Ann Rabson: Blues and Barrellhouse Piano (2010)
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
Ann Rabson has been playing and singing the blues professionally since 1962. She performs solo and with various bands, including ad hoc ensembles known as the Annimators. For 25 years she was a member of Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women. Ann has toured all over the world solo, with Saffire, and with piano legend Erwin Heifer. In 2009, Ann received her ninth nomination for a Blues Music Award (formerly W.C. Handy Award) as Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year. In 2008 she was nominated for Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year; her first solo album, Music Makiri Mama, was nominated for Album of the Year in both the Traditional Blues and Acoustic Blues categories; and her composition "Elevator Man" was nominated for Song of the Year. In this intimate instructional feature, Ann personally teaches her own brand of blues and barrelhouse piano with six in-depth lessons based on left-hand grooves. Along with these grooves you'll learn tasty fills, turnarounds, soloing ideas, and much more.
Lessons Comprise:
- Two-Beat Shuffle
- Box Shuffle
- Linear Boogie Woogie
- Round Boogie Woogie
- Yancy / Domino - Inspired Groove
- New Orleans - Inspired Groove
All with no music reading required!- Actors:
- Ann Rabson
- Narrated By:
- Ann Rabson
- Creators:
- Ann Rabson
- Studio:
- Hal Leonard
- Genres:
- Music & Musicals
