Zez Confrey
About the artist
Pianist/Composer born in Peru, IL 1895. Composer of tunes including My Pet and Kitten on the Keys. Credited as the originator of novelty ragtime. A follower of the fingerbuster piano players like James P Johnson and Willie "The Lion" Smith. Died in Lakewood, NJ 1971
Top songs
- Kitten on the Keys
- II. Movie Ballet
- Stumbling
- Dizzy Fingers
- III. Relaxation
- Poor Buttermilk
- Nickel in the slot
- Greenwich Witch
- My Pet
- Coaxing the Piano
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- Mississippi Shivers
- Charleston Chuckles
- Jay Walk
- You Tell 'Em Ivories
- Humorestless
- Dumbell
- Kitten on the Keys - 1
- You Tell 'Em, Ivories
- Grandfather's Clock
- By The Waters Of Minnetonka
- Meandering
- Morning Will Come
- Amazonia
- Sunny Jim
- Buffoon
- The Sheik Of Araby
- Fourth Dimension
- Kitten on the Keys (1921)
- Dizzy Fingers (1923)
- Blue Tornado
- Stumbling (Paraphrase)
- Rhythm Venture
- Rag Doll Carnival
- Sparkling Waters
- The red lantern
- I. Impromptu
- That Thing Called Love
- 'Coaxin' The Paino
- Improvisation On That Old Piano Roll Band
- Waltz Mirage
- Humorestless (After Dvorák)[Recorded live at Weill Recital Hall, 2/6/1993]
- Dizzy Fingers (arr. P. Deiro)
- Yogiland
- Wise Cracker Suite: I. Yokel Opus
- III. The Sheriff's Lament
- I. At Dusk
- I. Yokel Opus
- That Old Piano Roll Band
- I. High Hattin'
- Wise Cracker Suite: III. The Sheriff'S Lament
- At the high brown baby's ball
- II. Romanza
- African Suite (1924): I. High Hattin'
- II. Kinda Careless
- Wise Cracker Suite: II. Mighty Lackawanna
- The Charleston
- All Muddled Up
- Rag Doll Dimples
- IV. After Theatre (Tango)
- Kitten on the Keys - Live
- Della Robbia
- African Suite (1924): II. Kinda Careless
- II. Mighty Lackawanna
- Movie Ballet
- Meandering (1936)
- Coaxin' The Piano
- I Love Her, She Loves Me
- Humourestless
- III. Novelette
- Tap Dance Of The Chimes
- Struttin' At The Strutter's Ball
- Moods of a New Yorker (1932): II. Movie Ballet
- コンフリー: めまいする指
- 3 Little Oddities (1923): III. Novelette
- Tricks
- African Suite (1924): III. Mississippi Shivers
- III. Mississippi Shivers
- Moods of a New Yorker (1932): III. Relaxation
- True Blue Sam
- 3 Little Oddities (1923): II. Romanza
- Moods of a New Yorker (1932): I. At Dusk
- 3 Little Oddities (1923): I. Impromptu
- Stumbling (Paraphrase) (1922)
- Afghanistan
- Moods of A New Yorker: III. Relaxation
- Improvistation on That Old Piano Roll Band
- After The Theater
- Moods of A New Yorker: II. Movie Ballet
- Three Little Oddities: II. Romanza
- Moods of A New Yorker: I. At Dusk
- African Suite: I. High Hattin'
- African Suite: III. Mississippi Shivers
- Moods of a New Yorker (1932): IV. After Theatre (Tango)
- Coaxing the Piano (1922)
- My Pet - piano solos
- Mighty Lackawanna
- African Suite: II. Kinda Careless
- Three Little Oddities: I. Impromptu
- Tune for Mademoiselle
- Sparkling Waters (1928)
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