Pianists of Jazz-Hampton Hawes
The highly regarded bebop and hard-bop pianist Hampton Hawes was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His father, Hampton Hawes, Sr., was minister of Westminster Presbysterian Church, and the...
View ArticlePianists of Jazz-Enrico Pieranunzi
Pianist, composer and arranger, Enrico Pieranunzi was born in Rome (Italy) in 1949. When he was only five and half years old, he began studyng piano. At the same time, his father started...
View ArticlePianists of Jazz- Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan has overcome physical disability and thrived as a pianist despite it. His right hand was partially crippled by polio in his childhood, but Parlan’s made frenetic, highly rhythmic right...
View ArticlePianists of Jazz – Tommy Flanagan
Thomas Lee Flanagan (16 March 1930, – † 16 November 2001, New York City) was an American jazz pianist born in Detroit, Michigan, particularly remembered as an accompanist of Ella Fitzgerald. He...
View ArticlePianists of Jazz-Hank Jones
Henry “Hank” Jones (born July 31, 1918) is an American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National...
View ArticlePianists of Jazz -Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a highly regarded Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the “Maharaja of the keyboard” by Duke Ellington,...
View ArticlePianists of Jazz-Kenny Barron
A thorough examination of Kenny Barron’s musical accomplishments over a span of 50 years necessitates a discography of more than 200 pages. That’s because in addition to a distinguished career as...
View ArticlePianists of Jazz-Horace Silver
When Horace Silver once wrote out his rules for musical composition (in the liner notes to the 1968 record, Serenade to a Soul Sister), he expounded on the importance of “meaningful simplicity.” The...
View ArticleBill Evans (1929-1981)
Bill Evans – Israel – Jazz 625 Cargado por Delta_Mike. – Explorar otros videos musicales. Bill Evans was born in Plainfield, New Jersey on August 16, 1929 and began his music studies at age 6....
View ArticleDanilo Rea (*1957)
One of Italy’s leading jazz pianists, Danilo Rea received a solid musical training, obtaining his degree from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. Among the artists he has worked with on-stage and...
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