WTF? Is this guy from Earth? 3500 compositions? I never heard of him until 10 minutes ago! He's a freak on the keyboard... and he died in 1985. He was amazing.
+55DepotStreet Thank you 55 DepotStreet. He did way more than 3500 compositions, more like 6000+ And as his daughter, I got to hear a lot of them from the very first note to completion.
@@jaynieguarnieridame5909 did you have any idea how fabulous your dad was? I mean he did stuff on the keys that even Horowitz could not have done...Stealing Apples, for example...insanely extraordinary! Beyond superlative ...simply no words can do justice to his talent. His left hand was flawless and without equal.
It really bothers me that so many people are saying they dislike this basically because they can't follow along. Yes 5/4 is more difficult for most to follow because we are accustomed typically to 4/4 time, but I guarantee if you listen to this piece 5-10 times counting along to the rhythm, it will seem to flow much more smoothly, and you may even start to really enjoy it. Some music is meant to be listened to multiple times and isn't always going to be all it's going to be when listened to the first time. I mean opinions are opinions though, so here's mine :)
+PersianPlatypus Thank you PersianPlatypus you are correct. I wasn't a fan in the beginning, but it does grow on you. He does Yesterday, by the Beetles in 5/4 time as well. It is incredible. and yes I am related, I am his daughter.
Wow I'll have to check that out. I wish I could have seen your father in concert, but being only 18, he was sadly before my time. That's the beauty of music though, because I can close my eyes and play along with this on my piano and I feel like I'm there. Also, you're very welcome because I think this performance deserves so much more credit than some are giving it. Just my opinion again though hahah :)
See I was first trying to attune my ear cus 5/4 is uncommon but once I started doin a tapping metro with my finger it worked but it still so odd to me. Music is wonderful
@@jaynieguarnieridame5909 I was privileged to hear your dad play live several times at "Tail of the Cock" i978-79 as a guest of my aunt and uncle, Bob & Carol Taber. I am sure he played this arrangement of Maple Leaf Rag there. When he was aware I lived in Indiana he played "Back Home Again in Indiana". At my uncle's urging, Johnny surprised me during a visit Sept. 1978 with an original composition, "Waltz For Wade", a waltz in 5/4 time. The original manuscript is sitting next to me as I type this. In Feb(?) 1978 I got to hear/observe part of his recording session at Pasadena City College for the album "Stealin' Apples and I have an autographed copy of the vinyl LP. I was greatly saddened when Uncle Bob called to tell me of Johnny's heart attack. I just finished watching the movie "An American Tail", which your dad played on the soundtrack for the song "There Are No Cats In America". Great memories for me.
That's what I was thinking too. The original is 2/4, so unless he's converted all the notes to twice the value (and then doubled the tempo), then it is indeed 5/8, not 5/4.
@@GabrielA-mw4in The downbeat is definitely felt in cycles of 5s, but “123 12” is easier to count at that speed than “12345”. In fact, at that tempo it sounds more like 5/8 imo. But 6/4 or 6/8 is usually felt as “123 123”. (Dividing it in 2s like “12 12 12” is usually described in 3/4, because there’s three clear quarter note pulses)
Unfrikking believable! Importing and fuzing jazz and bebop into classic ragtime. One of the most amazing renditions I've ever heard! Bravo!! Joplin would be impressed.
+Jaynie Guarnieri Dame I agree! He was amazing. This arrangement of Maple leaf rag is incredible. Can you get me a copy of it? I would love to play it! Thanks 😊
Zachary Thomas actually I am his daughter and Ilse is/was his God daughter. What is so hard to believe? There’s a book coming out next year about him. Check it out and you’ll see who I am.
@@jaynieguarnieridame5909 no flipping way that is literally the sickest thing ever im not kidding dude to have a father as amazing at piano as this guy?
@@sirpizza2044 Why Thank you very much Sirpizza. I am very proud of him. we have a FB page too, I try to post old photo's of him during the swing era, along with photos from people who worked with him. The book came out finally last year. It is a discography and it is very interesting if you like that era. We are all very proud of him and the book.
The second movement of Symphony No. 6 by Tchaikovsky, in 5/4, is sometimes called, "The three-legged waltz." And here is some 5/4 dancing: czcams.com/video/8rYNUQhcTB4/video.html
I could not agree more....he was an exquisite player and I realize this was a brilliantly atypical Guarneri approach....there will never be a substitute for the greatest rag ever written's original version but this is, as you say, is most intriguing. I wish Johnny were still around as he would have been fascinating to have talked with and listened to! Yes, would really enjoy chatting with you at the WCRF sometime!
