Cover of 'The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method: The Player’s Guide to Authentic Stylings.'"; One of the hallmarks of jazz is that its players know how to improvise. So it would seem that the idea of ...

For Gabriela Montero music is akin to a first language. The Venezuelan-born pianist and Latin Grammy winner has performed with orchestras around the world, having made a name for herself as a ...

Keyboardist and composer Michael Robinson is well known for performing his genre-defying electronic works on his invention, the Meruvina. He is also an accomplished pianist who has released several ...

You've seen Mac King so many times you know all the jokes, but you can't afford to shop or gamble all afternoon, either. Fear not. A couple of new shows are trying to crack the Strip by working ...

The Jazz Piano Improv series kicked off with artistic director Dick Hyman and guest Bill Charlap united for a flowering pastiche of theater songs by Broadway's prolific wonder man, Stephen Sondheim.

In the 18th century, all pianists who performed in public with any regularity were expected to be able to improvise pieces within traditional genres on command. Today, few classical pianists would ...

T-Mobile have continued their series of surprising airport serenades by bringing internet phenomenon Merton the piano improv guy to Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow airports. Thousands of travellers ...

Dev Hynes has proven himself to be an artist who is well versed in multiple styles, whether he’s playing R&B as Blood Orange, scoring films like Queen & Slim, or performing classical music. Today he ...

ChatRoulette, the new hit social network created by a 17-year-old Russian that lets random people video chat with other random people (connected like roulette ball and number), is enjoying astounding ...

Robinson's improvisations neither attack nor retreat from the substance of these standards. The first of the albums is Not Like Before. Opening with "42nd Street," Robinson initially embraces the ...