Jazz Corner of the World Encore with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Boogie-Woogie & Other Keyboard Stylings, Part 3 Craig shares more curriculum from his senior class in boogie-woogie piano. We’ll hear more stride, some ragtime, a little early Blues piano, and a huge serving of boogie-woogie from Hadda Brooks, Cripple Clarence … Continue reading
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Boogie-Woogie & Other Keyboard Stylings, Part 2 It’s another big helping of boogie-woogie, stride, and a little ragtime piano, as Craig Kessler shares music from the senior class he teaches. We’ll hear great stuff from Pete Johnson, Jimmy Yancey, James P. … Continue reading
Twenty years ago, across the Lincoln Park street where Erwin Helfer has lived since 1968, new neighbors moved in and installed a grand piano in their front window. “A lot of rich people use them as furniture."
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