I spent an unforgettable evening with Johnny at Hanratty's, NYC, in 1982.. I would argue that he is among the greatest 3 or 4 stride pianists of all time, belonging in the same conversation with James P. , Fats, and Don Ewell.
Immense Johnny! The note-for-note transcription of this great interpretation is found in my folio "The Soul of Blues, Stride & Swing Piano" (Ekay Music)
Never did that, but definitely have performed that hymn on heroin lol. Church gigs are awesome but wayyy too close to Saturday night(not that the day of the week would have remotely mattered at that point in my life tbh)
A lot of Greek Cypriot folk music is in 5/4 time, and if you have roots there the rhythm is in the bones. Not at all unusual. However, I agree that this should be described as 5/8 time.
I used to watch Johnny play this, and others, live. He was house pianist at Tail of the Cock for years. People would come up and ask to sing along with him. He hated it. So, he played in 5 beats to get rid of them!
I must not have hit "post" or if I did, I'm sorry if it got posted twice! It went something like this: I've always loved this arrangement. I wonder if all of the "likes" know how difficult this is? It puts it somewhere in the ballpark of Dave Brubeck's rendition of "The Unsquare Dance" in 7/8 time. Wonderful stuff!
one day CZcams shows me maple leaf rag videos all the time, then I see a video about songs in 5/4 and now I'm presented a video which combines them both yt knows what it's doing
I once was in a restaurant where they had canned music playing and a friend of mine pointed out that Take-5 was playing, but it was in 4/4 time. Hilarious!
Actually not too far off from what I was imagining before the music started -- sort of a cross between the Maple Leaf Rag and Take Five, and it works surprisingly well even on the first playthrough. Since the announcer was mentioning classical training in the introduction, I'll mention Tchiakovsky's Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique", of which the second movement is in 5/4 time, although the way the measures are paired makes it really more like 10/4 time, yet it sounds like a very credible waltz.
Hi Terry, You meet the best piano players on CZcams! Glad you like it, but I don't think it's really a substitute for Maple Leaf in 2/4, just an intriguing variation. Guarnieri is a sort of unsung hero of stride piano. I hope you make it out to the West Coast Ragtime Festival again sometime.
The note-for-note transcription of this truly great performance is available in this folio: www.amazon.com/Soul-Blues-Stride-Swing-Piano/dp/0757980503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455482476&sr=8-1&keywords=the+soul+of+blues+stride+%26+swing
I have always admired the incredible virtuosity of Guarnieri and very, very much appreciate this awesome arrangement, but after hearing this composition played in a regular meter I can never really "catch" the flow or rhythm of what he is doing...but again not to detract from what must have been an incredibly challenging arrangement of this classic!
+Steven Koehler Pretty sure it was somewhere between '69 and '71 His Breakthrough in 5/4 came out in 66/67 and he continued to work on recordings in 5/4 time. So I think this was one of the later ones.
I love this. I remember listening to him when he played at the Tail of the Cock restaurant. Here's my version of Maple Leaf Rag, but in 7/16 time. czcams.com/video/6Bw5zicmdp4/video.html
I would describe the Maple Leaf Rag in 5/4 time as "ragtime, except you're having a stroke."
Alex Delarge HAHAHAHA. Brilliant.
I like that! To me, it sounds like a rare ragtime-waltz hybrid.
xD
The music starts at 1:42
WTF? Is this guy from Earth? 3500 compositions? I never heard of him until 10 minutes ago! He's a freak on the keyboard... and he died in 1985. He was amazing.
+55DepotStreet Thank you 55 DepotStreet. He did way more than 3500 compositions, more like 6000+ And as his daughter, I got to hear a lot of them from the very first note to completion.
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@@jaynieguarnieridame5909 Hi Jaynie pls let's link up dotseraphael@gmail.com
@@jaynieguarnieridame5909 did you have any idea how fabulous your dad was? I mean he did stuff on the keys that even Horowitz could not have done...Stealing Apples, for example...insanely extraordinary! Beyond superlative ...simply no words can do justice to his talent. His left hand was flawless and without equal.
Steve Allen wrote 8,500 songs. I don't know who has the record.
