BEST TOM BRIER MOMENTS AND IMPROVISATIONS

BEST TOM BRIER MOMENTS AND IMPROVISATIONS | PART 1

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Tom Brier is an American ragtime pianist and composer.
The hallmark of Brier's piano-playing style is an aggressive left hand that attacks the lower half of the piano keyboard in staccato, machine-gun-like octave passages. He alternates these voicings with a variety of other sounds: walking bass ("boogie"), single-note figures, and widely-spaced chords - often both arpeggiated and unarpeggiated tenths.
Born in Oakdale, California in 1971, Tom Brier was exposed to ragtime in his earliest years when his parents purchased a player piano. He was all of four years old at the time.
Soon, he was picking out on the piano keyboard the ragtime tunes he'd heard off the piano rolls. His parents found him a music teacher when he was five, and very shortly, he was composing and notating his own piano pieces. By the age of 11, he had composed and written the scores to some two dozen rags.
His first "serious" ragtime piece was the "Pine Cone Rag" of 1982, when Brier was 11 years old. Three years later, he began attending gatherings of the Sacramento Ragtime Society. The 14-year-old prodigy amazed everyone within earshot with his articulate renderings of the ragtime classics, and with his own highly original piano compositions.
Tom Brier performed at his first West Coast Ragtime Festival in 1989. He has been a headliner every year since, astounding onlookers with his machine-like precision, sensitive interpretations of more lyrical pieces, and nearly flawless sight-reading technique.
While pursuing his ragtime "education," Brier has also achieved a college education. He attended the California State University at Turlock, obtaining his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science in 1993.
Over the last few years, Brier has also begun to augment his collection of original pieces of ragtime sheet music, with a collection numbering over 1,000. And, since 1982, he has composed and printed complete, notated scores to over 100 original ragtime compositions. He has also collaborated with ragtime composers Eric Marchese, Neil Blaze, Gil Lieberknecht, and Kathi Backus.
Brier has also headlined at the annual ragtime festivals in Sutter Creek and Fullerton, Calif. He has been a regular performer at the "Ragtime Corner" sponsored by the Sacramento Ragtime Society each Memorial Day weekend at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. He has also appeared in Sedalia and Columbia, Missouri; Phoenix, Arizona; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Vienna, Virginia (Washington, D.C. area).
To date, Brier has released eight solo albums and two collaboration album with Nan Bostick.
Rising Star (1994)
Generic (1997)
Pianola (2000)
Dualing at the McCoys (with Nan Bostick, 2002)
Skeletons (2003)
Missing You at the McCoys (with Nan Bostick, 2006)
Rewind (2006)
Brier Plays Marchese (????)
Blue Sahara (2009)
Constellations (2012)
Live in Concert (2015)
Along with these, Tom Brier has also released several other albums with his Raspberry Jam Band.
In 2016, Tom Brier was injured in a rear-end collision that left him severely brain damaged. The accident cost him his ability to write, walk, speak, and play piano. He currently resides with his parents in Oakdale, and is receiving ongoing support for his condition from UC Davis. Tom's family is hopeful that he will continue to improve and his friends hope that he may one day return to composition.
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@Tarzoq 2 жыл бұрын

After listening to the same videos of Tom for over three years I still can't get enough! 😍

@quantumleap359 Жыл бұрын

I watch these old videos and I want to cry.... He was such a huge talent, and that has been taken from him. I pray that someday, somehow Tom can regain his talent and show us even more brilliance at the keyboard. Our prayers are with you Tom.

@hotgarbage1475 4 ай бұрын

I cry every time brother

@SupGaillac 4 ай бұрын

Wishing all the best for Tom, that he eventually recovers, and - most importantly - that he finds some reliefs & comfort in spite of his situation.

@xdash3585 2 жыл бұрын

At 8:54 when Tom slams his hands in the piano it reminds me of a movie about Scott Joplin, when in a bar two guys duet and one of them starts slamming the piano just like that

@Keeper1st 2 жыл бұрын

Note that his last album "Live in Concert" is not listed in the description, neither is "Missing You at the McCoys" and a couple albums with him as pianist for the Raspberry Jam Band. Oh also missing is "Brier Plays Marchese".

@RagtimeRoman 2 жыл бұрын

Whoops! Thanks for pointing out that mistake! It’s fixed now.

