Railroad Blues (C. Luckyth Roberts) as played by Roy Bargy - 1919 player piano roll скачать в хорошем качестве

Railroad Blues (C. Luckyth Roberts) as played by Roy Bargy - 1919 player piano roll

Roy Bargy is credited as the "arranger" on the sheet music of Luckey Roberts' famous tune, but his true involvement with Luckey is unknown. Here is how Roy Bargy rendered "Railroad Blues" on an Imperial piano roll. Several things are most interesting. First, Bargy plays it in Eb, an easier key than Luckey used (Db). Also, there are many times when Bargy attempts the Roberts patented right hand glissando. Hearing the composer play these effortlessly makes Bargy's attempts look to be in good faith, but not on target. The extended coda on the roll sounds nothing like Roberts, and is probably of Bargy's own creation. It works reasonably well. The roll is of great interest in that Bargy was given arranger credit, but of course nobody but Luckey Roberts could really execute this tune properly!