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Michel Petrucciani (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl petʁutʃani]; Italian: [petrutˈtʃaːni]; 28 December 1962 – 6 January 1999) [1] was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature.
During the day he would perform piano tuning at Nield and Hardy's, one of the two major musical instrument stores in the town. Just round the corner from the store was the Warren Buckley pub and beneath was a jazz cellar where Eddie (with dog under the piano) played during the evening with two local musicians making up the trio.
In 19th century France and England, piano tuners were frequently blind. The first blind piano tuner is thought to be Claude Montal, who taught himself how to tune a piano while studying at L'Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles in 1830. At first Montal's teachers were skeptical, doubting that a blind man could actually perform the necessary ...
This is an alphabetized list of musicians notable for playing or having played jazz piano. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic capabilities. [1
George Shearing – British jazz pianist. [61] Tom Sullivan – American musician, author and motivational speaker. The 1982 film If You Could See What I Hear is based on his autobiography. [62] Blind Joe Taggart – American country blues and gospel singer and guitarist who recorded in the 1920s and 1930s. [63]
Sir George Albert Shearing [1] OBE (13 August 1919 – 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records.
He became a member of the jazz-fusion band Morrissey–Mullen, [4] but it was not until the 1980s that he recorded with them--This Must Be The Place was released in 1985 [5] and Happy Hour in 1988. [6] Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler recommended Jacobsen for the piano chair with the Bobby Wellins Quartet. [7] Jacobsen would perform on four of Wellins ...
Rebecca Nash is a British jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. She has released her own music and played as part of Dee Byrne's Entropi ensemble. Life and career