to try your hand at solo playing to make a personal synthesis in black and white. We hope it's no heresy to say that, along the very rich path of Jazz Piano, a single thread can be discerned.
In March, 2007 Mr. Birnbaum toured internationally as a part of the Rhythm Road program sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center and the US State Department. Mr. Birnbaum has developed an innovative ...
My most recent audacious personal goal was to transcribe a jazz piano solo, both hands, by my friend and mentor, Steve Allee. I spent many hours, every day, over a period of six weeks, working on this ...
Bill Evans, one of the most influential and tragic figures of the post-bop jazz piano, was known for his highly nuanced touch, the clarity of the feeling content of his music and his reform of the ...