Nights at the Red Steinway: Adventures in Jazz Piano, from the Wall Street Journal and Elsewhere

by Will Friedwald

Whether in the compositions of foundational figures like Jelly Roll Morton, Thomas "Fats" Waller. and Earl "Fatha" Hines; swing pioneers such as Teddy Wilson and Joe Bushkin; torch-bearers like Mary Lou Williams and her student Thelonious Monk; technical masters including Bud Powell and Bill Evans; or modern mixologists such as Sun Ra and Keith Jarrett, the piano has been the site of historic innovations in jazz, and the stage on which some of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493084127
• ISBN13: 9781493084128
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 225 Pages