Fun with 2 pianos -- Max Keenlyside & Tom Brier

Fooling around after the 2011 West Coast Ragtime Festival, Max & Tom play three pieces of their own. First is "Airplane to Chicago" by Max. Next comes "Elephant Tracks" by Tom (note that it's in the tricky keys of G-flat and C-flat). Finally comes a cakewalk that Tom wrote called "Uncle Ben's Cakewalk" but here he twice identifies it as "Narcissus" as some kind of joke, I suppose; there is a famous novelty piece by that name.

See more of Max at his YouTube channel:    / ragtimemax  

This is the third "fun with two pianos" video I have posted that features Tom Brier and someone else goofing off with a few different tunes after hours at the West Coast Ragtime Festival. The other two can be seen here:

   • Fun with 2 pianos -- Vincent Johnson ...   (with Vincent Johnson in 2009 -- Tom has said this is his favorite video of an after-hours jam session)
   • Fun with two pianos -- Tom Brier & Ad...   (with Adam Swanson in 2010)