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Quentin Walston: Teaching Jazz, Retro Future, and Reviving 1920s Stride
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They trace Quentin's path from a bluegrass corner of Virginia to a self-taught start on ragtime and boogie-woogie, the moment in high school when the sound he was chasing finally clicked as jazz, and the wineries and cigar shops where he built his solo chops. Along the way: his book Jazz Piano Like a Pro, his vinyl album Retro Future, the joy he hears in Erroll Garner and Duke Ellington, and a new project bringing 1920s stride piano back without a trace of corniness.
Chapters
- 00:00 Intro: Meeting Quentin Walston
- 01:10 Why understanding the music helps you love it
- 02:52 Self-taught beginnings and finding jazz
- 06:36 The audition and music school at JMU
- 09:31 Wineries and cigar shops: building solo chops
- 19:13 The Great American Songbook as classical repertoire
- 25:06 From chops videos to breaking down Take Five
- 30:34 Jazz Piano Like a Pro and teaching
- 36:09 Retro Future on vinyl, doing it his own way
- 44:00 Bampi Doesn't Like Crocodiles
- 46:59 Swing still has plenty to say
- 51:55 The 1920s project: reviving stride
- 58:19 Oscar Peterson's Affinity and farewells
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