who had learned Boogie-woogie piano from my mother was playing this music when I came in, and for me that was the best thing ever – the chaos of the universe became ordered and I said ...

The music at uptown Café Society was nothing new to its downtown habitues. Two of the boogie-woogie players ... played Bach and Liszt on the piano, first straight, then hot.

The entirety of the action in August Wilson’s THE PIANO LESSON unfolds in a single place - a house in Pittsburgh's Hill District, in the mid-1930s. That domicile, home to Doaker Charles, his ...

Smithsonian's own jazz man, John Edward Hasse, gives a lesson on the influential music genre ... Rise of Superheroes: Free Online Course from Comic Book Icon Stan Lee (00:54) ...

But even in that lower key, her unique phrasing and ability to slide her vocals in and around the unusual rhythms of her music remains ... rocking through a boogie-woogie piano solo at the end.

LOS ANGELES — Quincy Jones, who expanded the American songbook as a musician, composer and producer and shaped some of the ...

Through his music and ... and early jazz piano. His mother was an avid singer of spirituals and a next-door neighbor, Lucy Jackson, helped Jones learn to tap out boogie-woogie on the keyboard.

His father had immigrated to the United States from Cape Verde—-and that island nation's Portuguese influences would play a big part in Silver's own music ... playing both piano and saxophone while he ...

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Both altos and guitarists, Jessica plays piano and mandolin ... fiery fiddle tunes and country music classics, sprinkled with pop. Their repertoire features hit songs like “Good To Be Alive,” ...