Those Were The Days

Just A Gigolo

'Round Midnight

My Cherry Blossom Baby

In the Middle of a Kiss by Sam Colsow - Following arrangement by Art Tatum

In The Middle Of A Kiss

Any particularly good licks courtesy of Frederik Chopin.

When The Sage Gets Talking

A multi-themed stride piano piece dedicated to the music of Fletcher Henderson.

SMACK! (Fletcher Henderson)

Fantasia Senza Moderazione

A new Shout piano piece that swings really hard, in G major and in six sections.

JAUNTY AUNTIE (Feelin' Fine)

Snow Blown Rag

This is the first release from Rocky Mountain Legacy from the "They Came to Play" Sessions from the Denver Television Series. It features the late Yancy Strode on Piano. The score was written by Richard Arnold Beattie and features the folk-blues and jazz styles of the last century. This mix is simply piano and guitar.

Queen City of the Plains - Richard Arnold Beattie

Vocals & Trumpet ~ Jeff Brister
Tuba & Piano ~ Jeff Brister
Arranged by Hollis Wayne & Jeff Brister
Music & Lyrics ~ DB Rouse
Producer ~ DB Rouse
Sound Engineers ~  DB Rouse, Beaux Graham

JC Rag

1. Free Minds - Titi Bakorta
2. Air Mail - Don Cherry & Latif Khan 
3. Kabedo Mot - Odong Romeo
4. Ancestral - Jay Mitta feat. Hanuna 
5. No Promises - Nídia & Valentina  
6. Pinta Manta - António Sanches 
7. Misty - Baby Face Willette 
8. A Little Bit More - Frankie Paul 
9. Musical Episode - Horace Andy 
10. Amanece - Ensamble Juyungo 
11. Njuzu - Stella Chiweshe 
12. Relaxin' - Willie "The Lion" Smith 
13. Surpass - Omar S

Image: The Sprinters | John Baldessari | 1984

Faster // 7.11.25

Midnight whistle shaking down the line
Steel wheels singing in the coal-dust shine
Barrelhouse rumble keeping time tonight
Whiskey heat rising as the keys ignite
Shift’s done, smoke climbing to the crooked sky
We grab the rails as the fast cars fly
Hammer hearts kicking with the rolling track
Boogie in the bones and we don’t look back

Wheels keep rollin’ through the midnight gold

Wheels keep rollin’, rhythm in the night
Train of hope pushing hard and tight
Bar-room piano burning good and bright
Wheels keep rollin’, rollin’ toward the light

Coal dust flickers where the yard lamps glow
Steam-cloud shadows drifting soft and low
Left hand stompin’ like a piston drive
Right hand sparking as the dancers thrive
Locomotive heartbeat in the juke-joint roar
Every hot riff pulling us once more
Thunder in the veins where the track runs long
Boogie on the rails, we stay headstrong

Keep that engine roaring while the stories unfold

Wheels keep rollin’, rhythm in the night
Train of hope pushing hard and tight
Bar-room piano burning good and bright
Wheels keep rollin’, rollin’ toward the light

Steam valve hissing, engine never rests
Barrelhouse shadows putting swing to the test
Hands on the keys and the heat in our chest
Motion unbroken, running at our best

Wheels keep rollin’, rhythm in the night
Train of hope pushing hard and tight
Bar-room piano burning good and bright
Wheels keep rollin’, rollin’ toward the light

Wheels keep rollin’

From the "Bohemian Breakdown" CD by Peter Lawrence. Composed by Philip Henderson in 2014, recorded late 2018.

Bohemian Breakdown

Shout and Scream

SHOUT AND SCREAM

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