b. Robert T. Smith, 1 August 1928, La Grange, Tx, USA. Slim started performing and playing saxophone in night clubs in the past due 40s, but after getting shot in the upper body he turned to drums, playing behind Lightnin’ Hopkins to get a spell. He became a pianist whenever …

Huey “Piano” Smith was a significant area of the fun new Orleans piano custom, subsequent in the footsteps of Teacher Longhair and Body fat Domino to consider his place among the Crescent City’s R&B top notch. He was also among R&B’s great comedians, his greatest singles coordinating the Coasters for …

Due to an array of affects, restless/relentless creative energies, along with a helping ensemble that’s too many to list completely, random peeks in to the catalog from the Glen Johnson-helmed Piano Magic — from super limited-edition singles in Spanish independents to full-length soundtracks — rarely bring about a similar thing …

A delightful curiosity through the serene ’80s, Pianosaurus played juvenile pop music on — what else? — rinky-dink pianos, plastic material horns, and a complete selection of children’s playthings. Bandmates Alex Garvin, Bianca “Flystrip” Miller, and Steve Dansiger emerged together in NY State in the first ’80s, and self-released their …

Willie Perryman passed two nicknames during his lengthy profession, both of these thoroughly apt. He was referred to as Piano Crimson due to his albino epidermis pigmentation for some of his executing life. However they known as him Dr. Feelgood through the ’60s, and that is just what his raucous, …

In 1990, Adam Williams and three fellow pianists (Harold Mabern, Mulgrew Miller, and Geoff Keezer) paid tribute to Phineas Newborn on the CD which they documented two trio numbers apiece, and also a version of “It Don’t Mean something,” where in fact the 4 players took turns using one piano. …

Imitation Electric powered Piano may be the brainchild of Stereolab bassist/multi-instrumentalist Simon Johns, formed while an store for his unique spin on post-rock. Johns collaborated with like-minded music artists, including drummer Ashley Marlowe, bassist Andrew Blake, keyboardist Chris Blake, guitarist Paul Morgan, and trumpet participant Nick Wilson, on 2001’s self-titled …

Led by visionary pianist Leo Tardin, Grand Pianoramax is really a loose-knit group task offering keyboards, drums, and MC/vocalists and showcasing a musical design that attracts from jazz, electronica, hip-hop, and spoken phrase. Delivered in Geneva, Switzerland, and located in NEW YORK since graduating from the brand new School College …

UK-born Osborne was nominal leader of a normal jazz outfit whose ‘Sunday Leap’ was the starting and concluding theme towards the highly important BBC Light Programme’s Sunday Golf club pop series which they appeared regularly in the past due 50s. By 1960, Osborne got enlisted additional music artists of such …

Piano Choir has eight keyboardists, electric powered and acoustic, led by Stanley Cowell, Harold Mabern, and Sonelius Smith.