Jazz Views - December 2005
Hot Piano! Ragtime, Blues, Jazz, Classical
Anyone who knows me knows I am not too crazy about solo piano so they hand me a
CD of 77 minutes of same to review but, shock, horror! it’s a delight. This is a
nicely varied programme and well-played by Mark Birnbaum who is a new name to me
but I will look out for him in future.
There are two compositions of Scott Joplin, namely ‘Scott Joplin’s New Rag’ and
‘Solace’ which is just about my favourite Joplin piece and is played here with
proper love and respect by Mr Birnbaum. No solo piano album would be complete
without something by Jelly Roll
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