Sheik Littlefield said : "The highlight of the festival for me was a set of Barnhart and Louis Mazetier (Paris Washboard, probably the world's best stride pianist)" There is a slight error in that statement David - now that the peerless Ralph has gone Mazetier is CERTAINLY the world's best stride pianist. John Farrell stridepiano@tesco.net http://homepages.tesco.net/~stridepiano/midifiles.htm