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| American Classics - Confrey: Piano Music / Andjaparidze | ||||||
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Release Date: 01/19/1999 Label: Naxos Catalog #: 8559016 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Zez Confrey Performer: Eteri Andjaparidze
Number of Discs: 1 |
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"Eteri Andjaparidze nails the keyboard miniatures of Zez Confrey... You'll recognize Confrey's 'Kitten on the Keys' (1921) from dozens of frantic silent-comedy soundtracks, but you will never have heard it played with such fluent panache. In Confrey's high-velocity 'Dizzy Fingers' (1923), Ms. Andjaparidze demonstrates what happens when a cultivated Russian-trained virtuoso connects with an American original once dubbed 'The People's Paderewski.' (Ms. Andjaparidze is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, where pianists gravitate to jazz.)" - "Old Sounds From the New World," New York Times (Joseph Horowitz) July 15, 2001
"Known for his Kitten on the Keys and a raft of other jazzy parlor-piano pieces back in the Jazz Age, Confrey was a precocious virtuoso who became a musical star for decades. Some of his pieces sound terribly difficult but they were actually not so difficult to master and therefore very popular for ripping off on the piano found in many homes at the time. The 24 selections here (from a pianist who evidently could only muster one z in his name instead of two) include his big hit plus another hit, Dizzy Fingers, an African Suite, another suite called Moods of a New Yorker, and a later far-out ditty from the year he died, Fourth Dimension. Great ivory-ticklin' fun that shouldn't be forgotten as part of our American musical heritage." |
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Kitten on the Keys by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1921; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs. |
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Dizzy Fingers by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1923; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 1 Minutes 46 Secs. |
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Meandering by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1936; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 2 Minutes 17 Secs. |
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African Suite by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1924; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 7 Minutes 23 Secs. |
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Jay Walk by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1927; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 2 Minutes 4 Secs. |
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Sparkling Waters by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1928; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 0 Minutes 52 Secs. |
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Wise Cracker Suite by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1936; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 7 Minutes 42 Secs. |
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Amazonia by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1945; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs. |
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| 9. |
Blue Tornado by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1935; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 2 Minutes 2 Secs. |
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| 10. |
Three Little Oddities by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1923; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 8 Minutes 34 Secs. |
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Coaxing the Piano by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1922; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs. |
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Stumbling by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1922; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs. |
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Moods of a New Yorker by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1932; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 11 Minutes 56 Secs. |
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Rhythm Venture by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1935; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs. |
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Fourth Dimension by Zez Confrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performer:
Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1959; USA |
Date of Recording: 03/1995 Venue: Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa, California Length: 1 Minutes 52 Secs. |
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