Wow. That piano was smokin’! Amazing!
Wonder which airport this was....where most passed right by, not even paying attention to this.
“Play me, I’m yours!” — Love it!
“Henri Herbert, keyboard player with the Jim Jones Revue, gives an impromptu performance on the concourse of St Pancras International station, London.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0nDhQEIdSQ
It is a gift to be able to play like this. This seems to be a foreign airport, so I think it is cultural that most of the people are not seeming to appreciate this music, which is very American in its roots.
At first I thought it might be just a video with audio taken from a professional recording laid on top. But it’s obvious you couldn’t fake banging those keys like that.
Holy Mother of God. If I was in an airport terminal and that guy sat down and played the piano like that, I’d listen all day long and pray the plane never came. That is some seriously mad skills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0nDhQEIdSQ
I’d love to see this guy walk into a Nordstrom store and play this. They’d probably kick him out for doing so.
This is the type of music they normally played there until they laid off the piano players. Now the pianos sits alone and quiet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbfb12cQ3n4
Nordstrom bids farewell to in-store piano players
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/04/nordstrom-bids-farewell-to-many-in-store-piano-performers.html
Petition hopes to return laid-off Nordstrom pianist
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Petition-hopes-to-return-laid-off-Nordstrom-pianist—191226401.html
Henri Rocks It In Charles De Gaulle Airport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSyDDFlHsIY
Henri Herbert - Jim Jones Revue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiYc1nRj1Ps
Wow!
I was waiting to see him stand up, continue to play, and push the bench away with his legs.
Some recording company needs to get that guy under contract.
Demanding Asian Dad says, FASTER! AND NEXT TIME, NO USE LEFT HAND!
Damn ivory was flying off the keyboard. Its destroyed!
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That is about a year old, but it is fantastic! Thanks for posting.
Don’t get between my cousin and a piano. She has those tiny fingers and can make any piano sing a tune. Most are from memory, not from reading the notes.
Her daughter is just as talented, but also plays the organ. She loves light pressured pipe organs. Wish I had a link to her playing the pipes.
Dont forget these guys. Video starts slow but good boogie woogie later:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJKb1BoQ6Ts
Mose Allison - Seventh Son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EngRmYu_vs