On June 14, master percussionist Chief Baba Neil Clarke pays homage to his longtime friend and bandleader pianist NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston, at Sista’s Place ( 456 Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn). Two ...

Kenneth Williams liked to say he quite “literally fell into piano tuning ... and James Taylor. “He’s a genius,” Frank Malfitano, founder and director of Syracuse’s Jazz Fest said ...

Retired University of Tennessee at Knoxville professor Donald Brown, an acclaimed jazz pianist who's a prominent ... of jazz after meeting musician James Williams and taught at the Berklee College ...

James Williams was an American jazz pianist. Williams began playing piano at age 13, and served as the organist at the Eastern Star Baptist Church in Memphis for six years early in his career. He ...

Jessica Williams, a jazz pianist and composer of extraordinary talent and imagination ... The TD Jazz Series continues in the Fall with “Salsa Meets Jazz” (September 25), saxophonist Boney James ...

Alan Pasqua, Chairman of Jazz Studies at USC, was born in New Jersey and began studying piano at ... Gary Burton, James Moody, Gary Peacock, Gary Bartz, Reggie Workman, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — Renee Rosnes is one of the foremost pianists in the jazz firmament. Since she burst on the scene in 1985, Rosnes has played with some of the top names in jazz — J.J. Johnson, Wayne ...

Among much else, the pianist taught ... dal bassista Ben Williams, s'inscrive in quest'attività, presentandosi come una profonda riflessione (anche spirituale) sui ... It's a big step for any singer, ...

the Jazz Messengers pianist who schooled him on Memphis greats like Miller, Harold Mabern and James Williams. Image “I Owe It All to You,” Allison’s debut, includes four original ...

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Her early years included listening to piano rolls of James P. Johnson and Willie "The Lion ... This broadcast celebrates Mothers Day featuring music by Mary Lou Williams in the first hour (a ...