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This is an alphabetized list of notable solo pianists who play (or played) classical music on the piano. For those who worked with other pianists as piano duos, see List of classical piano duos (performers). For a list of recorded classical pianists, see List of classical pianists (recorded)
Many ragtime pianist, beginning around the 1920s, went on to perform stride and boogie-woogie and other lists of artists might be more identified with either. Shapiro's two lists above, exclude those who are known more as (i) non-piano ragtime composers (ii) ragtime revivalist (iii) stride pianists, and (iv) boogie-woogie pianists.
This is an alphabetized list of musicians notable for playing or having played jazz piano. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic capabilities. [1
Władziu Valentino Liberace (known as Lee to his friends and Walter to family) [4] was born in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 16, 1919. His grandfather Valentino Liberace (1836–1909) was a casket maker from Formia in central Italy where his father, musician Salvatore ("Sam") Liberace (1885–1977), was born. [5]
Ginette Martenot (1902–1996), pianist and ondes Martenot player; Berthe Marx (1859–1925), concert pianist remembered for memorizing some 250 works; Marcelle Meyer (1897–1958), pianist performing with Les Six; Nathalia Milstein (born 1995), award-winning classical pianist; Caroline Montigny-Rémaury (1843–1913), virtuoso pianist
Jonathan Cain; John Cale; Vanessa Carlton; Tim Carmon; Richard Carpenter; David Cassidy; Jo Ann Castle; Leonard Caston Jr. Nick Cave; Les Claypool (); Greyson Chance
Ball was born in Orange, Texas, into a musical family.Her grandmother and aunt both played piano music of their time and Ball started piano lessons when she started school, [4] and showed an early interest in New Orleans style piano playing, as exemplified by Fats Domino, Professor Longhair, and James Booker.
Eric Clapton hired him as a featured artist for his annual Royal Albert Hall blues shows. Keith Richards employed Johnson in the Xpensive Winos, and Johnson played piano on Richards' debut solo album, Talk Is Cheap (1988). [6] Johnson toured worldwide as a solo artist, and released records produced by Keith Richards, Jimmy Vivino, and Al Kooper.