While I am no jazz expert, there are many wonderful pianists in jazz who make you think, "This person is great," the more you ...

The Teddy Abrams Express continues to roll through the byways and superhighways of American music with The American Project, although superstar pianist Yuja Wang gets top billing and the label is ...

While I am no jazz expert, there are many wonderful pianists in jazz who make you think, "This person is great," the more you listen to them. This is a series where I introduce such people from a ...

The explosive combination of boogie-woogie piano and a full big-band sound makes for a thrilling spectacle. Pianist and composer Ladyva captured that excitement with her original number, “Ladyva’s ...

Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-43 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Given anonymously. Victory Boogie Woogie has been on long-term loan to the Kunstmuseum Den Haag since 1998, when the ...

Most people will have seen a busking performance on a public piano, to the extent that witnessing such a performance is generally not seen as anything special nowadays. A few months ago, however, a ...

Boogie-woogie is a kind of blues piano playing in which the left hand drones a set bass phrase over & over, while the right hand goes to town with whatever variations the player can think up. Its form ...

Ever since he burst onto the scene in the mid 1990s, Paul Thomas Anderson has been one of the most arresting filmmakers in Hollywood – right up to his latest highly-acclaimed work, One Battle After ...

First released in 1997, “Boogie Nights” earned three Oscar nominations, including supporting turns for Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore and a screenwriting nod for Anderson. The movie’s sprawling cast ...

For a whole generation that grew up in the 90s and early 2000s, Boogie Woogie wasn’t just a dance show. It was weekend television. It was the sound of the opening tune, the judges’ playful banter, and ...

Ricky Nye has more juggling expertise than a train car full of Ringling Bros. clowns. While he’s prepping for a pair of Raisins reunion shows, he’s simultaneously managing the details of staging the ...

The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival returns this year after a hiatus due to post-pandemic financial challenges. Founded by local musician Craig Brenner, the festival aims to introduce ...