I watch this over and over…it’s wonderful each time…”The excellent is always new…”. Ralph Waldo Emerson

A sound of a Wurlitzer always makes the hairs on the pack of my neck stand up :P It's BLODDY BRILLIANT ballroom dancing to one of these beasts! :D

handmade music .......... wonderful PLEASE MORE!

1.000 points for such a nice music! Those happy days ............ they gone, BUT come back via You Tube! Thank you so much!

The piano part is actually a player piano roll from the 1920s. This one is attributed to Vincent Lopez, a pianist/bandleader very popular back then. His specialty was ornamentation: arpeggios, breaks and such. Most (if not all) piano rolls with his name attached include the designation "Assisted", meaning he might have originated the musical ideas but they were likely played by someone else. Still, the piano arrangement IS superb, regardless of who actually played the notes. Glad you enjoyed it!

Absolute GEM !!! Thanks for sharing your time and Talent !!! Can not stop listening this fantastic piece Master !!!

Boy, the more I look, the more swithces on that old Wurlitzer I see! Totally good job.

More...we want more!!

This is AWESOME. I know Mark Gifford who is a friend of Mr Riggs and is also a theatre organist in Springfield, IL

that's gotta be loads of fun to play along w/ that piano!

Wow. A wonderful ‘20s tune known only previously to me as recorded by Waring’s Pennsylvanians...this is great listening!

But surely that IS San Sylmar... The console is unique! Terrific show, and Jim is as always spectacular! dkelz

🎼 today (Oct 3rd 2022) i learned that Mr Riggs has just passed away ….. He wil be missed….RIP 🙏🙏🙏

@imploud

5 ай бұрын

OMG, this is so sad :( thank you for the information

Still magical in 2021

@a320214

2 жыл бұрын

Y E S ! ! ! Wonderful !!!!

Perfect match of music, musicians and instruments!

Great duet!! - I hope you post more! I'll look for the CD. Vincent Lopez was associated with a number of Ampico recordings. For a second, I was surprised to see a Steinway grand playing Ampico. Then I realized it was a mondern Steiway with a digital player. Digitizing these Ampico (and Duo-Art) rolls is the only way to preserve these irreplacable time capsules of music.

Jim, a wonderful duet that I never get tired of hearing. Your playing is some of the finest theatre organ performance I've ever heard.

I am enjoying your phantom duets very much. This one is my favorite. The music comes from my great-grandparents' generation (they married in 1915, my grandfather was born 1920) and this reminds me of them. Thank you for sharing!

Jim - as usual .... EXCELLENT ! We want more!

AHHH! Music to soothe & regenerate the soul! I love it!!!!

to me it is one of the very best inventions ever... superb playing and thanks to you for showing this to the rest of the world.

Jim it's so good to see you back on the scene - in full flavour. Your one of a small handfull of artists that keep the theatre organ scene interesting and worth following. Thanks for posting this gem! RH-J

that was great!

I toured the Paramount Theatre, Oakland several months ago, and at one point we sat down to hear recordings (played back on speakers, as the organ was inaccessible) of some music. This was one of the songs that played. I don't know if it was this particular recording, but this really sounds like what it did during the tour.

@mrmaniac3

5 жыл бұрын

It must not have been, but it's pretty close.

I enjoyed this piece soooo much! Thank you for the nostalgia!

I have about 5 versions of this on my itunes, but all faster than this. This definitely the best tempo-it feels like a dance! I still enjoy this performance immensely after 4 years of listening. If my laptop had a "replay" button on the keyboard, it would be broken by now...

There's one of these in the Southwards Museum in Paraparaumu in New Zealand which I've had the honour of giving a workout. A beautiful instrument to play

I wish you had “dancing tambourine” uploaded! The time you played it was just awe inspiring on this organ!!!

You are quite right. Lopez was "assisted" on just about every roll with his name on it. Those well familiar with his (dance orchestra) work have told me his specialty was ornamentation and other frippery.

Thanks, Dave. It's the Simonton console, now at the Little River Studio. It's the perfect organ for the Duets; close up, lots of clarity and a piano that kicks ass!

Wonderful.

This is FANTABULOUS!

