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Stride and True by Grant Simpson
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fave it Swing/Big Band | Ragtime
16 tracks | 53 minutes
Released Jul 2004
on Grant Simpson
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:56 If I Could Be With You One Hour lyrics BUY MP3 03:56 If I Could Be With You One Hour lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:56 If I Could Be With You One Hour
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:26 Dollar Dance lyrics BUY MP3 02:26 Dollar Dance lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:26 Dollar Dance
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:32 Load of Cole lyrics BUY MP3 01:32 Load of Cole lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:32 Load of Cole
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:17 You Can't Loose a Broken Heart lyrics BUY MP3 03:17 You Can't Loose a Broken Heart lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:17 You Can't Loose a Broken Heart
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:28 On the Street Where You Live lyrics BUY MP3 03:28 On the Street Where You Live lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:28 On the Street Where You Live
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:11 So Beautiful Like You lyrics BUY MP3 04:11 So Beautiful Like You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:11 So Beautiful Like You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:30 Stridin' for HJ lyrics BUY MP3 02:30 Stridin' for HJ lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:30 Stridin' for HJ
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:33 The Pearls lyrics BUY MP3 04:33 The Pearls lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:33 The Pearls
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:28 Just as Though You Were Here lyrics BUY MP3 03:28 Just as Though You Were Here lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:28 Just as Though You Were Here
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:30 How Can You Face Me? lyrics BUY MP3 03:30 How Can You Face Me? lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:30 How Can You Face Me?
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:52 Viper's Drag lyrics BUY MP3 04:52 Viper's Drag lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:52 Viper's Drag
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:05 Love of My Life lyrics BUY MP3 03:05 Love of My Life lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:05 Love of My Life
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:34 Just Before Daybreak lyrics BUY MP3 03:34 Just Before Daybreak lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:34 Just Before Daybreak
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:16 Echo of Spring lyrics BUY MP3 03:16 Echo of Spring lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:16 Echo of Spring
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:02 The Mule Walk lyrics BUY MP3 02:02 The Mule Walk lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:02 The Mule Walk
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 Whitehorse Blues lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 Whitehorse Blues lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 Whitehorse Blues
Stride Piano is the music from the Roaring 20's to the sounds of swing
Bio / Background
The dynamism and exhilaration that defines solo jazz piano began with the great stride piano masters of the 20s and 30s. These innovators, such as Thomas 'Fats' Waller, James P. Johnson and Willie "The Lion" Smith, pioneered a style and shaped an era that was, and continues to be, the most comprehensive and joyful jazz piano style in history . . . the style known as Stride Piano.
As a teenager, Grant Simpson heard a recording of "Fats" Waller and was immediately captivated and inspired. He enrolled in traditional music lessons and amidst a conventional study of the classics, began "picking out" sections of the Fats Waller and James P Johnson recordings by ear.
Grant's initial excitement and enthusiasm for the stride style has developed and flourished throughout his professional career and remains the focus of his creativity and performance.
From the great standards of eras-gone-by to his unique execution Stride Piano Classics, one thing is for certain . . .
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