Fun with 2 pianos -- Max Keenlyside & Tom Brier

[@Carmela1957]

I don't know who I am more impressed by --- Max with no music in front of him or Tom being able to sight-read on the spot !!! THANKS for posting all of these GREAT videos !!!

[@johnhowieson3559]

They’re all great. Tom is a fabulous site reader, he can even put something totally new with little or no papers; essentially just … watch me! But my big Question? WILL HE EVER BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN? Maybe on a small scale!

[@DugrozReports]

@@johnhowieson3559 Something we are all wanting to know / hoping / praying for.

[@PiotrBarcz]

Max wrote the first tune so it would be understandable that he would be have it memorized

[@hoisenbarg2]

I'm sure!@@johnhowieson3559

[@oogalook]

Freaking finger wizards, I love them.

[@nathanchasse8189]

Two great artists on two great pianos... can't beat it

[@sethlord9270]

Wow they've blended beautifully

[@sethbarry8811]

Paino music makes me so happy 😊, and can put a smile on my face even when I'm down in the dumps.

[@zuzannawisniewska4464]

These, my friends are talents...can't beat...great video...from Chicago, Illinois.

[@martiglesias60]

Two masters on the piano!

[@isambo400]

Almost forgot to listen to this today

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Estoy oyendo ahora

[@dank980]

i love tom's reaction to max playing elephant tracks

[@PiotrBarcz]

And then Max started playing Uncle Ben's Cakewalk and Tom just shouts "Oo00oOO0oh!!!!!"

[@jordan4748]

So much talent. Not to believe! You need so much talent and skill for improvisation like this... wow!

[@MrKerroro]

still loving this after all these years

[@JackTheSkunk]

Tom and Max....it doesn't get much better. I particularly like to hear these two gents because they write rags as well as playing the old ones. I actually enjoy these new compositions more than the oldies.

[@pi5549]

That looks like Adam Swanson behind Max's piano. This festival is surely the Valhalla of the Ragtime Gods. One day I will make the journey from England!

[@MrDemi1233]

happy 10 years anniversary! :)

[@Keeper1st]

@Jikyu Heh... If only! I just record several videos and post them over a long period of time. I still have some shot in July and August that haven't been posted yet, as well as a bunch more from this festival last month.

[@PiotrBarcz]

I like Elephant Tracks with swing at the more laid back tempo, it sounds much more like a foxtrot!

[@philipstevenson5166]

always fun to see a young guy gamely trying to hang on to a freight train

[@Keeper1st]

@orangeoranges11 As explained in the description, that was originally published as "Uncle Ben's Cakewalk" but Tom identified it twice here as "Narcissus" so maybe he has changed its name. It appears in Tom's first folio.

[@johnhowieson3559]

I’m hoping Tom is well. It would be fabulous to hear him back where he belongs, in front of the piano! :)

[@Keeper1st]

Fabulous, but unrealistic.

[@Keeper1st]

@Carmela1957 Well, keep in mind that the music on Tom's piano is only the first tune, "Airplane to Chicago", which he has played before. I do have a video of his very first sight-read of it, though.

[@PiotrBarcz]

I literally just realized that Adam Swanson and Frederick Hodges were standing over the pianos the whole time and I never noticed them xD (how is that even possible, Frederick is 6 and a half feet tall for christ's sake xD)

[@mateiarhire497]

why all these tom brier improvisations are so underrated?..

[@DejaView]

Not to mention the very much under appreciated compositions of both Tom & Max! Truly two of the greats in ragtime history moving forward into the 21st Century....

[@jordan4748]

Did max practise all these tom brier compositions before or does he play it only by ear?

[@Keeper1st]

I'm sure he played them many times before.

[@StuartSimon]

Funny. KZbin picked up the electrical signals in my brain when I thought yesterday I should caption it to keep track of the number of times the final strain of each piece is repeated. I became familiar with Elephant Tracks through this, and anything that takes the final strain into overdrive is definitive in my book.

[@joan9569]

Extraordinary!

[@stephenmarc711]

Do not challenge his man

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Cómo enlazan varios temas con que facilidad son unos genios

[@PiotrBarcz]

Ah, Airplane to Chicago was the first one! Sounds like Airplane to St. Louis!

