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Zez Confrey at the Piano (27 Piano Solos). By Edward Elzear "Zez" Confrey (1895-1971). Edited by Richard Dowling. Artist/Personality Book; Piano Collection. Ragtime. Novelty. Jazz. Intermediate to Advanced. 139 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 0739093371.
This collection represents a cross-section of Confrey’s works and encompasses the broad range of his styles including classical works, ragtime, and jazz. Besides his famous 1920s novelty works (including “Kitten on the Keys” and "Dizzy Fingers"), there are many wonderful, lesser-known gems of remarkable quality included here from later in his career. Appearing for the first time in print are transcriptions of one of his disc recordings (“Poor Buttermilk”) and two of his player piano roll arrangements (“My Pet” and “Humorestless”). Many of Confrey’s later works have long been out of print and are included here for the first time in decades.
Pianist Richard Dowling has included fingerings and performance suggestions along with detailed preface notes.
Contents:
Audacity
The Birds' Carnival
Champagne
Coaxing the Piano
Concert Etude in F-sharp Minor
Della Robbia
Dizzy Fingers
Fantasy of Today (Jazz & Classical)
Fourth Dimension
Greenwich Witch
Heaven's Garden
Humorestless
Jay Walk
Kinda Careless from African Suite
Kitten on the Keys
Midsummer's Nightmare
My Pet
Nickel in the Slot
Novelette from "Three Little Oddities"
Oriental Fantasy
Poor Buttermilk
Relaxation from "Moods of a New Yorker"
Smart Alec
Stumbling (paraphrase)
Ultra-Ultra
You Tell 'Em, Ivories