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Taylor began his musical training as a drummer at age eight [2] but two years later he had picked up both the guitar and his initial piano skills from boogie-woogie pianist-neighbours. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] By the age of 16 he was an orphan and was essentially forced to fund himself - his receding hairline disguising his remarkable youth.
Powell took an interest in piano and he began taking piano lessons from a local teacher named Madalyn Brown, who claimed that Billy did not need a teacher as he was a natural and picked things up well on his own. When it was time for high school, his mother enrolled Billy and his brother Ricky at Sanford Naval Academy in Sanford, Florida.
Muhoberac was born and raised in Louisiana and began playing accordion and piano at age five. He went on the road with Woody Herman at 20 and moved to Memphis in 1959. In 1961, using the pseudonym "Larry Owens", he and his band played two of Presley's Memphis charity concerts.
George Winston, one of the bestselling instrumental pianists in the world during his heyday in the 1980s and ’90s, died Sunday at age 73. The announcement came through his social media and ...
Beard was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania on August 26, 1960. [1] He developed a keen interest in music from an early age. [2] He first learned to play the piano at the age of 6, before playing and later studying about other instruments, including the bass, clarinet, and saxophone.
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George Otis Winston III (February 11, 1949 – June 4, 2023) was an American pianist performing contemporary instrumental music. [1] Best known for his solo piano recordings, Winston released his first album in 1972, and came to prominence with his 1980 album Autumn, which was followed in 1982 by Winter into Spring and December.
Born in Harlem, New York, he began as the touring pianist in the backing band for King Curtis and eventually worked with Bob Dylan, Steely Dan, Don McLean, the Isley Brothers, Van Morrison, the Shirelles, and Dionne Warwick.