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Que dos pianistas tan buenos y que conjuntados que gusto oírlos . Son fantasticos

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Que coordinación tan maravillosa ❤❤

[@gabbyfromTX]

Very nice! Great toe-tappin' fun! How I wish I could've attended this year's RagFest. Perhaps next year? ~Michael~

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Todos los dias escucho alguna pieza tocada por ellos. Son grandes pianistas

[@nathanchasse8189]

Not a single dislike!

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Que dos pianistas geniales. Improvisan sobre un tema y están conjuntados perfectos

[@isambo400]

Is the music for Elephant Tracks available anywhere?

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Que pianistas tan buenos los dos

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Son unos genios. Ellos disfrutan tocando y yo disfruto oyéndolos. Que facilidad para pasar de un tema a otro

[@TheBullMoose95]

We're Not Worthy!!!

[@Rucra1]

I wouId like to play Elephant Tracks and Uncle Ben's Cakewalk. Is there a way you can send me Tom Brier's email so I can contact him? Or could you send me both scores? Thank you!

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Geniales los dos vaya duo

[@DugrozReports]

"That was Nar . . ."

[@Keeper1st]

He said it was "Narcissus" which surely was a joke, for it was "Uncle Ben's Cakewalk".

[@dugroz]

@@Keeper1st I read your description (thanks!) that there was some uncertainty, but I'm still wondering ... what is the joke? Isn't "Narcissus" a type of flower?

[@Keeper1st]

@@dugroz There's a famous slow piano piece from about 1917 by that name. kzbin.info/www/bejne/noaXe5-qi56cg68

[@DugrozReports]

@@Keeper1st Ah, now it makes sense! Thanks.

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Que coordinación tan perfecta tienen

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Son dos pianistas geniales

[@orangeoranges11]

what is the name of the song that starts at 10:40?

[@Chaosmod_PvP]

Uncle bens cakewalk i think

[@user-jw8jn7lh8c]

cool

[@orangeoranges11]

@Keeper1st thanks

[@blasterblaster4015]

i think tom would look like a boss, bald

[@PiotrBarcz]

Man, wouldn't it be nice if someone had a sound recorder or two pointed at the backs of the pianos? Would be really nice to have studio quality sound of this

[@jackkenefick2696]

I feel like I want to buy a Monorail

[@MariaLopez-nk3mi]

Lo de tener la partitura no creo que la necesiten para nada. Ellos son los mejores que yo he oído

[@jkrai9684]

3 people have no taste in music

[@nathang.1744]

2:57

[@pi5549]

It's a funny ole world we live in. The masses clamour for some average Joe doing karaoke on someone else's song on X factor. And something like this... it's generally a church hall or something with a few people milling about. Funny ole world.

[@Keeper1st]

It's a hotel hallway, spilled out from a big post-festival dinner party at the hotel restaurant.

[@pi5549]

@@Keeper1st Hey Keeper. You've captured some wonderful stuff on film. Thanks so much. I have a friend that reminds me of Tom. He's borderline autistic, and comes across as goofy. But prodigious on piano and maths / computer code. But he can't improvise. He never unlocked that door I guess. I'm so sorry to hear of what happened to Tom. How is he these days? How much did his brain get knocked out of shape? Could he still create music if he could get the signals out? And would he care to? Neuralink might be an option...

[@Keeper1st]

@@pi5549 Tom's brain injury was described by a neurologist as "grim". Tom can doodle intelligently at a piano keyboard just fine. I never was able to convice him to use any kind of apparatus for writing down music though. It's hard to say but maybe he'd want to do it the same way he always did on pen and paper, but he doesn't have the motor skills for that.

[@pi5549]

@@Keeper1st That is deeply sobering. I can only thank you for your diligence in capturing and sharing these moments that continue to bring a warmth and a ray of light to so many. If he's still able to think thoughts as he was before the crash, and just can't get the signals out through his nervous system Neuralink will offer a bridge, and I'd expect the team to readily pick up the challenge. But that sounds like a steep if. PS This ragtime festival sounds glourious.

[@Degenerate_Gen]

transition at 1:45 was obscene

[@supermarc]

nice neckbeard