It really bothers me that so many people are saying they dislike this basically because they can't follow along. Yes 5/4 is more difficult for most to follow because we are accustomed typically to 4/4 time, but I guarantee if you listen to this piece 5-10 times counting along to the rhythm, it will seem to flow much more smoothly, and you may even start to really enjoy it. Some music is meant to be listened to multiple times and isn't always going to be all it's going to be when listened to the first time. I mean opinions are opinions though, so here's mine :)
+PersianPlatypus Thank you PersianPlatypus you are correct. I wasn't a fan in the beginning, but it does grow on you. He does Yesterday, by the Beetles in 5/4 time as well. It is incredible. and yes I am related, I am his daughter.
Wow I'll have to check that out. I wish I could have seen your father in concert, but being only 18, he was sadly before my time. That's the beauty of music though, because I can close my eyes and play along with this on my piano and I feel like I'm there. Also, you're very welcome because I think this performance deserves so much more credit than some are giving it. Just my opinion again though hahah :)
1 -2-3 1-2 works first time
I am accustomed to fluctuating rhythms though
See I was first trying to attune my ear cus 5/4 is uncommon but once I started doin a tapping metro with my finger it worked but it still so odd to me. Music is wonderful
@@jaynieguarnieridame5909 I was privileged to hear your dad play live several times at "Tail of the Cock" i978-79 as a guest of my aunt and uncle, Bob & Carol Taber. I am sure he played this arrangement of Maple Leaf Rag there. When he was aware I lived in Indiana he played "Back Home Again in Indiana". At my uncle's urging, Johnny surprised me during a visit Sept. 1978 with an original composition, "Waltz For Wade", a waltz in 5/4 time. The original manuscript is sitting next to me as I type this. In Feb(?) 1978 I got to hear/observe part of his recording session at Pasadena City College for the album "Stealin' Apples and I have an autographed copy of the vinyl LP. I was greatly saddened when Uncle Bob called to tell me of Johnny's heart attack. I just finished watching the movie "An American Tail", which your dad played on the soundtrack for the song "There Are No Cats In America". Great memories for me.
its like his hands have a stuttering problem...
+Jake Allen OH SHIT
Lol. I literally LAUGHED at this.
ikr
This is intriguingly beautiful
+Pizzas of Eight So is your name!
Joplin was a GENIUS who still doesn't get his due.
Yea
Actually, it's in 5/8, adding an eighth to the original 2/4, isn't it? Really fun. I can imagine that Joplin would have gotten such a kick out of it.
That's what I was thinking too. The original is 2/4, so unless he's converted all the notes to twice the value (and then doubled the tempo), then it is indeed 5/8, not 5/4.
***** Um. Look at the score. It's in 2/4. Here's the original score: imslp.nl/imglnks/usimg/9/98/IMSLP270188-PMLP06700-Maple_Leaf_Rag.pdf
genius!
actually it's really garbage.
***** I feel sorry for you deaf idiots.
if you keep counting "1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5" in your head it's easy and fun to follow :)
I think you mean "1-2-3 1-2 1-2-3 1-2" because that's how it's phrased
daamn, I did that as I listen hahahaha
Never heard it in 5/4 before. Fantastic. Thanks Johnny.
Count “123 12 123 12” and 5/4 is MUCH easier to follow along.
Tom Brier used to call it “2 and a half”!
Isn't that 6/4 lol
@@GabrielA-mw4in The downbeat is definitely felt in cycles of 5s, but “123 12” is easier to count at that speed than “12345”. In fact, at that tempo it sounds more like 5/8 imo. But 6/4 or 6/8 is usually
felt as “123 123”. (Dividing it in 2s like “12 12 12” is usually described in 3/4, because there’s three clear quarter note pulses)
@@noel6024and this is why musicians can also make brilliant matheticians 😂
This is so wonderful! I really love what he does with the tune in the last theme
my brain can't follow this, and I'm a musician! lol crazy stuff
me too!!!
1-2-3 1-2 1-2-3 1-2...
Dotted Crotchet/Crotchet
Think like Adam Gorb style
1-2-3-4-5 1-2-3-4-5
@@sub-zeroseanotrs1857 crotchet grab
I really like the refrain part that starts at 3:17 in 5/4 for some reason
When you try to play the maple leaf rag while drunk
I've been driving myself crazy listening to this for the sake of learning it, so the variation of this arrangement is refreshing!
