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

  1. Kitten on the Keys
  2. II. Movie Ballet
  3. Stumbling
  4. Dizzy Fingers
  5. III. Relaxation
  6. Poor Buttermilk
  7. Nickel in the slot
  8. Greenwich Witch
  9. My Pet
  10. Coaxing the Piano
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  1. Mississippi Shivers
  2. Charleston Chuckles
  3. Jay Walk
  4. You Tell 'Em Ivories
  5. Humorestless
  6. Dumbell
  7. Kitten on the Keys - 1
  8. You Tell 'Em, Ivories
  9. Grandfather's Clock
  10. By The Waters Of Minnetonka
  11. Meandering
  12. Morning Will Come
  13. Amazonia
  14. Sunny Jim
  15. Buffoon
  16. The Sheik Of Araby
  17. Fourth Dimension
  18. Kitten on the Keys (1921)
  19. Dizzy Fingers (1923)
  20. Blue Tornado
  21. Stumbling (Paraphrase)
  22. Rhythm Venture
  23. Rag Doll Carnival
  24. Sparkling Waters
  25. The red lantern
  26. I. Impromptu
  27. That Thing Called Love
  28. 'Coaxin' The Paino
  29. Improvisation On That Old Piano Roll Band
  30. Waltz Mirage
  31. Humorestless (After Dvorák)[Recorded live at Weill Recital Hall, 2/6/1993]
  32. Dizzy Fingers (arr. P. Deiro)
  33. Yogiland
  34. Wise Cracker Suite: I. Yokel Opus
  35. III. The Sheriff's Lament
  36. I. At Dusk
  37. I. Yokel Opus
  38. That Old Piano Roll Band
  39. I. High Hattin'
  40. Wise Cracker Suite: III. The Sheriff'S Lament
  41. At the high brown baby's ball
  42. II. Romanza
  43. African Suite (1924): I. High Hattin'
  44. II. Kinda Careless
  45. Wise Cracker Suite: II. Mighty Lackawanna
  46. The Charleston
  47. All Muddled Up
  48. Rag Doll Dimples
  49. IV. After Theatre (Tango)
  50. Kitten on the Keys - Live
  51. Della Robbia
  52. African Suite (1924): II. Kinda Careless
  53. II. Mighty Lackawanna
  54. Movie Ballet
  55. Meandering (1936)
  56. Coaxin' The Piano
  57. I Love Her, She Loves Me
  58. Humourestless
  59. III. Novelette
  60. Tap Dance Of The Chimes
  61. Struttin' At The Strutter's Ball
  62. Moods of a New Yorker (1932): II. Movie Ballet
  63. コンフリー: めまいする指
  64. 3 Little Oddities (1923): III. Novelette
  65. Tricks
  66. African Suite (1924): III. Mississippi Shivers
  67. III. Mississippi Shivers
  68. Moods of a New Yorker (1932): III. Relaxation
  69. True Blue Sam
  70. 3 Little Oddities (1923): II. Romanza
  71. Moods of a New Yorker (1932): I. At Dusk
  72. 3 Little Oddities (1923): I. Impromptu
  73. Stumbling (Paraphrase) (1922)
  74. Afghanistan
  75. Moods of A New Yorker: III. Relaxation
  76. Improvistation on That Old Piano Roll Band
  77. After The Theater
  78. Moods of A New Yorker: II. Movie Ballet
  79. Three Little Oddities: II. Romanza
  80. Moods of A New Yorker: I. At Dusk
  81. African Suite: I. High Hattin'
  82. African Suite: III. Mississippi Shivers
  83. Moods of a New Yorker (1932): IV. After Theatre (Tango)
  84. Coaxing the Piano (1922)
  85. My Pet - piano solos
  86. Mighty Lackawanna
  87. African Suite: II. Kinda Careless
  88. Three Little Oddities: I. Impromptu
  89. Tune for Mademoiselle
  90. Sparkling Waters (1928)

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