"Swinging Welte" is part of TACET's "Welte Mystery Series" which explores the unknown piano rolls that rose to popularity in the 1920's. Fifty piano rolls were recovered from the basement of Hans Schmitz, an expert and specialist in the alignment of Welte pneumatics. Presented here are eighteen of those rolls, performed by various legendary pianists including George Gershwin and Hans Sommer.
7 Sometimes I'm Happy, Foxtrot (From Hit the Deck)
8 Blue Skies, Foxtrot (From Betsy)
9 Yearning, Foxtrot
10 The Wedding Glide, One-Step (From the Passing Show of 1912)
11 Just a Little Longer, Foxtrot
12 I Am in Love Again, Blues (From Greenwich Village Follies of 1924)
13 Pobre Percanta!, Tango
14 Mine, Foxtrot
15 Will You Remember, Waltz (From Maytime)
16 Smiles, Foxtrot (From the Passing Show of 1918)
17 Idolizing, Foxtrot
18 So Blue, Waltz
"Swinging Welte" is part of TACET's "Welte Mystery Series" which explores the unknown piano rolls that rose to popularity in the 1920's. Fifty piano rolls were recovered from the basement of Hans Schmitz, an expert and specialist in the alignment of Welte pneumatics. Presented here are eighteen of those rolls, performed by various legendary pianists including George Gershwin and Hans Sommer.
