Findlay in Blue

Findlay Cockrell (piano)

Catalog #: TROY1414
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Format: Digital
Instrumental

Pianist Findlay Cockrell has had a long and distinguished career in upstate New York as a soloist, chamber musician and concerto soloist. He served on the faculty at the State University of New York at Albany, where he taught piano and classes in music as well as creating a radio course titled Keyboard Masters. A graduate of Juilliard, Mr. Cockrell has performed around the United States and in Russia, where he appeared in recital at the Moscow Conservatory and a guest soloist at Tchaikovsky Hall with the Ossipov Orchestra. This recording includes three American composers whose last names begin with G: Gershwin, Gould and Gottschalk with some seldom recorded arrangements by Earl Wild of Gershwin songs.

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Title Composer Performer
Three Preludes George Gershwin Findlay Cockrell, piano
Sleepless Night George Gershwin Findlay Cockrell, piano
Merry Andrew George Gershwin Findlay Cockrell, piano
Novelette in Fourths George Gershwin Findlay Cockrell, piano
Jasbo Brown Blues (from Porgy and Bess) George Gershwin Findlay Cockrell, piano
Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) George Gershwin Findlay Cockrell, piano
I got plenty o' nuttin' (from Porgy and Bess) George Gershwin Findlay Cockrell, piano
Liza George Gershwin Findlay Cockrell, piano
Embraceable You George Gershwin Findlay Cockrell, piano
Fascinatin' Rhythm George Gershwin Findlay Cockrell, piano
Souvenir de Porto Rico, Op. 31 Louis-Moreau Gottschalk Findlay Cockrell, piano
Berceuse, Op. 47 Louis-Moreau Gottschalk Findlay Cockrell, piano
Manchega, Op. 38 Louis-Moreau Gottschalk Findlay Cockrell, piano
Le Banjo, Op. 15 Louis-Moreau Gottschalk Findlay Cockrell, piano
Blues Morton Gould Findlay Cockrell, piano
Pavanne Morton Gould Findlay Cockrell, piano
Boogie Woogie Etude Morton Gould Findlay Cockrell, piano

Reviews

  • "Cockrell, who has a definite affinity for this music, plays it with idiomatic style."

    – Fanfare

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