Oscar Peterson/Jon Cleary/NOLA

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Henry Butler is now in Colorado, displaced by Katrina.  Just missed getting tickets to see him downtown a couple of weeks ago, they sold out...dang... I've been going over and over Jon Cleary's version of Tipitina at http://www.joncleary.com/av/index.htm to try and pick up licks. He's a monster... can't seem to get any of the file players I've got (WinDoze Media Player, WinDVD, NeroMedia Player, NeroShowtime, etc) to play it at slower speed in the .wmv format.  Still working on it, though...

Matt

-----Original Message-----
>From: David Doremus <algiers_piano at bellsouth.net>
>Sent: Dec 29, 2007 1:28 PM
>To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: Oscar Peterson/Jon Cleary/NOLA
>
>David, you're right. I used to work on his old upright back when he was 
>living in a Johnny Guitar Watson shrine on Port St. Now he's big time 
>and no one deserves it more. But, he is still solidly based in an R&B 
>tradition, rather than modern jazz. Another NOLA pianist with fearsome 
>ability is Henry Butler. Unfortunately neither he nor Cleary have really 
>been recorded adequately. An honorable mention should go to Tom 
>McDermott who is a true student of world piano styles and David 
>Torkanowsky who can play with any act and shines as an accompanist, a 
>harder job than many realize. Check him out at ** 
><http://tinyurl.com/32o4hb>*http://tinyurl.com/32o4hb*
>That is Harry Shearers web channel, not for the narrow minded.
>
>
>David Andersen wrote:
>>
>> You've got one of the greatest stride/blues/early jazz pianists on the 
>> planet right there in New Orleans: Jon Cleary.
>> A worthy successor to Professor Longhair, Jelly roll Morton, et. al. 
>> He's also Bonnie Raitt's piano player.....insanely good.
>>
>> David A.
>>