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"THE BASS IS ONE OF THE MOST important, if not the most important, instruments in any orchestra," said Oscar Pettiford in a 1957 interview with Nat Hentoff.

Clare Fischer is a pianist, composer and bandleader whose influences are wide-ranging--the post-World War II bebop and progressive jazz of pianist Bud Powell and saxophonist Lee Konitz, the dissonance flavorings of classical composers such as Bartok and Shostakovich, the tonal colors of Duke Ellington, and the rhythms of Latin jazz and bossa nova.

Admission: $18; $8 for students. Location: Workshops are free at Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive Details: 412-394-3353 Election results Bob Karlovits can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7852. For guitarist Yotam Silberstein, appearing at the Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert is simply an event he cannot pass up.

The brilliant French fiddler Jean-Luc Ponty was leading a double musical life in Paris in the early 1960s, performing with the symphonic orchestra Concerts Lamoureux before dashing over to the Blue Note to play jazz until 4 a.m. Images Warned he'd be fired if he kept showing up late to the 9 a.m. orchestral rehearsal, Ponty bid adieu to classical ...

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Ghostface Killah, Dan Deacon, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, and more Music Picks archives>> Ghostface Killah thursday29 PEEPING TOM On its superb debut album, File Under: Bebop , this clever French-Swedish trio transforms classic tunes by the likes of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, and Bud Powell ...

Internationally celebrated jazz pianist Lenore Raphael will join a pair of Tucson musicians for a performance Saturday at Steinway Gallery.

All About Jazz is celebrating Bud Powell's birthday today! Bud Powell Bud Powell is generally considered to be the most important pianist in the history of jazz.

One of the great moments in Newport jazz festival history went down this weekend, and it happened away from the main stage.

When you think of jazz pianists who can burn, the names Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, Phineas Newborn Jr., Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Michel Camilo, Joey Calderazzo, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Geoff Keezer, and Eldar all come to mind.

Cedar Walton, who'll be at the jazz festival Saturday, might be the quintessential jazz accompanist and sideman.

Pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi overcame numerous challenges during her long career, immigrating to a new country, establishing herself as both a top bandleader and composer/arranger, in addition to the difficulties of maintaining a large jazz ensemble.

Epithets like "living legend" are often bandied about more for the purpose of hype than as a true reflection of some personality's true value to his or her particular profession and to the public in general.

Jazz saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins, whose career has spanned over 60 years.

Arturo O'Farrill, an extraordinary pianist, admits he came out of the bebop school of playing, a Bud Powell disciple, and his strong chops would attest to that.

A fine pianist influenced by Oscar Peterson, Johnny O'Neal actually started his career playing gospel piano in church while a teenager.

Monday night at Dizzy's at Jazz at the Lincoln Center sees the launch of the Made in the UK jazz concert series, with shows by legendary British saxophonist Peter King and award-winning singer-pianist Liane Carroll and her trio .

The phrase 'all that jazz' might feel overwhelmingly literal when the East End starts thrumming with concerts and jam sessions during this year's Rochester International Jazz Festival.

Another in the latter-day parade of tradition-respecting "young lions," Stephen Scott brings a formidable technique, some of Ahmad Jamal's locked-groove obsessions, and elements of Wynton Kelly, Bud Powell, and McCoy Tyner to his work.

In every review of Pablo Held's debut, Forest of Oblivion , the pianist's age will be discussed.

Program: Texas Monthly Talks Time: 7 p.m. Date: Thursday, May 21 Also airs: Sunday, May 24, at 12:30 p.m. Watch episodes online at klru.org/texasmonthlytalks or klru.tv As much he dislikes the word - as much as he thinks it makes him sound like a has-been, or a no-longer-is - Sonny Rollins is unquestionably a legend; no other word can possibly do ...