Sadly, he is not one of New Orleans' native sons. But you can't win 'em all. Quite a talent though! From Wikipedia: Frank Isaac Robinson…
Continue reading → Happy Friday! Watch this 6 year old play Boogie Woogie with Count Basie
I've been obsessed with Allen Toussaint's version of Tipitina and Me off of the post-Katrina compilation Our New Orleans It's a really refreshingly different version…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Wf68FTYoGKQ Watch five people play one piano! Really creative use of their instrument
Van Cliburn died this morning of bone cancer. He is most well known for winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at the age of…
Recently, I had a lesson with an adult student who was returning to the piano after a long respite from formal study. She had kept…
Continue reading → The importance of listening to great pianists
Specifically, I love the first movement. Unfortunately, my hands are small (can barely reach an octave) and my teacher in high school wouldn't let me…
Continue reading → One of my favorite pieces; Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2