#American pianist

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Jerry LEE LEWIS "the Killer"

Chanteur-pianiste de rock and roll, rockabilly, country... (1935 –  28 octobre 2022)

Hommage...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMVzBIlnPiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F569_t2jCio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw7SBF-35Es https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlVB6ezJ9nY

Photos credit : ©Jim Herrington Lewis at his Nesbit, Mississippi, home, 2014.

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Selfies 4 TUMBLR specifically. <3

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George Gershwin. American composer and pianist. Jazz and classics. Swanee (1919), The Man I Love (1924).

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Dorothy Donegan

Jazz pianist Dorothy Donegan was born in 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. Donegan was not only fluent in several styles of jazz, but also in European classical music. In 1943, she became the first African-American to perform at Orchestra Hall in Chicago. Donegan became known for her entertaining and flamboyant style of performance, and garnered a cult following. She began receiving wider acclaim later in life. In 1992, Donegan received a Jazz Master fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. The following year, she performed at the White House.

Dorothy Donegan died in 1998 at the age of 76.

Image: National Archives

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The Pianist (2002) dir. Roman Polanski

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𝐁𝐞𝐛𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐯

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Henry Cowell

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The Brilliance of Keith Jarrett: A Jazz Legend

Introduction: Keith Jarrett is a name synonymous with virtuosity, innovation, and boundless creativity in the world of jazz. Born seventy-nine years ago today on May 8, 1945, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Jarrett’s musical journey began at a young age. His prodigious talent was evident early on, and he quickly established himself as a gifted pianist and composer. Early Career and Formation of the…

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Remembering Nat King Cole 🌹🕊️

on his Birthday 🎂

March 17 1919

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just doing a lil mental math here and the year the audience of the oscars booed michael moore for his anti-bush, anti-iraq war best documentary acceptance speech is the same year they gave roman polanski a standing ovation for winning best director………………..

thinking some thoughts, thinking some thoughts for sure

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The incredible Phineas Newborn Jr.

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American pianist and composer Duke Ellington on a vintage postcard

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I'll always love you, and want you too. How much, you'll never know. Most of all, I miss you so, I'll always love you. I miss you so.

The first post on this blog will be for the king of 20th century pop music— Nat King Cole. Nat King Cole was the first and now longest-running jazz musician to hold a special place in my heart, since my great grandma was his biggest fan.

Nat King Cole exists in most memories as the singer to The Christmas Song (chestnuts roasting on an open fiiire), but less people know he's a pianist as well, even jazz musicians. When I show people his work with the Nat King Cole Trio, they ask me who the pianist is and I still get responses of surprise that they "didn't know he also played piano." I reply with "he was a pianist first and a singer second, too."

It's a shame, really. His gentle style of soloing moves me in ways that the most technically skilled pianists in the world couldn't achieve, just because of the emotion it can convey. His careful, floating comping makes a ballad so listenable, and he was so worthy of that recognition from the jazz community and from the general public.

At the same time, I understand why his voice *became* Nat King Cole. Listening to Nat King Cole makes you feel less alone, like you can so easily relate to what he's singing. His voice convinces me that what he's singing is true, even when he didn't personally experience whatever exactly he was singing about, and even if I haven't experienced what he's singing about. His voice feels like reassurance, like a nice cool pillow to rest your head on.

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Valerie Capers

Pianist and composer Valerie Capers was born in New York City in 1935. Capers was the first blind student to graduate from the Juilliard School. She has performed with artists such as Tito Puente and Dizzy Gillespie, and has been honored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Smithsonian Institution. In 1978, one of Capers' compositions, "Sing About Love", was performed at Carnegie Hall. She has also devoted herself to music education, publishing a book of intermediate jazz piano compositions and serving on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.

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