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Earl Hines

Once called “the very first contemporary jazz pianist,” Earl Hines differed from your stride pianists from the 1920s simply by splitting up the stride rhythms with unusual accents from his still left hands. While his ideal hand often performed octaves in order to band obviously over ensembles, Hines experienced the …

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