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So delicate. Thank you 🙏

It's so great to see some pianists memorize big contemporary pieces. We need this level of polishness! Great to watch, such an elegant playing. Want more content!

Beautiful! The perfect tempo and dynamics. Most performances turn the rhythm into a burlesque, which I think neither Bolcom nor Scott Joplin countenanced. A gentle syncopation is more elegant, and far more beguiling, than cleavage plunging in a Mississippi meander down a red-light alley of N'awlins.

Dude's got absolutely NO F* clue about phrasing. Musically dead as a hammer. I'll pass.

Fabulous performance of The Poltergeist! The swing is excellent, the raucousness so fun! Elegant handling of Dream Shadows despite the fistfulls of challenging chords! Way to go.

I. Graceful Ghost II. The Poltergeist...4.20 III. Dream Shadows...8.08 ...

I recall hearing Albright play this at UofM early 1970s. RIP

Sound is a little muffled, but that may just be the acoustics of the room you're in. The playing is very nice; you clearly understand these pieces, and it's rare to hear all three done together. Thank you.

Paul Jacobs did this piece (in particular) with such longing and beauty that believed I would never hear them again in the same way. You have cracked that egg, Mr. LeDeur. Your performance has all the style with a teensy bit less sentimentality (a good thing in the right hands). I also heard chord voicings that I have not heard before. The quickening of the tempo in the second section ala Andante evokes a ramble along sidewalk cafes. The recap is perfect and slows the tempo and stretches...and the final section. perfection. I confess that Jacob's tempo is slower and on the right day and time I might prefer it slower. But wow: bravo!! Consummate musicianship. The last few notes seem to reference Crumb', don't they? ;-)

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See the guy in the orange shirt right behind the right shoulder of the pianist. His demeanor says it all!

really beautiful take on the piece - such control yet so much character!

any chance you'll do nightmare fantasy or Bolcom's garden of eden suite?

Seriously! If you haven't internalized these pieces well enough to play them by memory then you shouldn't be performing them in public for a paid audience.

sublime )))

Both Bolcom and Paul Jacobs "swung" the rhythm, at least in the first one. This is a wonderful pianist, however. Bravo!

First, many thanks to you for playing these delightful rags and sharing them on RUclips! You are a natural talent and play with great musicality and sensitivity! Your performance of "Poltergeist" is amazing! Unlike ages 5 to 14, I am unable to memorize music now. I'm not your teacher so I won't say much more, EXCEPT, I think your playing of the first and third rags would be more consistent and effective if you practiced "the notes" so much that you COULD play them by memory! There is NO DOUBT as to your sensitive musicality. I just hypothesize you might be freed up from reading the notes, thus being able to listen and THINK about where you are and where you want to go, i.e. dynamics and overall arc of the pieces. YOU HAVE GOT THE SENSITIVITY AND MUSICALITY GALORE. YOU ARE A NATURAL TALENT. Whew! I just want to make sure you do not feel criticized. Also, I bet you are a great sight-reader, yes? The audio is good, but I am unable to discern if you are playing with a collapsed pinkie? I'll be enjoying this performance often -- always a thumbs-up from me!

i met mr. bolcom at a party in ann arbor some years ago. asked him to play the graceful ghost. he politely declined.

Best pianist in the world

This is beautiful man! I love the texture of your playing. Definitely on the way to being if not already a world class musician.

이게 우아한 유령이죠~ 슬픈느낌보다는, 발없는 유령들과 슬픔의 그 중간지점을 표현하는게 볼컴이 이 곡을 낸 방향인거 같은데 아직 완전히 수준급으로 올라서지 않으신 분들은, 비극적인 느낌을 너무 실어서 연주하는 듯. 이분이 제가 들은 분중에 곡 표현이 훌륭하시네요.

This is a really beautiful performance, they're best when played together and you played them wonderfully well.

This makes my heart sing and my fingers dance. So lovely. Thank you!

You don't get a chance to hear this terrific music very often. Thanks.

This is my favorite interpretation I've ever heard of all three played together.

This is beautiful!!

Well played! Difficult rags they are! Any chance we might see The garden of Eden Rags by Bolcom played by you someday?

I've been playing Ghost Rag 1 and 3 for years....(*2 still eludes my fingering.) but they keep changing in the phrasing and the swing or Slow drag....I absolutely adore the Bolcom rags....LOVE>...and Respect.

Love your interpretation. Haven't found any recordings of "Dream Shadows" apart from the John Murphy complete Bolcom rags discs, and he takes too many liberties with the time IMO.

fantastic!

Always loved this rag.....(*making me go order the sheet music tomorrow.) Love that you play rags so romantically.

Very nice....(*and glad to see there's someone else that uses the music.>) Love W.Bolcom.

Wonderful! Just as sweet and whimsical as it was intended. Thanks!

One of my all time favorite rags. Beautiful Jeff!