Unfrikking believable! Importing and fuzing jazz and bebop into classic ragtime. One of the most amazing renditions I've ever heard! Bravo!! Joplin would be impressed.
+E. Goldie I agree with you!
+Ian Grant Thanks he was an amazing man. So talented and authentic
+Jaynie Guarnieri Dame I agree! He was amazing. This arrangement of Maple leaf rag is incredible. Can you get me a copy of it? I would love to play it! Thanks 😊
Guarnieri is really a great pianist with a great sense of humor and swing
Almost turned it into a waltz - Very creative and highly SKILLED
It's great to see my God Father in action. Never saw this performance of his. Growing up I loved to hear him play and yes he had really small hands!
99% of the people on here are just claiming to be related to this man wtf i doubt it all
Small hands rule! You may even become president.
Zachary Thomas actually I am his daughter and Ilse is/was his God daughter. What is so hard to believe? There’s a book coming out next year about him. Check it out and you’ll see who I am.
@@jaynieguarnieridame5909 no flipping way that is literally the sickest thing ever im not kidding dude to have a father as amazing at piano as this guy?
@@sirpizza2044 Why Thank you very much Sirpizza. I am very proud of him. we have a FB page too, I try to post old photo's of him during the swing era, along with photos from people who worked with him. The book came out finally last year. It is a discography and it is very interesting if you like that era. We are all very proud of him and the book.
After learning this song in 4/4 having a helluva time, this makes me feel like I have to relearn it again.
...and I thought I could play the Maple Leaf Rag ! I feel thoroughly humiliated. This man was fabulous.
you cn, but hes on another level
Man Jazz Club was soooo ahead of its time….smoooooth
Phenomenal playing. Bravo!
The most honest, not rushed, cover bravo
Dazzling. Love it.
This is delightfully insane!
Excellent idea! I second the motion.
I love it!
Damn I haven't seen Al Hirt for decades! He had some great hits.
Never heard this before - just GREAT! Greetings from Germany, H.
So fabulous! Different, but great.
Just look at how relaxed his are...that is the secret to being able to play this kinda peice.
5/4 is such a cool time signature! I can play some things fairly easy in it because of the aggressive waltz feel.
This is so familiar to me, but completely undanceable to.
The second movement of Symphony No. 6 by Tchaikovsky, in 5/4, is sometimes called, "The three-legged waltz."
And here is some 5/4 dancing: czcams.com/video/8rYNUQhcTB4/video.html
I could not agree more....he was an exquisite player and I realize this was a brilliantly atypical Guarneri approach....there will never be a substitute for the greatest rag ever written's original version but this is, as you say, is most intriguing. I wish Johnny were still around as he would have been fascinating to have talked with and listened to! Yes, would really enjoy chatting with you at the WCRF sometime!
I spent an unforgettable evening with Johnny at Hanratty's, NYC, in 1982.. I would argue that he is among the greatest 3 or 4 stride pianists of all time, belonging in the same conversation with James P. , Fats, and Don Ewell.
Great arrangement!
This is really fun :)
I didn't expect it to be so different but I thoroughly enjoy hearing it
If you don't like this, just listen to the Mission Impossible theme a few times and then give this another listen.
I don't get it, is mission impossible in 5/4?
@@sirpizza2044 It is, yes.
Immense Johnny! The note-for-note transcription of this great interpretation is found in my folio "The Soul of Blues, Stride & Swing Piano" (Ekay Music)
1:30 intro... back in the days tv airtime was free :)
Simplement prodigieux !...
Neat party trick. It almost starts to sound "normal" after a while.
The Maple Leaf Rag in 5/4 is like playing 'Amazing Grace' whilst tripping on acid.
Never did that, but definitely have performed that hymn on heroin lol. Church gigs are awesome but wayyy too close to Saturday night(not that the day of the week would have remotely mattered at that point in my life tbh)
Ragtime: usually has a part of improvisation and literally means 'ragged time'.
Musician: plays ragtime with a twist.
People in the comments: 👁️👄👁️
I think I love you.
A lot of Greek Cypriot folk music is in 5/4 time, and if you have roots there the rhythm is in the bones. Not at all unusual. However, I agree that this should be described as 5/8 time.
If Rush ever needed a piano player, this is the guy.
BRILLIANT!!!
I used to watch Johnny play this, and others, live. He was house pianist at Tail of the Cock for years. People would come up and ask to sing along with him. He hated it. So, he played in 5 beats to get rid of them!
