Edward Elzear "Zez" Confrey (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1971) was an American composer and performer of novelty piano and jazz music. His most noted works...
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public in 1921, with the appearance of Zez Confrey's "Kitten on the Keys". Its popularity quickly led to other Confrey works including "Dizzy Fingers" and...
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world standard. Example audio of a piano roll Piano roll from 1920 of Zez Confrey playing "Afghanistan" Problems playing this file? See media help. Metronomic...
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by Gilbert & Friedland Inc. in 1920. It has notably been recorded by Zez Confrey, Prince's Dance Orchestra, and the Lopez and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony...
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his life and put an end to his watery strife." The theme song was the Zez Confrey tune "Stumbling", as recorded by The Three Suns. This theme was played...
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Lou Busch (1910–1979) Jo Ann Castle (1939–) Louis Chauvin (1881–1908) Zez Confrey (1895–1971) Ford Dabney (1883–1958) James Reese Europe (1880–1919) William...
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(D) Stumbling (E) Japanese Sandman - Orchestra Stumbling: Composed by Zez Confrey "Jimmy" - Julie Andrews Music and lyrics by Jay Thompson "The Tapioca"...
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performance-oriented style of rag to be heard. Chief among the novelty rag composers is Zez Confrey, whose "Kitten on the Keys" popularized the style in 1921. Ragtime also...
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Ginell, Richard S. "Dick Hyman: Kitten on the Keys: The Piano Music of Zez Confrey". AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2019. Dryden, Ken. "Dick Hyman: They...
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architect William P. Bettendorf and Joseph W. Bettendorf, industrialists Zez Confrey, composer and pianist Franklin Corwin, US congressman Gary G. Dahl, politician...
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Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1968) 1895 – Zez Confrey, American pianist and composer (d. 1971) 1897 – Joe Kirkwood Sr., Australian...
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world's foremost player of the device. Program: "Kitten on the Keys" by Zez Confrey; explanation of the Janko note arrangement and advantages over a standard...
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(Janko version) by Paul Vandervoort. Program: "Kitten on the Keys" by Zez Confrey; explanation of the Janko note arrangement and advantages over a standard...
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The Dark" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Victor Herbert "Kitten on the Keys" m. Zez Confrey "The Lady In Ermine" w. Cyrus Wood m. Al Goodman "Lady Of The Evening"...
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Carpenters 1976 Petula Clark 1954 Rosemary Clooney 1980 Jacob Collier Zez Confrey (piano roll) Come Shine Xavier Cugat 1962 Jamie Cullum Vic Damone Tommy...
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18 – Junior Parker, blues musician, 39 (brain tumour) November 22 – Zez Confrey, popular composer and pianist, 76 December 8 – Marie Collier, operatic...
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(1886–1951) Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927) Edward T. Cone (1917–2004) Zez Confrey (1895–1971) Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962) David Conte (born 1955)...
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(1918) Nellie Weldon Cocroft (1885–1986), "The Pinywoods Rag" (1909) Zez Confrey (1895–1971), "Kitten on the Keys" (1921) Les C. Copeland (1887–1942)...
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as well as novelty piano pieces played by Westphal in the style of Zez Confrey and Edward Claypoole such as "Pianola" and "Dusting The Keys", which...
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improvisation, she worked on technique by having him play Scott Joplin and Zez Confrey pieces. "While in middle school I was going to an LA club called Shelly's...
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Burrows "Dippermouth Blues" m. Joe "King" Oliver "Dizzy Fingers" m. Zez Confrey "Frasquita Serenade" m. Franz Lehár "Gulf Coast Blues" w.m. Clarence...
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Marvin Gaye William Stevenson 2:01 6. "Dizzy Fingers" Edward Elzear "Zez" Confrey 3:34 7. "You're Just in Love" Irving Berlin 3:46 8. "This Masquerade"/"My...
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"Midsummer's Nightmare" (Zez Confrey) - 3:46 "Nickel in the Slot" (Confrey) - 2:27 "Grandfather's Clock" (Confrey) - 3:59 "My Pet" (Confrey) - 2:55 "Lace Embroidery"...
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published by the company was the rag "Kitten of the Keys" (1921) by Zez Confrey. The firm published more than 100 novelty rags during the 1920s, mainly...
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Colleen Kearney Bellevue 26 Miss Issaquah Jazz Piano, "Dizzy Fingers" by Zez Confrey 1991 SoYoung Kwon Olympia 22 Miss Seattle Classical Piano, "Mephisto...
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to unit holders. Mills discovered a number of songwriters, including Zez Confrey, Sammy Fain, Harry Barris, Gene Austin, Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy McHugh...
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as Eddie Cantor and Sophie Tucker became well known for such songs. Zez Confrey's 1920s instrumental compositions, which involved gimmicky approaches...
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(Richard Rodgers) "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael) "Kitten on the Keys" (Zez Confrey) "Quiet Nights"/"How Insensitive" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel...
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Blues" m. Tom Delaney "Keep Movin'" Helen Trix "Kitten On The Keys" m. Zez Confrey "Laughin' Rag" S. Moore, H. Skinner "Learn To Smile" w. Otto Harbach...
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it is playing a variation of "Kitten on the Keys", a song composed by Zez Confrey in 1921. The other two kittens rejoin the first and play around the pianola...
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