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james weidman
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James Weidman's website features reviews, sound bites, recordings, newletter,
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New York-based pianist James Weidman is indisputably one of the world's top sidemen. Over the years he has played and recorded with musicians as diverse as Max Roach, Woody Herman, Archie Shepp, James Moody, Greg Osby, and Marty Ehrlich.
He has also been the accompanist of choice for some of the world's most celebrated singers, including legendary jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln and Cassandra Wilson. Clearly, Weidman -- described by New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff as playing "smoothly and decorously" behind Lincoln at a recent reunion concert -- is one those rare accompanists to whom singers feel it is safe to give free rein ...
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New York-based pianist James Weidman is indisputably one of the world's top sidemen. Over the years he has played and recorded with musicians as diverse as Max Roach, Woody Herman, Archie Shepp, James Moody, Greg Osby, and Marty Ehrlich.
He has also been the accompanist of choice for some of the world's most celebrated singers, including legendary jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln and Cassandra Wilson. Clearly, Weidman -- described by New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff as playing "smoothly and decorously" behind Lincoln at a recent reunion concert -- is one those rare accompanists to whom singers feel it is safe to give free rein ...
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In the 1960s, Amadie was diagnosed with acute tendonitis, and eventually he was forced to abandon playing the piano entirely. New medical treatments and a series of operations allowed Amadie to return to the ivories around ten years ago, although he could only play once a month, and just a few minutes or so, before unbearable pain would cause him to stop.
Eternally optimistic, Amadie decided in the mid-1990s to record some of his favorite standards plus a few of his original compositions, which he accomplished at a rate of one song-and one take-at a time, with a period of months elapsing before he would be physically able to play again. Amazingly, Amadie's first-ever album, a collection of solo piano performances titled Always with Me, appeared in 1996, earning him accolades for both his sterling musicianship and indefatigable spirit. Reviewers noted Amadie's "elegant touch" and his "strong, swinging expression," and before long he was being featured in the top jazz magazines and on CBS's popular TV program "Sunday Morning with Billy Taylor" and National Public Radio with commentator Scott Simon ...
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In the 1960s, Amadie was diagnosed with acute tendonitis, and eventually he was forced to abandon playing the piano entirely. New medical treatments and a series of operations allowed Amadie to return to the ivories around ten years ago, although he could only play once a month, and just a few minutes or so, before unbearable pain would cause him to stop.
Eternally optimistic, Amadie decided in the mid-1990s to record some of his favorite standards plus a few of his original compositions, which he accomplished at a rate of one song-and one take-at a time, with a period of months elapsing before he would be physically able to play again. Amazingly, Amadie's first-ever album, a collection of solo piano performances titled Always with Me, appeared in 1996, earning him accolades for both his sterling musicianship and indefatigable spirit. Reviewers noted Amadie's "elegant touch" and his "strong, swinging expression," and before long he was being featured in the top jazz magazines and on CBS's popular TV program "Sunday Morning with Billy Taylor" and National Public Radio with commentator Scott Simon ...
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Pianist Steve Kuhn's website features reviews, sound bites, recordings, biography.
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After graduation from Harvard College, Kuhn attended the Lenox School of Music where he met and played in a group with fellow-students Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry. The faculty included Bill Evans, George Russell, and Gunther Schuller. While at Lenox, Kuhn met trumpeter Kenny Dorham and began a two-year stint, interrupted when Kuhn was asked to join John Coltrane's newly-formed quartet.
Kuhn next joined Stan Getz's band, which included bassist Scott LaFaro ...
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In his early teens, Kuhn studied with legendary teacher Margaret Chaloff who schooled him in the "Russian Technique", an invaluable tool for tone production and projection. Chaloff's son, Serge, baritone saxophonist for Woody Herman, hired the 13 year-old pianist to play in his group. Throughout his teens Kuhn continued to play in Boston jazz clubs with visiting celebrities; Coleman Hawkins, Chet Baker and Vic Dickenson.
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Kuhn next joined Stan Getz's band, which included bassist Scott LaFaro ...
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Pianist Jonny King's website features reviews, sound bites, itinerary, books, biography, cds.
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Although King is primarily self-taught, he did study privately in the early 1980s with the late bebop pianist Tony Aless and rising star Mulgrew Miller, who would become one of King's key mentors, Whenever school or another gig allowed, King also spent his free time in the fertile environment of Manhattan's jazz clubs. By the time he was a teenager, he was already working as a sideman in the New York clubs, and he found himself sitting in with the likes of Art Blakey and many other jazz qreats.
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