I wanted it to be a record for piano.” This is where ‘Caroline, No’ enters the conversation, it would seem. Speaking on that ...
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Light My Fire” wasn’t the Doors’ first single — that honor went to “Break on Through (To the Other Side).” It was actually ...
During a trip to Europe in 1953, accomplished 20th-century jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams was exhausted, ...
Credit: Getty Images Bruce Forman is a jazz guitar master ... single-note melodic ideas with answering chord voicings, ...
A relaxed understanding born of a long career helped pianist Garrick Ohlsson bring easy grace and Proto-Romantic sensibility ...
Are the vibes good? These tracks by Milt Jackson, Lionel Hampton, Roy Ayers and others, chosen by 12 musicians and writers, should convince you.
“Especially as a piano player ... idea of what jazz can be, he’s reframed the conversation on all that Black music is. On his Black Radio series of albums he’s convened musicians in every category, ...
sold insurance and worked as a preacher; his mother, Lucy, was a music educator and choral director who taught Lou’s siblings ...
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Spanning 70 years and towering roles as a musician, songwriter/ composer, producer, arranger, entrepreneur and more, Quincy ...
And this one is a deep cut. In 2016, NPR's Robert Siegel spoke with actor and comedian H. Jon Benjamin about a jazz album on which he plays piano. Now, Jon Benjamin had not learned to play the piano ...