@hudaiproductions5738 2 жыл бұрын

@@RagtimeRoman that’s good that you fixed it 👍

@Dewabarasunderan 2 жыл бұрын

Love that you’re looking out for his legacy!

@KawhackitaRag 2 жыл бұрын

@@RagtimeRoman I have "Brier Plays Marchese". I bought it direct from Eric Marchese. He *might* have a few copies left but I'm not sure. This CD came out in 1998 I believe. approx. 2/3 of the CD are Eric's solo compositions, and the last few (I think) are some of his collaborations with Tom. I believe Eric has composed over 40 (over 50?) pieces so this is by no means all his work but is a good sampler of some of his best tunes from before 2000. It's not even all the collaborations with Tom as they wrote several more after that.

@KawhackitaRag 2 жыл бұрын

@@RagtimeRoman I just found my copy of this CD. Here is the information: Brier Plays Marchese Andrew's note: all tracks are solo piano performances by Tom Brier EXCEPT tracks 4, 5, 7, 10, and 14 as noted. All tracks are composed by Eric Marchese, except tracks 15-17 which are collaborations by Tom Brier & Eric Marchese. 1. Oak Leaf Rag (1983) 2. Great Pond Rag (1988) 3. French Park Rag (1988) 4. The Ragtime Warbler (1988) : original synthesizer orchestral arrangement by Tom Brier 5. The World Premiere (1988) : original synthesizer orchestral arrangement by Tom Brier 6. Rapunzel's Regret (1989-90) 7. New Age Rag (1988-89) : original synthesizer orchestral arrangement by Tom Brier 8. Halcyon Days (1990) 9. A New England Yuletide (1991) 10. Winnin' Time (1991) : original synthesizer orchestral arrangement by Tom Brier 11-13. Rag Suite - To the Classicists: 11. One for J. F. L. (1991-92) 12. Uncle James (1993) 13. The Dream of Ragtime (1992) 14. Prometheus Rag (1994) : this is a computer-synthesized rendition made from an orchestration of this piece made by Galen Wilkes. 15. Millenium Rag (Brier-Marchese, 1994) 16. Consistency Rag(Brier-Marchese, 1996) 17. Calaveras Rag (Brier-Marchese, 1997) 18. A Barrel-House Bawl (1997) E. M. Music Publishing All materials copyright (c) 1998 by Eric Marchese I don't know what keyboard/electric piano and synthesizer Tom used to perform these works. It is not mentioned anywhere in the liner notes.

@AzlanValentine 2 жыл бұрын

The legend!! What a talented human being hope he’s doing well

@pianothrone7965 Жыл бұрын

I’m really sorry to be the bearer of bad news but Tom was in a car accident a few years back. He can’t walk or talk but he is getting better. Sending love to his family

@AzlanValentine Жыл бұрын

@@pianothrone7965 yea I've been following the situation since it happened :(

@turnkey_hole Жыл бұрын

Never forget that his family denies him the standard of care that could allow him to function better.

@hotgarbage1475 4 ай бұрын

For what reasons?

@artie360 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ron,

@jollylawyer9999 2 жыл бұрын

This needs to get over a million views

@portgasdace3295 Жыл бұрын

Hey great video, I was wondering if you could re-upload the video with Tom, Brian and Danny playing razor blade 1:05 since foundring account as been terminated, really loved this one and bunch of foundring's pieces such a shame

@RagtimeRoman Ай бұрын

Apologies for the year-late reply! Unfortunately, I no longer have that video. I had to remove video downloads from my computer storage and put them on a USB stick and then the stick became corrupted.

@deem7478 Жыл бұрын

What a gift of talent! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

@pi5549 Жыл бұрын

I'd upload that bio to Wikipedia.

@noteboxes Жыл бұрын

Great video. Will definitely watch part 2.

@jollylawyer9999 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@leifvejby8023 2 жыл бұрын

That Maple leaf rag!

@RS-gl9ht Жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading this wonderful video - such fun! Looking forward to Part 2.

@d1ce_tv 2 жыл бұрын

i love this, thank you for putting the work into compiling these

@metanogaming412 2 жыл бұрын

just thanks you

@andrewbarrett1537 Жыл бұрын

Hi RagtimeRoman, I have the CD “Brier Plays Marchese”. It dates from 1998. Now you can update the description of this video. It’s a great CD by the way, one of Tom’s best with some of my favorite rags.

@andrewbarrett1537 Жыл бұрын

*oops just saw I already replied to this via my other channel.