#american jazz pianist

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The incredible Phineas Newborn Jr.

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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 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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Johnny Costa

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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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Hi! Can you do a pianist user with Kurapika, Killua Feitan and Chrollo please?

HXH W/ a Pianist!Reader

Characters: Killua Zoldyck, Kurapika Kurta, Chrollo Lucilfer, Feitan Portor Type: Headcanons, Gn!Reader

kurapika's is so short but i was literally drawing blanks v_v

Warnings: none

Killua Zoldyck

doesn't care that much tbh

he never really had time to learn an instrument or listen to music

and he's literally 12, I doubt he cares much for classical or jazz type genres

if you figure out how to make a piano sound like an american rap artist call him

very indifferent to your talent soz

he'd be more interested if you played guitar or drums or something

Kurapika Kurta

he's content listening to you play but he never really requests it from you

he thinks you sound best when you play from the heart

so if you happen to be playing while he is around he will stop and listen for a while

he is very impressed if you write your own music

Chrollo Lucilfer

he likes watching/listening to you play

will gladly attend all of your recitals and performances if you let him

if you play in public settings like the mall or on the street he will be like a personal security guard, chasing away any kids who come up and want to mess with you while you're working 😭

this guy probably listens to a good deal of classical music and will have song requests for you on occasion

he thinks there's something so elegant to you while you play

overall very supportive 10/10

Feitan Portor

I actually think he would know how to play piano

he grew up in the slums and didn't have much time to do anything hobby wise after that but he still gives me pianist idk

if you leave this man alone in your house he will look around first to make sure you're nowhere in sight and then play your piano

and when you catch him he jumps 50 feet in the air like a startled cat and denies it

you're going to have to beg him to ever play again or duet with you

he'll never admit it but he enjoys playing with you

sometimes when he is in the mood to play he will wordlessly drag you to the piano and sit then look at you expectantly

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Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck (American, 1920 - 2012), New York City, 1954 - by Elliott Erwitt (1928 - 2023), French/American

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Today In History

Hazel Dorothy Scott, famed pianist and singer, was born in Trinidad on this date June 11, 1920.

She was active as a jazz singer throughout the 1930s and 1940s. In 1950, she became the first black American to host her own TV show, The Hazel Scott Show.

Scott is famous for her use of “swing” in classical music. She was an outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation. Scott used her influence to improve the representation of Black Americans in film.

Hazel Scott was not only the first Black American woman to host her own television show, but she also bravely stood up to the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Hollywood studio machine. The gifted and popular performer dazzled audiences in the U.S. and abroad with her jazzy renditions of classical works.

CARTER™️ Magazine

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Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), known professionally as Nina Simone (/ˌniːnə sɪˈmoʊn/), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop.

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African-American Defoko inspired by black nerd culture and street style

-15 year old butch lesbian

-Jazz pianist

-Black nerd

-Loves mecha

-Breakdancer

-Lo-Fi and Chillhop vibes

-Dreadlocks in a bob hairstyle

-Beanie hat with cat ears

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Toshiko Akiyoshi

Jazz composer and pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi was born in 1929 in Liaoyang, China. Akiyoshi began playing piano at six years old, and her talent was discovered in 1952 by Oscar Peterson. In 1956, she moved to the United States, and established a reputation as an outstanding "bebop" jazz player in New York City in the late 1950s. In 1973, Akiyoshi and her husband founded the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin, which over the course of ten years, garnered a reputation as one of the most innovative big bands in jazz. By the time she disbanded the orchestra in 2003, they had recorded 22 albums. Akiyoshi has received numerous honors, including an Order of the Rising Sun. Her music has also been nominated for 14 Grammy awards.

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spotify recommended me a mix called "Ethiopian jazz" which sounded pretty rad, so I checked it out and here are some notes on the first handful of artists in the mix

American, alternative/indie

Ethiopian pianist

Greek, indie folk

American, r&b

American, alternative indie hip hop rap

American, r&b/soul

Bahamian, rock

New Zealand, psychedelic rock

German, r&b soul alt indie rap hip hop

English, alt indie

French, alt indie

what. the fuckening are we doing here.

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“The one thing I don't think I could live without would be the soundtracks to horror films,'' she said. ''I love to play them in my car as I drive down the freeway.'' Miss Galas sees no contradiction in that she is as fond of grade-B horror movies and of the heavy-metal rock of AC/DC as she is of Verdi and her vocal idol, Maria Callas.”

/ From a 1985 New York Times profile of Diamanda Galas /

Don’t let the resemblance to Morticia Addams fool you - Diamanda Galas has SOUL! The fierce Greek American avant-garde diva, pianist, performance artist and AIDS activist (who was born on 29 August 1955, turning 69 today) convincingly styles herself as an Angel of Death. Once memorably described by The New Yorker as “lounge singer in a world on fire”, she wields her remarkable bird-of-prey voice like a weapon and possesses the same kind of wraith-cheekboned, raven-haired beauty Walt Disney endowed his animated evil queen stepmothers with. Galas got her first break singing in front of insane asylum inmates, has paid tribute to Aileen Wuornos and in performance is apt to take the stage stripped to the waist and smeared in blood. Appropriately, director Francis Ford Coppola enlisted her to provide eerie shrieks and gasps for the sound effects in his 1992 version of Dracula. I haven’t seen Galas perform in years, but I vividly remember the last time: she was reinterpreting jazz standards like “All of Me” and “You Don’t Know What Love Is” in her own inimitable (blood-curdling) way, which lulled the uninitiated into a false sense of security. People were filing out in dismay all night! Keep doing what you’re doing, lady! (If you’ve never dipped a toe into Galas’ oeuvre, start with her spine-tingling interpretations of “I Put a Spell on You”, The Supremes' “My World is Empty Without You” or Johnny Cash’s “25 Minutes to Go").