Art began his training in music at the age of four, studying with Sue Shannon, an unconventional classical piano teacher who taught improvisation and composition from the earliest stages of musical ...

Born in 1919, Art Blakey began his musical career, as did many jazz musicians, in the church. The foster son of a devout Seventh Day Adventist Family, Art learned the piano as he learned the Bible, ...

A spectacular series of jazz piano concerts is set to grace the stage ... taught keyboard player to sharing the stage with renowned artists such as Teddy Edwards and Jason Rebello, Collie's ...

27, 1924, Powell helped set the style for jazz piano after WWII ... So we look to improvisers' lives to illuminate their art. But with Bud Powell, there's often a striking disconnect between ...