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Baby Face
Music Music Music
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Over The Waves
Saints Go Marching In
Alley Cat
California Here I Come
Small World
Ballgame
Please Don't
Talk About Me
Someone To Watch Over Me

ROD MILLER
Age 52 - played
piano since age 19
Disneyland Main
St. Pianist for 31 yrs


ALAN THOMPSON,JR
Age 22 - played
piano since age 18
Played trumpet
for 10 years prior
Rod's ONE and ONLY Student.
Practices FOUR
hours EVERY DAY
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NEW: Happy Birthday, Varsity Drag, Pearly Shells, New York NY, Ain't Misbehavin', & 76 Trombones

THE BIRTH OF A STYLE - CONDENSED

In the late summer of 1996 Alan Thompson, Jr. was in Disneyland and heard the high energy style piano for which Rod Miller is famous. Alan asked Rod to give him lessons but Rod does not give lessons. Alan "bugged" Rod for three months and finally Rod said, "you have to promise to practice for four hours every day." Alan replied "I'll do 5 or six if that's what it takes ! When do we start ?" Alan progressed very rapidly. So rapidly, that during a lesson in early 1998, Rod asked Alan to play "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" to refresh his memory. The song book had the melody line as sheet music but the chords were in guitar notation ( Am, C, Cmaj7, etc ). Alan did not read guitar chords and Rod doesn't read music so they played the song together - three-hand. Alan used his band experience to weave in a counter-melody and VOILA! - their unique four-hand style was born. They played the tune in public and the rest is history. By July 1999 they had 18 arrangements for the CD (pictured above) which was released in October, 1999. To Purchase please:

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or VISIT the 20TH Century Music Co., Main St., Disneyland, Ca.


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