Bill Gaither (Leroy's Buddy) - Love Trifling Blues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Ie... #BillGaither #Blues #BluesPiano
#BluesAroundTheWorld #BluesSinger #OldBlues #BluesPlayer #PianoBlues

Upright Blues - improvising on practice pianos Stan Stewart - @muz4now

"Upright Blues"
just turned 5-years-old
#UprightPiano #PianoBlues #PianoImprov

Upright Blues – improvising on practice pianos ### Please share! * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Imagine this with me: it’s summertime. We’re on the campus of a university with a large music school. No two upright pianos are the same, so each improvisation shares this individuality. Click To Tweet ## Let’s Play Upright In each of several buildings, there are dozens of practice rooms. In each of them stands an upright piano. Now, these pianos have been overheated in the summer. There is nothing to control the moisture in these practice rooms either, so whatever happens to the soundboard just happens. Perhaps a few frustrated students have struck these keyboards with extra fervor. Certainly, over the years, most of them have lost the veneer from their keys and woodwork. A few have completely lost a key or two. This is how upright pianos show their vulnerability. ## Just Practicing There are uprights by famous brands and by unknown makers. No two pianos seem to match. Even the ones that look similar have a sound character that is unique. Part of the magic of these pianos is their brokenness. In a way that’s almost human, their character and beauty come through right where one might think they most need to be “fixed”. ## Upright Piano Love I’m not sure why — maybe it’s something in the air of the campus — but these uprights seem to call out for the blues. As much as my brain might want to go somewhere else, my fingers keep drifting to various blues stylings as I improvise on each of them. As I continue to ponder and to play, I realize that this is quite natural: of course, these uprights play the blues. There is no music so true. Rich with both melancholy and playfulness, the blues tell the story of these upright pianos and the people who have practiced on them. There are seven more improvisations on this album. But I must warn you that these piano improvs are raw and unedited. Listen at your own risk. ### Please share! * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * More * * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * ### Like this: Like Loading... ### _More for you_ * * * ### Discover more from Stan Stewart - @muz4now Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe

"Upright Blues"
just turned 5-years-old
#UprightPiano #PianoBlues #PianoImprov
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Standing Ovation

♬〜 Count Basie - Li'l Darlin' - Live At The Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas/1969 💿Standing Ovation
#Jazz #Swing #BigBand #American #PianoBlues #NowPlaying

#WochenendOhrwuermer #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

🎹🎶 Piano 🎶🎹

"I came back as a bag of groceries, accidentally taken off the shelf before the date stamped on myself..."

"Dead" by They Might Be Giants ("Flood", 1990)

#PianoBlues

Leroy Carr was born #OTD in 1905!

#Blues #UrbanBlues #PianoBlues #BluesSky

Image shows Champion Jack Dupree – The Best Of The Blues album on cassette.

Starting my week with:
Champion Jack Dupree – The Best Of The Blues
The seventh album by the American pianist and singer. First released on vinyl in 1963. This is the 1987 Amiga reissue on cassette.

#CassetteCollection
#VinylCommunity
#MusicSky
#NowPlaying
#ChampionJackDupree
#Blues
#PianoBlues

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN96...

#Blues #PianoBlues #Soul #BluesSky

I'm NOT ashamed to admit this song makes me cry. It's one of the greatest blues songs I've ever heard.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwAE...

#Blues #BoogieWoogie #PianoBlues #BluesSky

Scottie Miller - I'm In Love With You
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAyQ... #ScottieMiller
#Blues #BluesMan #BluesAroundTheWorld #PianoBlues #BluesPlayer

Scottie Miller - East St Louis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTZo... #ScottieMiller
#Blues #BluesMan #BluesAroundTheWorld #PianoBlues #BluesPlayer

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky

January 30 | A song from 1984

"And then I find someone's been in my locker. And left me a note that said I can't sing..."

"I'll Do Anything but Break Dance for Ya, Darling" by Daniel Johnston ("Retired Boxer", 1984)

#PianoBlues #LoFi

OTIS SPANN - THE BLUES OF OTIS SPANN audioblog de blues, programas o podcast de blues en castellano desde 2007. Blues. Country Blues. Rhythm Blues. Delta Blues. Downhome Blues. Podcasting

BLUES SYNDICATE
OTIS SPANN - THE BLUES OF OTIS SPANN bluessyndicate.blogspot.com/2026/01/otis...

