A stride piano BATTLE vs. Luca Filastro

[@josiah566]

oh MAN 1:23-1:27 Luca superimposes Keep Your Temper over the rhythm changes bridge from the A of Handful of Keys - insane quote from someone who has been living and breathing the stride tradition for a long time, and clearly sheds his Donald Lambert with that crazy left hand clarity!

[@stephenlangton6711]

Emmet is an amazing pianist… But Luca Filastro from Roma shows him a thing or two… Watch that finger work… stride Piano… Wow… Thanks Emmett, for bringing us this channel!!!

[@ArgoBeats]

Luca is from Calabria.

[@stephenlangton6711]

@@ArgoBeats La Calabria è bella, soprattutto il mare… However, his LinkedIn profile and other online sources say he is based in Roma..

[@stephenlangton6711]

I just want to get the word out to Luca… I think your work is amazing… 😎

[@ArgoBeats]

@@stephenlangton6711 yeah man, he lives in Roma, but he is originally from Calabria (Vibo Valentia if I remember correctly). He is great.

[@cooldebt]

I'm sure only a handful of pianists could play like this! Fast fingers and even faster ears 🎹🔥

[@AntoinePressiat69]

Have a look to this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5q6f3Wmo6-ZqJo and those two french pianists: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5q6f3Wmo6-ZqJo

[@AntoinePressiat69]

Listen to him too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5q6f3Wmo6-ZqJo

[@Evolved-]

I love both of these guys so much! But DAMN, Luca, what did you eat that morning? 😂

[@ursulaingolfsson3626]

Wow, and thanks to Emmet to bring back some rhythm after all the fantastic finger work of his partner!

[@stimpy1226]

This is just spectacular!

[@sevafarzaliyeva3110]

What a battle! Fantastic! I am speechless! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@matteoaiello1214]

Awesome, awesome. I'm speechless. Simply extraordinary. Congratulations!

[@joecash4354]

Great to see that stride piano is alive and well in the hands of these guys. Fats and Teddy would be proud.

[@danieledasois982]

Awesome 👏👏👏

[@akitikallc6161]

awesome, joyous, amazing!

[@whatsmylogin]

Holy f, listening to Emmet I was surprised that a modern jazz pianist, however technically and groove-wise gifted, could play stride that well without being a specialist in the genre. (I thought people who dig modern jazz wouldn't take old forms of jazz seriously enough to devote much time to them. I prefer older forms of jazz but I get why people who can appreciate the more complex harmonies in modern jazz might not be so interested in the older stuff.) Then Luca started and I nearly spat out my coffee. I didn't know this gent before but I'm going to check him out.

[@mariolinagiordano2395]

Bravissimi,entrambi🦋🦋🦋

[@gabchaim8232]

Fats Waller ain't dead -- Hurray !! An immodest request : 'Handful of Keys' . . .

[@fotoman1527]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@Nn-uh2kb]

Great stuff

[@samueljoycemusic]

What a cutting contest they both definitely win

[@cynthialangley8616]

You're just showing out now, Emmet and Luca! If I was there, I would throw my handkerchief in your face and say " work it out, son!"

[@elevenhorses]

so dope you guys :)

[@BosseLasse1]

1:03 Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 😅

[@marikouchiyama5869]

This clip remains me of one scene from the movie: “1900”. So I call this one “2023”. 👍

[@strings41]

Human beings shouldn't be allowed to have this much fun!😄

[@abodabalo]

Agreed. But at least these humans share theirs with us.

[@stephenlangton6711]

😂😂😂

[@jackiehogan9419]

Pure joy

[@marianlevy9232]

Fantastic! I’m getting tired just watching lol 🎹🎹❤️😊

[@andresdelafuente3783]

wohow!!

[@martinviale2410]

This is from the I'll remember April recording

[@martinviale2410]

Session*

[@stephem8]

Instant like after the first 10 seconds

[@therealisaac6318]

Whoa

[@ngelikapapanikolaou7951]

Bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo bravo 🎉

[@JR5_]

I love you

[@itsRemco]

Damnnnnn

[@ineednamesugestions2259]

Hey just saying theres sheetmusic to this. Just sayin.

[@bobblues1158]

YO!

[@alekd4415]

superhuman

[@dielaughing73]

I can only conclude they each have two brains somehow

[@dielaughing73]

I can only conclude they each have two brains somehow

[@robertoverby7643]

These guys are good. But for stride piano style, speed and smoothness, I go back to the master: Willie “The Lion” Smith. He was a top competitor in the “cutting contests” in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. And he was still just as good (or better) than these guys in the 1960s, on the Ed Sullivan tv ship - when he was in his 70s! Check him out on KZbin Music. A current stride favorite of mine is Paul Asaro, of the Chicago jazz group, The Fat Babies. Not sure if he is on KZbinMusic.

[@ArgoBeats]

if you like swift stride (and much more) check Maestro Rossano Sportiello out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZrHpap-f7VrjtE

[@jaimemartinezrobles7803]

Emmet hasta aqui llegaste😂😄 no te creas tu también eres buenísimo y exelente👌👌👍👍saludos Emmet C.👋