Carroll Gibbons plays Piano in 1938

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2 жыл бұрын

Carroll Gibbons showcases his elegant playing-style in this little clip which was taken from Pathé’s “Radio Music Hall Reel 1”.
He opens with “It’s Only You”, a song he recorded with none other than Noel Coward and then segues seamlessly into “The Way That”.
Gibbons closes with a snippet from his theme-tune “On the Air”, written by himself and Reginald Connelly.

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@petermintunmusic 7 ай бұрын

Both tunes were composed by Gibbons himself. Noël Coward recorded it with Gibby at the piano. It was not unusual for Coward to sing other composers’ tunes (such as Kern & Hammerstein’s “We Were So Young” and “Just Let Me Look At You”).

@mrtchaikovsky 7 ай бұрын

Wow, Mr. Mintun himself! I've been watching your channel long before I even had a youtube account, and I still enjoy your elegant piano stylings as much as I did back then. Thank you for the information. It's true that, as far as other song composers are concerned, Coward seems to have been particularly fond of Kern's music, probably because he was personally acquainted with him, if memory serves correctly. Cheers!

@petermintunmusic 6 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly! It's not too late to correct the description so others know that Coward did not write the first song played by Gibby!

@mrtchaikovsky 6 ай бұрын

@@petermintunmusic 'Twas done. Do you happen to know by any chance who wrote the lyrics for the songs in question?

@themac6356 2 жыл бұрын

His voice is much deeper than I expected and I love that about him. Very talented pianist and a very good bandleader to boot!

@Nunofurdambiznez 6 күн бұрын

I expected a "gay voice" .

@thomasturrin8984 9 ай бұрын

Extraordinary piano playing.... beautifully arranged. Nobody plays like that anymore.

@JohnMcPhersonStrutt 7 ай бұрын

Have you heard Stephanie Trick?

@terryhammond1253 Жыл бұрын

🎹 Love that stride piano.

@PiotrBarcz Жыл бұрын

Gibbons is one of the few pianists I've seen do left hand over right while playing the melody in the tenor in between the bass chords and notes! Very hard to do but sounds amazing when done right!

@peterhunt5890 Жыл бұрын

His music is lovely thank you❤

@SydLightbodyOfficialMusic9 9 ай бұрын

this style had mellowed out by 1938. Way to go, Carroll! Keeping the real good shit alive!

@robinroper Жыл бұрын

A Garden in the Rain - one of his compositions and one of my favorites

@flintlong2937 2 жыл бұрын

This performance is so cool! I love that style. It was so popular back in the thirties. I love his left hand! Wow, there's a lot going on there!

@mrtchaikovsky 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to see more like this, search for videos of Charlie Kunz or Billy Mayerl; Pathé has some footage of them as well. There is also a clip of Monia Liter accompanying Al Bowlly and another one of Lee Sims accompanying his wife Ilomay Bailey. You can find clips of Johnny Green too. Cheers!

@kamanaos4643 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrtchaikovsky what would this style/genre be called?

@p1anosteve 2 жыл бұрын

@@kamanaos4643 Swing basically. Love it🙂

@PiotrBarcz Жыл бұрын

@@kamanaos4643 Foxtrot piano and early jazz

@markfarrell4733 Жыл бұрын

Style is called "Stride Piano"...popular between 1915-1935

@peterhunt5890 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful Pianist❤

@pianoredux7516 Жыл бұрын

He has very short arms but fairly large hands. The seamless transitions between tunes are incredible.

@chris1961grams Жыл бұрын

Fabulous

@peterhunt5890 Жыл бұрын

Beautifully played thank you

@marjorieallworth6172 Жыл бұрын

Amazing XXX

@steveb9151 7 ай бұрын

Maybe not as flamboyant as Fats Waller - but just as talented. A treat to listen to!

@petergroverd6626 10 ай бұрын

Came across this guy because of footage from an old episode of the Antiques Road show. Glad I did.

@anthonygiglio9860 7 ай бұрын

He Was From Malden Massachusetts in Us😊

@snookerthedog9935 3 ай бұрын

Makes LIBERACE look like a beginner!

@luvmyrecords 2 ай бұрын

It looks like he's playing a half-below what we're hearing, picture and sound being beautifully in sync. Is it possible to slow everything down together, so that the "It's Only You" sounds in Eb, as we're seeing him play, without messing up the synchronization of the sound and picture?

@Magnet12 Жыл бұрын

What are those chords he plays at the very start? Where can I get sheet music for that and the first song?

@luvmyrecords 2 ай бұрын

What we're hearing is C to B13 (B, D#, F#, C#, G#) and as he changes chords, he plays the note D, a step below the E of the C chord. Thing is, even though the picture and sound are perfectly in sync, the whole thing is up a half step from what we're seeing. The first piece should be in Eb, not E. (I can see by the keys he's hitting that we're hearing it a half-step high.) So, if you want to play the same chords he really played, move the above down a half-step.

@Magnet12 2 ай бұрын

@@luvmyrecords wow thank you for your effort there