One of jazz's greatest pianists, Hines, a longtime Bay Area resident, was a keyboard giant who in the 1920s, often in the company of Louis Armstrong, expanded the harmonic palette and freed up the ...

Apr. 24—James Johnson, who runs the Afro-American Institute of Music in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood, said it would be tough for any jazz piano player to go through life without being influenced ...

Earl Hines revolutionized the piano in the 1930s and, with Art Tatum, remains jazz's mightiest player. His fearsome, trumpet-like octave attack incorporated all aspects of the jazz orchestra. Instead ...

Step up and take a look at the U.S.’s latest secret weapon. A hot missile? No, a cool cat—Earl (“Fatha”) Hines, jazz pianist nonpareil. Fatha and his sextet were midway through a six-week cultural ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Earl Hines' birthday today! A brilliant keyboard virtuoso, Earl “Fatha” Hines was one of the first great piano soloists in jazz, and one of the very few musicians who ...

Earl "Fatha" Hines, often credited with establishing the piano as a solo instrument, revolutionized the 1920s "stride" piano style by playing... Earl Hines: ' '65 Piano Solo' [MUSIC] A.B. SPELLMAN, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the 1930s a Chicago disc jockey ...

Telling his story Here is the text that will go on the recognizable blue-and-yellow historical markers that dot Pennsylvania's history rich landscape: "Revolutionary jazz pianist who got his start in ...