[Dixielandjazz] Piano with clenched fists

[ROBERT R. CALDER]

Lovely one from Wally via Steve, about George Webb's clenched fist pianism ---
Humph said he had always found "two-fisted pianist" a ridiculous phrase ,and then he saw Jerry Lee Lewis 
(whom some cloth-ears said developed boogie woogie !!! 
   rather crudified it by leaning on a rhythm section to cover his holes)
For real two-fisted piano try Jack Dupree's "Reminiscing Fats W."  
It's hilarious and uses the parts of his hands which, gloved, struck others 
during Champion Jack's earlier career as a pugilist. 

I tried seeking an online sample -- a few bars would finish a piano teacher!
Can't find a link ..Perhaps George had had one like the lady in a Thomas Mann tale, rapping knuckles with a ruler 

Robert R. Calder
     
  
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