Another in a series of “antique music videos,” set to a 1921 composition by jazz pioneer James P. Johnson, an originator of the Harlem Stride piano style. The animation reflects the multi-leveled, over-the-top delight and frantic silliness of this amazing musical performance.
In bringing these old musical treasures to new audiences I hope to recreate in some small way the experience of hearing this music for the first time.