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Bill Evans performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1978. Mastering the various chord voicings—simple to advanced—is the first building block of learning jazz piano. Jazz piano technique uses all the chords found in Western art music, such as major, minor, augmented, diminished, seventh, diminished seventh, sixth, minor seventh, major seventh, suspended fourth, and so
Early sets were mainly formed of covers, including "I Shall Be Released" by Bob Dylan, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum and "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues, mixed with original material, including van Leer's first song written with the group in mind, the instrumental "Focus". [7] In their search for more work and a steady ...
But then I thought the combination of jazz and classical music could be used in rock." [6] With his parents and two brothers, eldest Frank and youngest Maarten, [8] who played the bassoon and piano and flute, respectively, the family would often play music at home together. [6] Van Leer also took up painting, modelling, and performing in plays. [6]
Three lineups of Focus in 1974, 2014, 2023 Focus are a Dutch progressive rock band from Amsterdam. Formed in November 1969, the group originally included keyboardist, flautist and vocalist Thijs van Leer, guitarist Jan Akkerman, bassist Martijn Dresden and drummer Hans Cleuver. The group broke up in 1978, but later reformed with various personnel changes in 1985, 1997 and finally 2002. The ...
Stride jazz piano, often shortened to stride, is a jazz piano style that arose from ragtime players. Prominent stride pianists include James P. Johnson , Willie "the Lion" Smith , Fats Waller , Luckey Roberts , and Mary Lou Williams .
Focus II (better known by its international title, Moving Waves) is the second studio album by Dutch progressive rock band Focus, released in October 1971 on Imperial Records. Following the departure of original bassist Martin Dresden and drummer Hans Cleuver in 1970, the band recruited Cyril Havermans and Pierre van der Linden , respectively ...
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Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" [nb 1] Hines (December 28, 1903 [nb 2] – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".