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Wainer was born in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, the daughter of a music promoter. A piano player since childhood, she once said: "I was going to be a classical pianist and at the age of eight, I performed a concerto with an orchestra." When taking up the Hammond organ, she was influenced by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith. [3]
African Piano was released on LP on 1 March 1973 [4] by JAPO Records, part of ECM Records. [1] The first CD release was in 1991, by ECM. [1] The label subsequently reissued it on CD as part of their Re:solutions series. [1]
A player piano roll being played Mastertouch Australian Dance Gems piano roll with lyrics printed to side. A piano roll is a music storage medium used to operate a player piano, piano player or reproducing piano. Piano rolls, like other music rolls, are continuous rolls of paper with holes punched into them. These perforations represent note ...
A Wurlitzer Caliola roll ready to be played. A music roll (French: Rouleau à musique) is a storage medium used to operate a mechanical musical instrument. They are used for the player piano, mechanical organ, electronic carillon and various types of orchestrion. The vast majority of music rolls are made of paper.
This category on Wikipedia features African-American jazz pianists.
Weston took piano lessons from someone known as Professor Atwell who, unlike his former piano teacher Mrs Lucy Chapman, allowed him to play songs outside the classical music repertoire. [ 12 ] [ 11 ] Drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II , Weston served three years from 1944, reaching the rank of staff sergeant, and was stationed for a ...
Maddox began collecting antique sheet music, 78s, cylinders, piano rolls, photographs, and more at a very young age. He sold much of his first collection to Brigham Young University when he moved to Bad Ischl, Austria, around 1970. Tired of life on the road, he attempted to retire from show business.
Jannabi (Korean: μλλΉ; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean indie rock band formed in 2012 under the independent record label Peponi Music, whose core members consist of frontman Choi Jung-hoon and guitarist Kim Do-hyung.