Piano man Ricky Nye admits there was no “grand design” when he started his Blues and Boogie Piano Summit 15 years ago. He was simply carrying out what he sees as the highest calling for those into the ...

Little Willie Littlefield, the blues singer and boogie-woogie pianist who recorded the first version of the rock-and-roll standard “Kansas City” and whose piano work influenced generations of rock and ...

The Daily Iowan sat down with Iowa City native and boogie-woogie, blues, and swing pianist Chase Garrett to talk about his upcoming performance at the Englert. The Third-Annual Blues & Boogie-Woogie ...

Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano, a new box set featuring remastered recordings from music greats such as Chicago's Jimmy Yancy, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson. It also ...

Bloomington musician Mark Wiedenmayer said, "H-T survey results voted Craig Brenner best pianist in Bloomington in 1987." Brenner pours his keyboard skills into something else, too — the Bloomington ...

Tall, regal looking and fashion-model thin with a striking shock of white hair that brings an aura of sage maturity to her otherwise youthful elegance, Marcia Ball might not look like a two-fisted, ...

The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival is one of the friendliest Judy Carmichael has ever played. That's one reason Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, Steinway Artist and host of NPR's "Judy ...

Chase Garrett’s among a small crop of young pianists to move to St. Louis over the last few years, each of them digging into classic veins of American songcraft. Playing around town as a solo act and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The black and white keys of the piano sound beautiful when played with love, and few people truly ...

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