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An intimate and humorous look at the life
and career of the legendary blues pianist Alex Moore, the
first Black Texan to receive a National Heritage Fellowship.
Moore taught himself to play the piano by watching others
and practicing whenever he got a chance. Because he had no
formal training Moore developed a distinctive improvisatory
piano style that included elements of blues, ragtime, barrelhouse,
stride and boogie-woogie. He combined steady left hand bass
figures with fluid right hand melodies. His lyrics were both
traditional and original and were a response to his playing
of the piano and to the moment at hand. The film shows his
mastery of the piano at a tribute held in his honor at the
famous Majestic Theater-his last public performance. |
