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Friday, April 10, 2009
Concert Review: "Boogie" Bob Seeley @ the Palladium
Posted by Eric Snider on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:53 PM
My men's league basketball game ran into overtime, so I arrived at the Palladium's Side Door club just in time for boogie-woogie piano master Bob Seeley to go on break. I was surprised, and pleased, to see a sell-out crowd of 150 lingering around the tables, the crowd made up mostly of retirees.
Whereas most jazz piano features the player's right hand, with the left hand laying out chordal accents, boogie-woogie highlights the left hand, which pounds out a steady stream of eighth notes.
Not to say that Seeley's other paw was sub-bar; he used it to execute some marvelous runs.
Boogie-woogie, played on solo piano like last night, is one of the most exuberant, joyous sounds to emanate from the annals of American music. Seeley sure proved that.
His show-stopper piece was "Mama Don't Allow," an old-time number that Seeley used to strut his skills in boogie, ragtime, stride, Charleston, Ellingtonia ("Take the A Train"), Gershwin ("I Got Rhythm") and more. He blasted through the piece with supreme confidence and good humor.
Palladium executive director Paul Wilborn, who mingled amid the crowd during set breaks, was delighted at the turnout. It gave him an idea: To next year present a boogie woogie summit in the main auditorium featuring several acts — primary among them being Seeley, of course.
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