Thursday, August 18, 2011

Happy Feet Friday

Sadly, he's not much remembered now, but Gene Rodgers was a solid musician and arranger, who played piano with some great bands and soloists, including Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, and Coleman Hawkins.

And it is - naturally! - his mad, bad boogie-woogie style that appeals to me. Here he is in a clip from the 1947 movie Shoot to Kill.



2 comments:

bruce said...

He's got a left hand like a jackhammer!

It's really rock and roll.

Paco said...

It's got that express train feel.