Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Dancin' The Boogie - Silvan Zingg (piano), Will & Maéva ♫ ♪ ♫

Dancin' The Boogie - Silvan Zingg (piano), Will & Maéva ♫ ♪ ♫

Awesome!
I wonder why boogie is not a more popular genre of jazz, it's so engaging. Too hard to play?



The male dancer, William, is one of my correspondents, he alerted me to this.

Tune title "Dancin' The Boogie" (composer and performer Silvan Zingg)
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Pianist Silvan Zingg plays his composition "Dancin' The Boogie". Dancing by worldchampion Boogie Woogie dancers William and Maéva.

7 comments:

Anna said...

I like how the pianist looks at them, seems he also enjoys their dance.

And how taller he is !!! :-)

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Yes, he does.

And, I think you can probably not dance such a damn fast dance unless you're pretty small.

dave nielsen said...

I wonder why boogie is not a more popular genre of jazz, it's so engaging. Too hard to play?

I don't know, but I wish it was more popular.

Robb in Houston said...

Boogie woogie is indeed hard to play.
I like the interaction between the dancers and the pianist - they have great orchestration. I also like that the video shows the piano being played, rather than just hearing it.

Nice bass work too, guys!

Esri Rose said...

WOW! I wish they'd had the floor miked, so we could hear their taps.

Anna said...

> I think you can probably not dance such a damn fast dance unless you're pretty small.

Never thought about that... I'm not sure. :-)

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

"I also like that the video shows the piano being played, rather than just hearing it."

Me too.
(Well, Silvan is the star here, clearly.)

I just think that they used too much time on double-exposure. I think that should only be used for one or two-second transitions. It obscures as much as it reveals.