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The Bob Szajner TRIAD II

Born: September 12, 1938

Bob Szajner was born on September 12, 1938, he grew up listening to talented relatives playing various instruments. His mother taught him the basics of music and how to play piano at a very early age. In 1948, he won first prize in the Frankie Carle Piano Contest. This entitled him to one weeks performance at the Fox Theater in Detroit. He was one of the opening acts on the bill (a vaudeville theme) for Billie Holiday along with a comedian and an acrobatic duo. He enjoyed listening to her (Billie Holidays) style of music and accompaniment for her. This was the beginning of his quest for his own personal style. Ten years later, for at least ten years, he started writing and performing Modern Jazz later known as Bebop and then later as Hard Bop

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Live at the Detroit Montreux Jazz Festival

By The Bob Szajner TRIAD II

Label: Cadence Jazz Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: For Evans Sake; Pause for Hawes; Three Four Montreux; Just a Touch Up; Prayer Meetin'; Travesty; Isolation; Shadows; Class Conscious; Simple as That; Unreal McCoy.

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Bob Szajner Triad II: Live at the Detroit Montreux Jazz Festival

Read "Live at the Detroit Montreux Jazz Festival" reviewed by Jay Deshpande

by Jay Deshpande
July 24, 2008

Like far too many others, Bob Szajner serves as a reminder of how much jazz has been forgotten or overlooked. A popular player on the Detroit scene intermittently over several decades, Szajner distilled a piano style that brought together the blues and the innovations of Bill Evans in a popular form. This feel is readily apparent ...

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