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Ian Kane

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Ian Kane is a jazz pianist and founder of The Blue-hots, Pittsburgh's newest jazz vocal trio.

Ian Kane specializes in swing, stride, and early bebob piano playing. His band, The Blue-hots, sings and plays music from the American songbook. It covers standards as well as more obscure tunes from the 1920s to today.

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I love jazz because... It's exhilerating. I was first exposed to jazz... playing ragtime as a child and later discovered Gershwin's music and the American Songbook and everything associated with it. I met [musician name]... The best show I ever attended was... Oscar Peterson The first jazz record I bought was... My advice to new listeners... don't be fooled by technique! Or whatever else you have in mind.

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This page was last updated on 2012-06-22.

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