Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player (Nostalgic Player Piano Music)

Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player (Nostalgic Player Piano Music)

ASIN: B00000DUWT

Track Listings

1. Hello My Baby

2. Tiger Rag

3. Muddy Water

4. Alexander's Ragtime Band

5. Lady Be Good

6. Fascinatin' Rhythm

7. Darktown Strutters' Ball

8. Charleston & Varsity Drag

9. The Swingin' Shepherd Blues

10. Yes, We Have No Bananas, Barney Googie, Mr. Galliger & Mr. Sheen

11. Oh, You Have Beautiful Doll

12. The Girlfriend

13. Walkin' My Baby Back Home

14. Chattanooga Choo Choo

15. Everybody Loves My Baby

16. Satin Doll

17. When the Saints Go Marching In

18. For Me and My Gal

19. Bumble Boogie

20. Pretty Baby

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Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player (Nostalgic Player Piano Music)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Klavier
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
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Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player, Again!

ASIN: B00008L3YV
Release Date: 2003-03-04

Tracks:

Hello My Baby
Tiger Rag
Muddy Water
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Oh, Lady Be Good
Fascinating Rhythm
Darktown Strutters' Ball
Charleston & Varsity Drag
Swingin' Shepherd Blues
Yes, We Have No Bananas, Barney Googie, Mr. Galliger & Mr. Sheen
Oh, You Have Beautiful Doll
Girlfriend
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Everybody Loves My Baby
Satin Doll
When the Saints Go Marching In
For Me and My Gal
Bumble Boogie
Pretty Baby
Mountain Greenery
Me and My Shadow
Heart of My Heart
Just One More Chance
Berlin Medley
Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player, Again!

Average customer rating:

Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player, Again!
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Klavier
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
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Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player (Nostalgic Player Piano Music)

ASIN: B00005Y8SF
Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In) - Bernie Baun
I Found A New Baby - Jack Palmer/Spencer Williams
Black Bottom - Ray Henderson
The Bowery (East Side, West Side) - PERCY GAUNT
Second Hand Rose - James F. Hanley
Makin' Whoopee - Walter Donaldson
20's Dance Medley: Doo Wack Doo/Scatter Your Smiles/Doin' The Racoon... - George Horther/J. Fred Coots/Lou Handman
You've Gotta See Mamma Ev'ry Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All) - Billy Rose
Baby Face - Harry Akst
Stairway To The Stars - Matty Malneck/Frank Signorelli
Cumana - Barkley Allen
Willow Weep For Me - Ann Ronell
Boogie Woogie - Clarence 'Pinetop' Smith
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Turner Layton
Up A Lazy River - Hoagy Carmichael
Muscrat Ramble - Ray Gilbert/Edward Ory
20's Medley: Smiles/Whispering/Japanese Sandman/Margie/Avalon - Lee J. Roberts/Vincent Rose/John Schonberger/Richard Whiting/Con Conrad/J. Russel Robinson...
Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis - KERRY MILLS
Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine - Karl Hoschna
Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl) - Ray Henderson
Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey - Albert Von Tilzer
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home - Hughie Cannon
Beer Barrel Polka - Jaromir Vejvoda
I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover - Harry Woods
When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bobbin' Along - Harry Woods
The Stripper - David Rose
Show Me The Way To Go Home - Jimmy Campbell

Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player (Nostalgic Player Piano Music)

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He's doing his best !

Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player (Nostalgic Player Piano Music)
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Klavier
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Ragtime | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000DUWT
Release Date: 1995-12-14

Tracks:

Hello My Baby
Tiger Rag
Muddy Water
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Lady Be Good
Fascinatin' Rhythm
Darktown Strutters' Ball
Charleston & Varsity Drag
The Swingin' Shepherd Blues
Yes, We Have No Bananas, Barney Googie, Mr. Galliger & Mr. Sheen
Oh, You Have Beautiful Doll
The Girlfriend
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Everybody Loves My Baby
Satin Doll
When the Saints Go Marching In
For Me and My Gal
Bumble Boogie
Pretty Baby
Mountain Greenery
Me and My Shadow
Heart of My Heart
Just One More Chance
Berlin Medley
Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Customer Reviews:

He's doing his best !.......2005-03-31

For lovers of feel-good music or the Gemuetlichkeit of sessions standing around the player piano and singing those grand old favorites this CD should be a gem. Also those interested in bygone musical technologies should get a kick out of these pieces "performed" on a Steinway Upright Player Piano made in Hamburg, Germany, in 1912.

The instrument seems in uncommonly good condition for its age: no apparent mechanical, tone, or intonation difficulties interfere with the presentation of these 26 examples of automated music as it was heard around the turn of the century and subsequently (even as recently as today, though increasingly rarely).

The music is lively and the arrangements are good, even occasionally spectacular. The opening tune, "Hello My Baby," is a happy classic which comes off very well via this medium. Others I particular like include "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Lady Be Good," "Dark Town Strutters Ball," "Oh You Beautiful Doll," "Walkin My Baby Back Home," "Chattanooga Choo Choo," "For Me and My Gal," "Bumble Boogie," "Pretty Baby," "Heart of My Heart," and "Yes Sir That's My Baby."

The liner notes are brief, but give a good historical summary of the player piano phenomenon in America. They do not, however, offer any details on the piano rolls used here. (Some piano rolls were cut mechanically, while others were cut live by various famous, less famous, or even unknown, pianists. Some, if not most, rolls were post-edited by publishers. We know that Gershwin cut a number of piano rolls, and even such serious pianists as Rachmaninov did also.)

However they were produced, the rolls played here show ample command of the instrument, the style, and the idiom. Just close your eyes and you can imagine yourself in a smoke-filled speakeasy drinking illegal booze and listening to a talented piano player (I almost said "pianist") rippling off the popular tunes of the day.

As to the human side of these performances, though we don't know who cut the rolls, we are told who's pumping the piano: Roger Morrison. Apparently there is some art to pumping, for I remember my grandmother telling me as a kid that her neighbors reported they could tell when it was she who was pumping, and not my grandfather. Supposedly her musical training came through in the way the rolls sounded. (Sorry, Grandpa.)

In any case, if you enjoy musical nostalgia, you'll probably like this CD and appreciate the rarity of what it offers. I'm very glad to have it in my collection, and I invariably get a smile on my face when I play it.

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