{"product_id":"brooks-kerr-soda-fountain-rag","title":"Brooks Kerr: Soda Fountain Rag - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSoda Fountain Rag\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eBrooks Kerr\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eSquatty Roo Records\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e866470315002\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eJazz\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2019-08-16\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Brooks Kerr was known as the premier protege and expert on the music of Duke Ellington. One day before Ellington's birthday, in 2018 Kerr himself passed away due to an ongoing bout with kidney disease. Born in 1951 with partial blindness he became totally blind by age 28. He was known for being both an expert on Ellington's music, as well as being a very interesting stride-style pianist, and a general jazz historian. He was fortunate enough to become a personal protege of Duke, often sitting in with the band as a \"relief\" pianist, especially toward the end of Ellington's life, as he was battling cancer. In 1974 he and the great, original drummer with Ellington, Sonny Greer entered the studio for a duo session, produced by jazz writer Stanley Dance and Kerr himself. On this first time CD and digital release, Brooks Kerr has dedicated an album's worth of Ellington early compositions, to document some of the very earliest Ellington compositions, from his \"first\" piano rag, Soda Fountain Rag\", on down to \"I'm So In Love With You\" which was penned in 1929. Featured in a duo setting with the legendary Ellingtonian \"first chair percussionist\" Sonny Greer, together they create a very happy, old fashioned mood that is quite enjoyable, listening after listening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/112476178\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Brooks Kerr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39698665046087,"sku":"39256171","price":15.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3688929-2491980.jpg?v=1711018354","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/brooks-kerr-soda-fountain-rag","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}