Excellent! Syncing up like that; that's really hard to do! Not to mention just playing the organ that well; all the second-touch countermelodies etc.; that stuff must take years to master! That's one of my favorite tunes, too; I haven't found the sheet music yet; but I'm still looking.

Beautiful work! Fun and bouncy... I love seeing the up-close performance, complete with stop changes. I'll be sending this to friends to explain the idea of multiple keyboards/manuals and why they're useful, as well as the use of the pistons for stop changes and how they physically move the tabs.

Maravilloso Danubio saludos desde España

You are fantastic! I have a home theatre organ. You've inspired me to practice!

quite a toe tapper, brilliant

Super excellent with very good interesting video b

Hello Mr Riggs - thank you so much for this wonderful arrangement. I very much enjoyed your recent gig at Worthing - I'm just sorry that your CDs had all been cleared out by the time I got near the stand!

Jim passed away in October 2023.

true joy

Jim: Congradulations, it's brilliant! Can't wait to see more. How big's that organ? Thought it was San Sylmar at first, before I heard the acoustic. You should release a CD of this stuff, you really know how to work these duets! I believe I am to wish you a very happy birthday also! Many happy returns. David

Hey Jim! I am back. More of the great organ!

wonderful, Jim! I got to play this gem in August when I was in town to pick up my Wurlitzer Style EX. I hope to make it to LRS in March! Now how about some trios using both consoles and the piano!

Mr. Riggs, miss you playing at the Oakland Paramount Theater. Do you still play there?

Your ears, as usual, were correct. It's not Sylmar, it's the Little River Studio. And I'm way ahead of you---a CD of the Phantom Duets is already in the can. Think I ought to shoot more Duets for a DVD?

Keep the music playing Mr. Riggs.

Nice

Maybe, but I doubt it. I have in my hand the original Ampico roll of this, 210401-E and the attribution is to "Vincent Lopez--assisted". It carries the date of 8-28, which I believe is before the merger. I don't know of any sharing of performances, or translations between the archrivals before they merged. I'll stick with what Ampico says about the playing. Just wanted you to know that we do check these things as best we can..... rhj

great --have to wonder where it is.

The Steinway has a PianoDisc. We would play a piano track while recording both it and my organ "enhancement" into the organ relay. It's a great gimmick, no?

@a320214

2 жыл бұрын

It's a wonderful masterpiece you've created !! Big THANK YOU !! Marvelous !! Joy and tears !!

A theatre organ doesn't have a Choir manual. The bottom manual is the Accompaniment.

By the way, I love Ampico rolls, but you should know that all Ampico rolls listed as "assisted" on the roll means that it was entirely ghosted in the artist's name by someone else; in this case, Edgar Fairchild or Adam Carroll.

@a320214

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Great Pianist : do you mind to tell me where i could find a sheet for this piece please if ever ? i can't stop listening to it...nostalgia and joy together...it would be a lot of work for me but i will make it : i'm mad about this melody !!

Ah yes, Simonton! So many stopkeys! But how can you play that organ?? It doesn't have a KINURA! :-P dkelz

Well apart from playing the Hammond I am not an organist. I have learned in an organ workshop that the nomenclature of organ manuals is great and swell if only two - on top of that it's the solo manual and the lowest (if four) is the choir manual. I guess this doesn't apply to theatre organs since any manual can be assigned to all available pipe ranks due to the Hope-Jones electro-pneumatic system as opposed to the mechanical system (wooden trackers) of baroque church organs.

The whurltizer organ being used how many ranks is it?

What a superb sounding WurliTzer. In the fabulous style of Jessee Crawford. Does anyone know where this magnificent instrument is located? Really excellent work, Mr. Riggs. Thank you.

@meyeresp

5 жыл бұрын

marc49lewis it’s located north of Wichita - near park city Kansas

Anyone know any details on this organ? I'm 100% certain that no original Wurlitzer console had three complete stoprails on the horseshoe, though I think it looks very good. Anyone know the location, number of ranks, or origin of the console?

Looks like ground control at nasa, but sounds heavenly. Over.

what opus is this console? Cuz ive never seen a wurlitzer with three full rows of stoptabs like that. where is this organ and is the console and pipe work original?

it lacks of a phantom played drums :-)

Sounds like jesse Crowfard...