Kitten on the Keys: Ragtime, Novelty, & Stride Classics [CD]

Frederick Hodges (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Format: CD
• Label: Frederick Hodges Music Productions, Inc.
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• ASIN: B0012MSV1K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,081,670 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Famed pianist Frederick Hodges sparkles in this intimate and thrilling collection of classic rags, novelty piano solos, and Harlem stride piano favorites. With a stunning and varied repertoire, Mr. Hodges performs nineteen popular piano solo classics in his inimitable and technically amazing style. Favorites such as Zez Confrey's "Kitten on the Keys" and Eubie Blake's "Fizz Water" come alive in Hodges' new arrangements that are both innovative and true to the era in which these gems of American popular music were first composed. Hailed by fans, musicians, and critics alike, Frederick Hodges is famous for his precision playing that combines classical virtuosity with historically accurate jazz and ragtime feeling. Songs: Kitten on the Keys, You Tell 'em Ivories, The Blue Grass Rag, Buffalo Means Business, That Hindu Rag, Russian Rag, Cucumber Rag, Daintiness Rag by James P. Johnson, The Maurice Walk, Drawing Room Echoes, Smiles and Chuckles, Kinklets, The Pippin, Novelty Rag by may Aufderheide, Panama, A Tennessee Tantalizer, Palm Beach by C. Luckyeth Roberts (Lucky Roberts), Fizz Water, and The Chevy Chase by Eubie Blake.