Awesome!!!
I must not have hit "post" or if I did, I'm sorry if it got posted twice! It went something like this: I've always loved this arrangement. I wonder if all of the "likes" know how difficult this is? It puts it somewhere in the ballpark of Dave Brubeck's rendition of "The Unsquare Dance" in 7/8 time. Wonderful stuff!
Crazy. He should try a 7/8 with 3/4 on the right hand. I stink at it but someone like him that can really play might find the beauty in it....cheers
Great!
Starts at 1:44
1:42
Incredibile.
unbelievable
Staggering!
Piano genius.
Fighissimo
one day CZcams shows me maple leaf rag videos all the time, then I see a video about songs in 5/4 and now I'm presented a video which combines them both
yt knows what it's doing
I once was in a restaurant where they had canned music playing and a friend of mine pointed out that Take-5 was playing, but it was in 4/4 time. Hilarious!
Actually not too far off from what I was imagining before the music started -- sort of a cross between the Maple Leaf Rag and Take Five, and it works surprisingly well even on the first playthrough.
Since the announcer was mentioning classical training in the introduction, I'll mention Tchiakovsky's Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique", of which the second movement is in 5/4 time, although the way the measures are paired makes it really more like 10/4 time, yet it sounds like a very credible waltz.
I love JGs atyle. Anybody out there have a video of his left-hand only tune titled UNO ??
+solong36 I might Let me look around.
this is so cursed. i played maple leaf rag awhile back and it just feels so odd. it's wonderful, but man is it cursed, knowing the original so well
HOLY SHIT.
Klasse!
Hi Terry,
You meet the best piano players on CZcams!
Glad you like it, but I don't think it's really a substitute for Maple Leaf in 2/4, just an intriguing variation. Guarnieri is a sort of unsung hero of stride piano.
I hope you make it out to the West Coast Ragtime Festival again sometime.
I don't know if you heard it, but I heard that piano boast a sigh of relief that he was finished.
The note-for-note transcription of this truly great performance is available in this folio: www.amazon.com/Soul-Blues-Stride-Swing-Piano/dp/0757980503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455482476&sr=8-1&keywords=the+soul+of+blues+stride+%26+swing
this is a total mindfuck
Check "Stefano Bollani's Maple Leaf Rag" for even more craziness in times signatures...
Wowww ! :-)
I have always admired the incredible virtuosity of Guarnieri and very, very much appreciate this awesome arrangement, but after hearing this composition played in a regular meter I can never really "catch" the flow or rhythm of what he is doing...but again not to detract from what must have been an incredibly challenging arrangement of this classic!
I prefer the original time signature, but this guy is clearly a master of the keyboard, and I am enjoying his rendition.
GAVIN!!!!
🔥
My sister is the pianist in our family... she's gonna get a kick outta this.
I'd love to hear you play maple leaf in 5/4 Martin, with your own twist on this arrangement
lord vinheteiro!
He’s so talented :) 🎶🌊🎹💙✨ I just wanna cuddle him ^^
what the actual fuck
Is there any sheets for this?
Me, a level 4 pianist: Wait... thats illegal!
Intro man's voice is pure gravel
clever! masterful! But........errr
Where's Paul Desmond's solo?
Does anybody know what year this is? (I'm guessing late 60's)
1983. The program was called "America's Music" (source: David Meeker's "Jazz on the Screen").
+Steven Koehler Pretty sure it was somewhere between '69 and '71 His Breakthrough in 5/4 came out in 66/67 and he continued to work on recordings in 5/4 time. So I think this was one of the later ones.
Like trying to catch my breath here
when u go to benny's workshop instead of Los Santos garage
this is very jazzy
skip to 1:40 to hear him start playing
(starts at about 1:38)
Before I watched this clip of this artist, I was an atheist. Now having watched this, I am a man of God.
Can somebody explain to me what is happening here ? Why is this sound a bit different ? What is 5/4 actually means to this
He's adding a beat to every bar.
Skip to 1:39 to hear him play
It means its impossible to describe a legend in 30 or 40 seconds. Time check you too more than a minute
I love this. I remember listening to him when he played at the Tail of the Cock restaurant.
Here's my version of Maple Leaf Rag, but in 7/16 time. czcams.com/video/6Bw5zicmdp4/video.html
What? Is there a quarter more?
How in the hell?!??!
Plays it like the piano is on fire, and he needs to finish the song before running for his life!