Learn about the famous piano players of the 21st century, including their notable albums, awards and contributions to classical, jazz and contemporary music.

Tatum came to major jazz prominence in 1933 when he entered a stride piano cutting contest in Harlem at the age of 24 against Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, and Willie “The Lion” Smith.

Anthony Molinaro and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. Merging jazz and classical piano. When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Where: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston. Tickets: $8-$16; 847 ...

Pianist Allen Toussaint plays on the Acura Stage at the New Orleans Jazz Fest in New Orleans on Saturday, May 3, 2014. The musical legend defied his own famous maxim - "Piano players rarely ever ...

Stride Piano: Bottom-End Jazz Born out of Harlem in the 1920s, ... Although not as famous as Waller or Johnson, ... If one great stride piano player can make two hands sound like four, ...

"It's very interesting how jazz has made the piano, in its way, a very approachable and warm instrument. You can tell the jazz pianist. Each one is different." While the famous classical pianist Artur ...

“They Shot the Piano Player” uses a fictional character to narrate its tale about the mysterious disappearance of an actual person, Brazilian samba-jazz pianist Francisco Tenório Jr. On March ...

Stride Piano: Bottom-End Jazz Born out of Harlem in the 1920s, stride pianists took the basic left-hand "oompah" rhythm of ragtime, but played it with more swing and complexity, while the right ...