James “Jimmy” Blythe – Player Piano Rolls Part 2 – Popular Songs

This section will present Blythe’s piano roll recordings of popular songs, such as fox trots and waltzes of the day. Frequently, these performances are highly jazz-tinged (even the waltzes) and exhibit Blythe’s characteristic keyboard trademarks. On some, Blythe added hot South Side coda sections to otherwise commonplace tunes, and these are special for …