Mastery

To achieve mastery in any art form requires 10,000 hours of concerted practice and effort. The Round the World Conservatory of the Arts Radio Correspondence Course on Becoming a Renaissance Person will start us off on Hour One of those Ten Thousand. So, get out your easels and smocks, but first we’ll sit down to the piano.

1 - Climbing Up the Scale - Johnny Johnson and his Orchestra – 1924

2 - Boogie on the Scales - Art Young - 1948

3 - Practice Makes Perfect - Al Stuart with Bob Chester and his Orchestra – 1940

4 - New Exercise in Swing - Johnny Guarnieri Trio - 1944

5 - Why Don't You Practice What You Preach - Audry Blane with Ted Wilson and his Orchestra – 1934

6 - Ragging the Scale - Conway's Band - 1915

7 - Ragging the Scale - Buddy Weed – 1950

8 - My Heart is Taking Lessons - Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol - 1938

9 - Ten Easy Lessons - Ruth Gaylor with Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra – 1938

10 - Six Lessons from Madame Lazonga - Mary Ann McCall with Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra - 1940

11 - Lessons in Cha Cha Cha - Artti label – Date Unknown

12 - Study in Brown - Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra – 1937

13 - A Study in Green - Larry Clinton and his Orchestra – 1938

14 - Lessons in Love - The Adrian Rollini Orchestra - 1936

15 - A Study in Red - Larry Clinton and his Orchestra – 1938

16 - You've Been Taking Lessons in Love - Fats Waller and his Rhythm – 1935

17 - Study in Surrealism - Larry Clinton and his Orchestra – 1940

18 - Piano Lessons for Junior - The Life of Riley – 1944 (Radio Comedy)

19 - Phil Takes Singing Lessons - The Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show – 1950 (Radio Comedy)

20 – Etude Brutus – Will Bradley and his Orchestra - 1946

21 - Ragging the Scale - Anglo-Persians – 1926