#blues #piano #pianoblues #OtisSpann #folk #country #countryblues

A vinyl record sits on a turntable. Behind the turntable, a vinyl album outer sleeve is displayed. The front cover shows An image of Nellie Mckay smiling at the camera. Her hands are up in front of her.

Now Playing: Nellie McKay – Hey Guys, Watch This

album.link/us/i/1798803...

#NowPlaying #NowSpinning #Vinyl #Music #NellieMcKay #Folk #IndiePop #PianoBlues

#MusicByNumbers #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | No. 55

"And my time went so quickly
I went lickety-splitly out to my ol' '55
As I pulled away slowly, feeling so holy
God knows I was feeling alive"

"Ol' 55" by Tom Waits ("Closing Time", 1973)

#PianoBlues

#MeinSongDesTages #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 2026-01-10

"The poet rambles
The world it scrambles
But who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men"

"My Yoke Is Heavy" by Daniel Johnston ("Don't Be Scared", 1982)

#PianoBlues #LoFi #OutsiderMusic

#BestSongHeardToday #MusicChallenge #MusicSky | 2025-11-29

"That Matilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred
And she follows wherever you may go..."

"Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)" by Tom Waits ("Small Change", 1976)

#PianoBlues #Blues #BluesRock

Bill Gaither (Leroy's Buddy) - L & N Blues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQIU... #BillGaither #Blues #BluesPiano
#BluesAroundTheWorld #BluesSinger #OldBlues #BluesPlayer #PianoBlues

Vinilo de Adele - 30. LP2 | VINYL13SPAIN • Volviendo a disfrutar de la música en vinilo 🎧 Adele - 30. LP2 #Columbia #SonyMusic #Amazon #EnlaceAfiliado #SoulJazz #NeoSoul #Ballad #PianoBlues #ContemporaryRAndB

16,26 € (-29%, precio más bajo) Adele - 30 (Colored). LP2 #Columbia #SonyMusic #Amazon #EnlaceAfiliado #SoulJazz #NeoSoul #Ballad #PianoBlues #ContemporaryRnB
www.vinyl13spain.net/2022/06/20/v...

Live at Mission St. BBQ, by The Westside Sheiks 17 track album

This is it, the album that started it all for The Westside Sheiks!

"Alternative Tin Pan Alley for the New Weird America"

thewestsidesheiks.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

#RagtimeBlues #PianoBlues #AlternativeTinPanAlley

#NowSpinning Professor Bigstuff Plays Hot stuff (1979)
This New Orleans pianist, born Frank Chase (?), somehow wound up in Killington, VT dishing out a taste of bayou #pianoblues to the ski bums five nights a week at The Mountain Inn. #NowPlaying #vinyl #VinylCommunity #VinylSky

Piano Blues Song 2 Version: #piano #pianoblues

This is too sweet, too cool, too delicious, too fantastic not to share. Could be our new National Anthem too! Sooooooo gooooood!

#Blues #ChampionJackDupree #KingCurtis #PoorBoyBlues #Pianoblues #Saxaphoneblues #liveblues

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd-3...

Willie Mabon - Poison Ivy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE1j... #WillieMabon
#Blues #Bluesman #BluesAroundTheWorld #PianoBlues #BluesPlayer

WILLIE MABON - POISON IVY - CHESS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5F9... #WillieMabon
#Blues #Bluesman #BluesAroundTheWorld #PianoBlues #BluesPlayer

Otis Spann - The Blues Never Die! (1969), suena glorioso en la edición remasterizada de 1990 por supuesto en #vinilo #vinyl #nowplaying #blues #pianoblues #harmonicablues #chicagoblues #jamescotton #otisspann

Willie Mabon - I DON'T KNOW
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja5j... #WillieMabon
#Blues #Bluesman #BluesAroundTheWorld #PianoBlues #BluesPlayer

Memphis Slim – Rockin' The Blues #vinil #CharlyRecords #id5043 #Compilation #Reissue #Stereo #Brasidisc #serierarity #vinyl #vinylpost #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #discoécultura #lps #longplays #discocollection #turnetable #tocadiscos #gradienteD35 #gs11 #noise #PianoBlues

Memphis Slim – Rockin' The Blues #vinil #CharlyRecords #id5043 #Compilation #Reissue #Stereo #Brasidisc #serierarity #vinyl #vinylpost #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #discoécultura #lps #longplays #turnetable #tocadiscos #gradienteD35 #gs11 #noise #PianoBlues www.instagram.com/p/C0rNqIAgw1...