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Tag: Piano

Jelly Roll Morton: Bridging Ragtime and Jazz Traditions

Jelly Roll Morton demonstrates the stylistic differences between Ragtime and Jazz, an evolution of which he was a major proponent

Published July 27, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Jazz, Jelly Roll Morton, Maple Leaf Rag, Piano, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Scott Joplin

Ragtime and Stride – Two American Piano Styles

Breaking down the defining features of the closely related piano styles of Ragtime and Stride

Published July 13, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Piano, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Scott Joplin, Stride, Stride Piano, Willie "The Lion" Smith

Meet the Gellers

The story of jazz “power couple” Lorraine and Herb Geller

Published September 15, 2019
Categorized as American Music History Tagged Allan Chase, At the Piano, Bebop, Herb Geller, Lorraine Geller, Piano, Saxophone, West Coast Jazz
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