it up anyway!

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boogie my woogie &mdash 02/06/08 - 09:25:57 AM
I'm glad you like this piece, and you are right I don't suppose I'll ever get rich playing it, but it always seems to be popular when I used to play it at gigs.

Thanks.

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This &mdash 02/06/08 - 07:32:12 AM
is just fabulous.
Cheers
Len



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Len &mdash 02/13/08 - 04:37:07 AM
Thank you, glad you like,

John

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Lovely &mdash 02/12/08 - 03:11:00 PM
Very authentic feel - can't even find any 'buts' (unusual for me) . Lovely

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BM &mdash 02/12/08 - 06:13:04 PM
this is great! i can almost hear brownie mcghee's voice on this. faved!

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thank you both &mdash 02/13/08 - 04:35:36 AM
Thank you Systematic and Rover,

John.

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Great! &mdash 02/13/08 - 05:50:40 PM
Love this jump blues man! Boogie woogie! Great playing!!!
B

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than you &mdash 02/22/08 - 03:50:13 PM
jump blues with Yancey's push note bass line.

thanks for the comment

John

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Just Keep Playin' &mdash 02/18/08 - 03:23:51 AM
Don't think twice about your recording. Just keep playing. Don't let anything get in the way between and your music.

Thanks for all the great music.

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Thanks - &mdash 02/22/08 - 03:57:32 PM
Monk, very kind, thanks for listening

John

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Nicely played sir! &mdash 06/09/08 - 04:18:47 PM
Sounds great--very nicely done!

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