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William Kinderman is one particular exceedingly rare pianists whose key pad artistry is equaled, perhaps surpassed, by his uncommonly excellent scholarship. He’s the author of several books on music, including four on Beethoven and his functions, one on Mozart’s piano music, and one each on Wagner’s Parsifal and Tristan und …

This vocal quartet was formed in 1952 in Philadelphia, USA, by Ernest Smith (lead), Richard Gregory (tenor), Julius Robinson (tenor) and Donald Marshall (bass). These were noticed playing within their home-town in November 1952 by Ed Kresnel and Jerry Halperin, two white teens who saw inside them the prospect of …

Using a smooth sound combining components of funk, R&B, rock and roll, and electric jazz, keyboardist Jeff Lorber helped pioneer a genre of fusion afterwards formatted under such names as NAC and contemporary jazz. Blessed in Philadelphia on November 4, 1952, he started playing the piano at age four, so …