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Piano Inside And Out: You Have To Be Modernistic

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
May 17, 2022
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Today, a survey of piano approaches from James P. Johnson to Dorothy Donegan to Satoko Fujii and lots of folks in between. This is piano jazz.

Playlist

King Fleming Trio "Junction City Blues" from Stand By (Argo) 0:00:30

Randy Weston "Boram Xam Xam" from Khepera (Verve) 0:04:01

Earl Hines "Blues in Thirds" from The Father of modern Jazz Piano, Earl "Fatha" Hines (M.F. Distribution) 0:08:25

James P. Johnson "You've Got To Be Modernistic" from Piano Jazz vol. 2 Barrel House and Boogie Woogie (Brunswick Records) 0:15:17

Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio "Green Dolphin Street" from Live in Seattle (Arena Music Promotion) 0:19:34

Vijay Iyer Trio "Break Stuff" from Break Stuff (ECM) 0:26:14

Keith Jarrett Trio "In Front" from Facing You (ECM) 0:31:40

Satoko Fujii Trio "Ice Waterfall" from Stone (Libra Records) 0:42:47

Dorothy Donegan Trio "Autumn In New York" / "I Can't Get Started" / "On Green Dolphin Street" from Live At The Widder Bar 1986, Zürich (Timeless Records) 0:45:55

Nina Simone "Love Me or Leave Me" from single (Bethlehem) 0:56:14

Billy Lester "Scrapple From The Apple" from From Scratch (Newvelle Records) 1:00:36

Aruán Ortiz "Danza Negra" from Cuban Nocturne (Newvelle Records) 1:06:41

Charles Mingus "Big Alice" from Mingus At Carnegie Hall Deluxe Edition (Run Out Groove) 1:15:45

Lisa Ullen "Treble and Bass" from Piano Works (disorder 05) 1:35:09

Yuko Fujiyama "Kurikaesu" from Quite Passion (Intakt Records) 1:40:52

Jessica Williams "Flamenco Sketches" from Live At Yoshi's Volume Two (Max Jazz) 1:49:54

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